Friday night is karting so we probably won't be a great time but I was thinking maybe we could do something after SS.

sevenstock won't run as late as in prior years (thanks to not letting Mazda hog the microphone all day :lol2: ) so we should be done around 3 or so.
I was hoping your or Cesar could point us towards a good Mexican restaurant or something and then maybe we can do pics afterwards.

suggestions?

Mexican:
-El Mendero (very small)
-Las Cuesulas (up scale) woops wrong name, Zendajas
-Albertos (fast food)
-lots of mid to upper scale resturants

Cruze
-GMR to Azusa
-GMR to Baldy Village

Pictures (just think about a few of the pictures of Keith me in the calendars)
-Loading docks
-GMR vista
-Street lights in Fontana
-I know of a few cool buildings in Ontario (HMC, Tech college, mission / winery style strip mall)
-The giant silver globe
-Vieyards with the 201/15 interchange backgorund
-I know of a couple fountain locaitons
-Old town Upland
-I know of a cemetary near the Fairplex
-Cal Poly has a giant parking structure (good opportunity) at the CLA building

Depending on the camera half of those are good for night shots as well.

Loren: I'm trying to get Zach to go take some pics afterwards like we did last year.
not sure what background he'd look for but I know he likes the 'industrial' look so I'll leave it up to you and Cesar to find us a good spot.

as for food: we'd need a place that can probably accommodate 12-15 people and isn't going to break the bank. Think of the places I've taken you guys the last 2 years; something like that.

Del taco. :)

Sorry I'm at work I needed a smile

I will post some pictures of the sites later so Zack will get an idea. Not all will be in the dark since i have a crappy camera but there is deffinitly goot lighting. The hard part may be lighting the cars but in the past we used other cars.

La Poloma is semi nice, it is good but last time we went there there was a fire in the kitchen at some point and filled the dinning area. Don Jose is about the same but has better parking

Forza 4 relased today!
...and I am still working on the pictures to give you guys an idea.

Loren, good seeing you yesterday.

Cesar, car looked awesome. :)

wish i could go... but, have to go to a wedding that weekend.

take lotsa pix :)

where is the wedding is it sat or sun...you know you are such a late owl you had better come out to the friday night fun since it to is so close. You can do a canyon run before or after, you dont have to drive the 8.

vegas :(

Attached is on old image of my battery, I have since cleaned it and it has not come back but have you guys ever seen something like this, is it algee?

Also is a picture of my air filter, it was SOOOO clogged. Cesar reset the engine light and I was really confident this was the issue but then the engine light came back :(. So I have done the plugs and coils intake what I have left is the O2 sensor (2) and the cat, not sure what else it could be.

Going straight to if it was the cat, I should be able to put a newer one on and clear the code and it goes away? Replacing the O2 sensors is cleaper but know one has those laying around. How much gas should I smell after i rev the engine and turn it off, it seems to be alot?

wow, that is one super dirty air filter but looks like a ton of dirt.
the battery seems to have that anti-corrosive stuff on it, also normal.

Loren: Replacing the cat is extremely expensive and problem is most of the after market cats don't hold up very well to the little fire breather that is our rotary engine. I know, I've cooked 2 aftermarket cats already...

If you're feeling ambitious, put the car up on jack stands, loosen the 3 bolts that connect the cat to the exhaust manifold and take a peak inside. IF it's clogged you won't see the honeycomb in 1 piece, it'll either be broken or you won't see it at all because it's broken up and made it's way down the pipe.

Aside from that, the only other things I can think of are a vacuum leak or a bad O2 sensor.

