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'PROJECT 500' TURBO RX8 BUILD ON THE FINAL STRETCH

Things have been a bit hectic at Pac HQ for the past few weeks and so our 'Project 500' turbo RX8 has had to take a back seat for a while, however with things getting some-what back to normal in the last week we've had a chance to get back into the build.

A few weeks ago we had the car out for it's first drive on the street as we took the car out to get some fresh air and a full tank of pump EFlex E85 and even on a base tune, putting around the streets the response and low-down pull was impressive.



Late last week the 'Project 500' Turbo RX8 was bolted up to the hub dyno where tune-master Rocky worked on squeezing some power out of the new turbo 4-Port Renesis 13B.



We're still ironing out a few small bugs and taking small steps at a time but in saying that though it didn't stop the 'Project 500' turbo RX8 from producing some solid numbers even in this early stage...



Slowly creeping up on the tune, run after run 'Project 500' improved in bounds before we called it a day at an impressive 427rwhp on 19psi at just 6800rpm. That's through the factory auto transmission and converter...

Just to confirm for those questioning what internals have been used in the engine, this power has been made utilising all Renesis internals including rotors and eccentric shaft. The 4-port block has simply been doweled, ports tidied up and fitted with new race seals; that's it.



With another good 700-900rpm to play with and some more fine tuning we're confident there are more gains to be had and excitement is starting to build knowing that it won't be long until we can get the car to the track.



Stay tuned for more updates as they happen and for those who want to re-cap on the build so far, check out the previous 'Project 500' RX8 build posts via the links below;

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#2 -
/news-8823/pac-performance-project-500-rx8-update.aspx

#3 -
/news-8896/pac-performance-project-500-rx8-update.aspx


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