We've been making some solid progress on our ‘Project 500’ RX8 build, working on the car after hours and in-between the usual day-to-day jobs. As always, customer jobs come first and our own toys a close second…
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Our fabricator Ross has now finished off the turbo mounting side of things including mounting of the Turbosmart 45mm Hyper Gate and fabricating a three inch dump pipe. Everything is tucked up nice and neat to ensure clearance is never an issue whilst still retaining ease of access.
With the Garrett turbo mounted in place Ross then moved onto the cooling and intake side of things, fabbing up alloy piping for the front mount intercooler. You can also see in this photo the start of the turbo air intake that will run into the standard air box.
The intercooler itself is a chunky Pac Performance four inch bar and plate unit that will have no issues cooling the charged air. Mounted via custom brackets it sits in a V-Mount position to ensure no loss of flow through the radiator core.To ensure there is ample flow through the intercooler ducting and baffles will me put in place to help guide fresh air through the core. This mounting style was used on the Mazda Australia Targa Tasmania cars with great results for both intake and water temps whether the cars were cruising or going flat out.
The radiator is also upgraded as part of the package, with a quality alloy PWR unit taking place of the original core.
This week we also got to work on the engine for ‘Project 500’. Rocky, with help from his son Peter pieced the engine together with strengthened internals to suit its boosted future.
Apart from a quick tidy up of the ports, new Pac Performance seals and extra dowels the engine as Mazda intended. Rather than go crazy with the engine itself the bulk of the power increase will come from the carefully-selected bolt-ons and of course the all-important tune via the Haltech PS2000 ECU.
Lastly we also received the Mazdaspeed front bar that’s part of the package and will be fitted to ‘Project 500’. On top of the much cleaner and meaner look it will give the car it also offers increased air flow to the entire cooling system.
Stay tuned for more updates as they happen and don’t forget to ‘Like’ our Facebook page to keep up to date with everything Pac Performance.
PAC PERFORMANCE 'PROJECT 500' RX8 UPDATE
Friday, 5 July 2013
Our fabricator Ross has now finished off the turbo mounting side of things including mounting of the Turbosmart 45mm Hyper Gate and fabricating a three inch dump pipe. Everything is tucked up nice and neat to ensure clearance is never an issue whilst still retaining ease of access.
With the Garrett turbo mounted in place Ross then moved onto the cooling and intake side of things, fabbing up alloy piping for the front mount intercooler. You can also see in this photo the start of the turbo air intake that will run into the standard air box.
The intercooler itself is a chunky Pac Performance four inch bar and plate unit that will have no issues cooling the charged air. Mounted via custom brackets it sits in a V-Mount position to ensure no loss of flow through the radiator core.To ensure there is ample flow through the intercooler ducting and baffles will me put in place to help guide fresh air through the core. This mounting style was used on the Mazda Australia Targa Tasmania cars with great results for both intake and water temps whether the cars were cruising or going flat out.
The radiator is also upgraded as part of the package, with a quality alloy PWR unit taking place of the original core.
This week we also got to work on the engine for ‘Project 500’. Rocky, with help from his son Peter pieced the engine together with strengthened internals to suit its boosted future.
Apart from a quick tidy up of the ports, new Pac Performance seals and extra dowels the engine as Mazda intended. Rather than go crazy with the engine itself the bulk of the power increase will come from the carefully-selected bolt-ons and of course the all-important tune via the Haltech PS2000 ECU.
Lastly we also received the Mazdaspeed front bar that’s part of the package and will be fitted to ‘Project 500’. On top of the much cleaner and meaner look it will give the car it also offers increased air flow to the entire cooling system.
Stay tuned for more updates as they happen and don’t forget to ‘Like’ our Facebook page to keep up to date with everything Pac Performance.