Mexican:
-El Mendero (very small)
-Las Cuesulas (up scale) woops wrong name, Zendajas
-Albertos (fast food)
-lots of mid to upper scale resturants

Cruze
-GMR to Azusa
-GMR to Baldy Village

Pictures (just think about a few of the pictures of Keith me in the calendars)
-Loading docks
-GMR vista
-Street lights in Fontana
-I know of a few cool buildings in Ontario (HMC, Tech college, mission / winery style strip mall)
-The giant silver globe
-Vieyards with the 201/15 interchange backgorund
-I know of a couple fountain locaitons
-Old town Upland
-I know of a cemetary near the Fairplex
-Cal Poly has a giant parking structure (good opportunity) at the CLA building



:bigok:

Anyone by chance have an EXTRA VIP TICKET to Escape from Wonderland?! :D
Need one, please and thank you!!
See everyone at 7Stock :)

Here are some of the picture of the places I mentioned. There is also a drag strip at the Fairplext but I am not sure if they will let us get close enough.

I have a picture of the parking structure at Cal Pol Pomona but I can not find it.

I also have a picture of the grape orchards and the 210/15 interchange but I cant find that either. There are a few that I just dont have pictures so it will come down to what everyone wants.

OK well the cars is cleaned inside and out and has 3 coats of wax. I still have to wipe down the insdie of the windows and do the back to black on the exterior and then I will be done. Figures that the marine layer is thicker the day after I wash my car. No mods for me this year unless I roll up with my roof rack and bike.

F'in marine layer, my car is dirty now. Going to have to wash it Thursday after work.

Yeah, tons of fog this morning. Can you just use quick detailer spray?

No i will probabley just do a quick rinse it and then use the detailer at SS.

LESPER NICE PICTURES!!!!!! (yes I am yelling)

lol cool thanks, they are not all mine.

So I have been searching around the forum about my engine light. I found this thread that talks about the possible issues and a most likely issues O2 sensors.
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=178008
Anyone how I figure the other causes have been delt with (plugs, coils intake). I foudn that there is a bad cat enginer light code and considering the car is working fine most of the time how can the cat be bad? So here is my question I have the racing beat intake and when we installed it one of the hoses we just zip tied off is there a proper way to install this and hook up that left over hose? Maybe there is a vacum leak through that since it has eventually becasoem odl and cracked?

so is the SB monthly meet going to have a caravan to 7stock or what?

So I have been searching around the forum about my engine light. I found this thread that talks about the possible issues and a most likely issues O2 sensors.
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=178008
Anyone how I figure the other causes have been delt with (plugs, coils intake). I foudn that there is a bad cat enginer light code and considering the car is working fine most of the time how can the cat be bad? So here is my question I have the racing beat intake and when we installed it one of the hoses we just zip tied off is there a proper way to install this and hook up that left over hose? Maybe there is a vacum leak through that since it has eventually becasoem odl and cracked?

Loren:
the CEL for the bad cat is kind of hit or miss on our car (as in almost all cars) It really only looks at temp and what is flowing through the exhaust and isn't the most accurate thing in the world.
I've had 2 cats go bad and never got the CEL.

As for the leftover parts from the RB intake, it is not the problem. Most of us have those disconnected, it deals with the VFad and it can't cause a vacuum leak.

My bet is there might be a vacuum leak somewhere else in the car or you have an O2 sensor that has gone bad, most likely the front one.

so is the SB monthly meet going to have a caravan to 7stock or what?

There are a couple groups coming down from SB and Corona. Check the Corona Meet thread for their details.

Yeah a few of us form corona will be meeting off serfas club around 4 should be dets in the coro a thread

3,000 post club!! I was trying to get here for the last 2 SS.

Ever since reconnecting the battery at SS by engine light has not come on. Put 100.6 miles on it and took it to the smog place...Pass! Now to get the carb certifed sticked from RB and install the exhaust and check the cat or and install the fluids.

Ever since reconnecting the battery at SS by engine light has not come on. Put 100.6 miles on it and took it to the smog place...Pass! Now to get the carb certifed sticked from RB and install the exhaust and check the cat or and install the fluids.

Soo.... Sevenstock fixed your check engine light? That's awesome!!

^ Resetting the computer ftw!

Engine light came back on this morning :( but at least I got my smog.

