Rumoured 300BHP RX8

[Spectre26]

I just picked up my RX8 today from my local mazda showroom (T.W. White & Sons) and the salesman mentioned to me that they are trying to put together a 300BHP RX8. With a view to get it on the market in 8-12 mths time. All he would disclose to me is that it would be full MS aero kit and quite a lot of other MS bits under the hood. Being a sales guy he didnt really know exactly what they were putting under the hood to make those 300 horses:( But it true salesman fashion he did know the projected asking price... between £30k-£40K. He also added that it was an exclusive thing that only they (T.W. White & Sons) were doing.

I have no other means of gettin a 100% confirmation on this, as i see it as a rumour (hey, i just dont trust salesmen) it would be nice if any1 out there is in the know about this... any1???

[BlueAdept]

I just picked up my RX8 today from my local mazda showroom (T.W. White & Sons) and the salesman mentioned to me that they are trying to put together a 300BHP RX8. With a view to get it on the market in 8-12 mths time. All he would disclose to me is that it would be full MS aero kit and quite a lot of other MS bits under the hood. Being a sales guy he didnt really know exactly what they were putting under the hood to make those 300 horses:( But it true salesman fashion he did know the projected asking price... between £30k-£40K. He also added that it was an exclusive thing that only they (T.W. White & Sons) were doing.

I have no other means of gettin a 100% confirmation on this, as i see it as a rumour (hey, i just dont trust salesmen) it would be nice if any1 out there is in the know about this... any1???

Take anything they say with a skip full of salt...

[Fish]

Didnt TW Whites import RX-7 with some form of backing from Mazda UK? I do know that they supported imported cars that other stealers wouldnt touch.

Fish

[zevans]

Yes, like the hi-power autos they allegedly sell, eh?

Pass the salt please Mr Adept...

What\'s happened to Tim\'s turbo conversion - been quiet recently!

[Timrxmotors]

I have already got 305hp,didn\'t cost 30-40k either.I took the car to donington a couple of weeks ago to take part in the car tuner GP.Did about 25 laps.Great fun,no issues,just wish I had more grip and less body roll.
Anyone want a conversion?

[Fish]

Tim, but some people like a warranty from the dealer with their nice new car.

Fish

[Ianmcurtis]

I have already got 305hp,didn\'t cost 30-40k either.I took the car to donington a couple of weeks ago to take part in the car tuner GP.Did about 25 laps.Great fun,no issues,just wish I had more grip and less body roll.
Anyone want a conversion?

 Hi there Tim. Is that rear wheel bhp? BTW are you taking your 8 up tp Santa Pod on the 9th?

Cheers,

Ian.

[Spectre26]

Like i said at the start of my post dont really trust much of what they say. But on the off chance... it would be nice to imagine an off the shelf 300Bhp RX8.

[Ricco_04]

Off the shelf Mazdaspeed 300Bhp RX-8 - that would be something to be proud of  :cool

[zevans]

Wish I\'d known Tim, would have come and watched!

I didn\'t seem to have so much problem with body roll last time out, changed to a much more rear-focused driving style, seemed to almost dial it out...

[Spectre26]

Just a quick update on this so called 300Bhp RX8. My dealer (at T W Whites)called me today to tell me that he saw it in the garage today.

Aledgedly he said it was not supercharged or turboed. But it was chiped and N/A tuned. Cant remember the name he mentioned but he said it was done by a company who usually tunes Evos and scoobys. He was very enthuatic to say it had a big fat bore exhaust.

If u believe the hype he tells me, T W Whites has had a meeting and they have pretty much finalised everything on the car, all except the MPG. They say it will be released in the next month or so... :rolleyes: Time will tell.

[zevans]

Well, what a load of tosh that is then.

"Used to tuning Evos and Scoobies" immediately implies forced induction, not NA, to me. (Of course it\'s possible for a tuning shop to be expert in both, hi Carl... )

All the N/A tuning has been done, already, by Mazda, which is why it\'s now 250ish bhp before detuning for emissions, even though it\'s basically still a 13B. If you think about it, it\'s already been ported, that\'s why there\'s the aux ports in the hi-power.

There\'s just no way there\'s another 50bhp in there, unless they\'ve glued another rotor on. \'Course I suppose it MIGHT be a 3-rotor RENESIS but I think it\'s probably more likely a 3-ring marketing circus...

So if it\'s 300+ bhp, I still think it must be FI (or BS!)

[Spectre26]

Just relaying the message here...

I\'m some1 who doesnt think much of things till it is shown to be backed up by hard evidence. To be honest i can only take wat the dealer says n pass it on. But on a personal note when it comes to the innards of a car the guy dont really know alot and he totally up front about it. Like when i asked about what flash the current RX8 ran on he had no idea wat a flash was and when i explained he still had no clue.

I just put it down to him being purely a salesman and nothing else. You are probably very right zevans. And to be honest, from a logical point of view i very much agree with u. I dont see how u can squeze another 50 horses out without FI. Think u would b very lucky 2 even squeeze out 30 horses with a full NA tune. But the guy insisted it wasnt FI. So, short of yelling down the fone at him "LIAR!!!!" all i could manage was a "hmmm...k..." After all who am i to judge if it exists or not?

Just givin u guys here the spiel hes givin me.

[g11ary]

I know a couple of heads at TW White and they have indicated to me that they were working on a project that will turn heads, as to how true 300 bhp is we will have to see.

[ilovemyrx8]

I read somewhere about an MS 300hp RX-8 too but the conclusion in the article is that it probably won\'t happen? (not from mazda anyway?) Only time will tell.