The aurora bullet is now out of warranty, and will soon be fully paid for. Meaning substantially more cash in my account each month! As I've been kicking around here for a while now, I thought I'd share my ideal build.
The goal: To create a monster of a daily driver, maintaining great drive-ability, reliability and "wolf in sheeps clothing" properties the car has from stock. Put simply, a ripper of a sleeper.
Power-train upgrades:
- Best Mufflers DP, retain stock catback.
- BNR Turbo upgrade (stage 2)
- Corksport FMIC kit with RamAir intake
- Flash tune (ecutek or chiptorque dyno tune, will decide when the time comes)
- CP-E Rear mount (60 duro)
- Exhaust Manifold (2XS?)
Maybes:
- After market BPV (if I find that the stock one is leaking / not holding boost)
- HPFP upgrade (not convinced I'll need it)
- Corksport or Magnaflow cat back (want it kept quiet, drone unacceptable)
- CPE Standback (only if i got it cheap 2nd hand, would use it in conjuction with a Flash)
- Potentially a hyperflow TMIC with CES SRI instead of the fmic kit (only if I can't source the CS FMIC kit)
Suspension:
- Koni Yellow Shocks (done)
- Mazdaspeed Springs (purchased, waiting to install)
- Stiffer Front and Rear Sway Bars (waiting to see how it handles with the springs installed)
Brakes:
- DBA4000 Brake rotors (done)
- QFM HP-X pads (done)
Wheels:
- RX-8 Series 1 18x8 +50mm (Done)
Key points to emphasize:
- I'm not keen on upgrading the internals, hopefully if done right, I won't need to.
- It shouldn't be obvious from looking under the bonnet or under the car that it's not stock obviously assuming someone that's not very familiar with these cars. Willing to pay a bit extra (within reason) to achieve this.
This is not really about numbers on a dyno, the bum dyno is the only one I need to satisfy! That said, the numbers i *think* this all should net are something like 210atwkw and well on the way to 500nm of torque, and at the end of it all, the engine ought to be working less hard than it is now to achieve that!
Discuss