On a side not did anyone get the email from Mazda yeterday for some sort of VIP experiance at the LA Autoshow? Anyone going to the autoshow?

how was SS? yes- am going to the auto show... just dunno what day/ time yet...

Loren: I don't think I got anything from mazda.
what is all about?

Here you go
http://www.mazdadriversclub.com/

(here is the log in page, not the registeration page)

thanks Loren but you might want to edit that link out; it shows your registration info.

2011 LA Auto Show - Anyone intrested in going?

Tickets are $12 in person and $10 online. You can get $8 tickets any day before Thanksgiving or $6 tickets on opening day (Friday), see the link below. The 19th works for me. The 20th also works but only half a day since I have to pick someone up at the airport.
http://www.laautoshow.com/DiscountCoupon.html

Anybody have a pin?

Pin for what?

it's so quiet in here, i could hear a pin drop, but i dont have one.. lol

^lmao!!

:suspect:

how about it's so quiet in here i can hear a recirculated bov

ding ding ding ding... :)

auto show this sunday??????????????

Well I am picking my father in law at LAX on Sunday so I think I will go for half a day :(

Michael: I think I'm going to miss this year's Auto Show. :(
I was hoping to go on Sunday but I leave for vacation on Tuesday and just way too many things to do before then.
No 'fitment testing' this year.

Ok I may go with my friend from vegas

Chirp chirp...


So who is going to Laguna Seca in September? Is there a plan for acomodations tenting or hotels? There are coral packages but what exactly does that mean.

this year's auto show was REALLY lame... u didn't miss much jorge.

long beach moto show is this weekend, and i'm going sat with my sis n her family.

i want to go to laguna seca next year for moto gp in august. anyone going?

i wanted to test drive a car this year, rain storm stopped that..

Wrong forum Gerry, I think we are all going to Monterey in September for the Grand-Am race.

Is there intrest for a winter Dec or Jan or Feb meet and cruise? Not much snow yet which is good, a few weeks go by and the wind blown debris will be clear as well.

a drive would be nice, i have to buy one more item for my car before the next dyno day.
and then do a little work to get the look i want.
so next year sounds better, it will give a chance to get some money back in the bank.

Hey loren & cesar or anybody in the SB/riverside/altedena area -

not sure if you guys remember back in like 2009' or so when we all went to that one christmas light display in your area - but i REALLY wanna go back there this year w/my gf and possibly my family...

would you guys be able to help me out? i don't where it was or how to get there...

^Take her to a Tree Lighting, if they havent already been lit.:dunno: those are always nice and have good Holiday Music and shit.

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=34.148536,-117.625422&hl=en&sll=34.146228,-117.625358&sspn=0.016569,0.033023&vpsrc=0&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=16&t=m&z=16
It is on Thuroghbread street let me know if you need anything else...we are going to walk it once this year as well just dont know when.

^thanks loren!

i really wanna go this year. What city is it in again???

the link that you posted isn't showing up for some reason :scratchhe

or at least i can't see it...

it is either Rancho Cucamonga but i think it is actually called Alta Loma.

Thanks! When were you guys going to go up there??

havent though about it yet, i guess it depends on the weather. This weekend does look good as next weekend will be packed because of Christmas.

According to the calendar at home this Friday...but we will see how the weather is.

more then likely it will just be plain cold.....

happy holidays people

So I figured I would offer this to the local SB group guys first. I have some oil that I am looking to get rid off and I will offer it at a very good price. If you guys are intrested please PM me. Thanks,

4 bottles of 5 w 20 Redline synthetic (motor oil) $11 x 4
4 bottles of 75 w 90 Redline synthetic (gear oil-trans/diif) $14 x 4
1 bottle of water wetter $10
Valued @ $110

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=179951&d=1324960501

P.S. Remember how dirty my intake was...here is my cabin filter.

Hey Jedi I searched but didnt find anything, is there a DIY to replace the coolant resovior?

knock knock....I guess it is just me.

Hope you all had a safe and fun holiday

If no one is intrested I will put the oil up for sale then.

Hey now! With this new year, Jedi do you want to set up a thread for the Leguna Seca Race / meet?

jedi has gone to the dark side.
well not really but that sounds better.
he has given up on the forum for awhile.
i still come here to see people post about
other people posting about stuff they dont know.
and those people posting about people that just want to know.

you know????

Y has Jedi given up on the forum???

I washed my car a few weeks ago after getting it serviced. Dealer was shocked at how clean my car was. :lol:

Yes, I finally have converted Jedi.

He is now part of the Dark Force.

oil change on P5 complete
replaced coolant tank on 8 complete and cleaned MAF
watched to great football games

Engine light is still on :(

He must be on the BMW forums now???

The one I used to hang out on got shut down from lack of activity. It was a really good one too for technical stuff with lotta helpful ppl. Oh well.

I went to Dodge this weekend to ck out the 2012 grand caravan as a potential to replace our family's aging '95 Ford Windstar...

The grand caravan is a really nice value. But there were 2 things I didn't like. (1) it's ugly as heck on the outside. (2) it has very noticeable accelerator lag on the transmission- almost a 3 second delay from when u floor it to when it actually downshifts. I guess most ppl won't be running yellow lights in that thing.

On the drive home I floored the Windstar gas pedal and that thing hauls ass instantly. Go figure.

Get a Ford Edge Ecoboost!

loren do you have an after market cat??

no, intake and exhaust only and it was doing this before the exhaust.

So tell me why everytime I disconnet the battery my car will not idol, it just dies and it does this for about a week then it goes back to normal. Trust me the terminals are tight.

was driving home for lunch earlier this week and saw a black 2012 from about a block down the road, the car... car still didn't have plates on yet, so it was new.

the one thing that i noticed right away is that the rear look of the series2 8's do not stand out as much as the originals. from far away i had to actually really look to see if it was an 8 or not... the tail-lights look rather bland, and without the rotary accent below the bumper, it's hard to tell it's an 8 from far away... so although all those body changes look nice, they've actually made the car look less unique...

when you unplug the battery it wipes the memory for fuel and air flow. the car has to relearn that again, and sometimes it takes about a week.

have you taken the car somewhere for them to read the code for the light???

Just Cesar...actually since the battery was replaced it has not come back, but I have faith it well :P

I also have MIAC (from time to time) so I guess I need to get the water hose restrictor thingy installed by the dealership?

when you unplug the battery it wipes the memory for fuel and air flow. the car has to relearn that again, and sometimes it takes about a week.

That makes sense although it shouldnt

Also someone suggested decarbing my car (seafoam) anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

smokey lots of smoke. it's not hard but you really need two people to do it.

anyone actually done it, seen / felt any results?

I did it twice, you actually can feel a difference.

hope u get to the bottom of the issue soon loren.

Did you go hide when you did it (all the smoke)? Did you use Seafom or the Mada Zoom one or something else?

The first time I used seafood, would not do it the same way again tho. The next time I used the zoom cleaner, since it has a straw its a little easier to work with.

OK thanks, I think I will order of the zoom cleaner. Now that I have some extra money I can dig a little deeper into the problem.

Heads up!

Park BBQ Meet & Greet :D:

Link: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=227572

u guys all going to this?

I might...haent decided yet.

Sounds fun..

i am

Hey Detrich, I'm relatively new to the club and forum, it would be great to meet as many of guys and gals at the same time and place, Hope you make it to the BBQ

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WHiV5

FRIDAY MAY 18TH

MEET & GREET
Where: Circus Circus parking area behind The Adventure-dome theme park.
When: 3pm to 8pm
Greeting, registration and begin vehicle staging for car show.

Out of town attendees arriving late can contact WHiV hosts to get registered.
PARTY AT THE CIRCUS CIRCUS
Where: Circus Circus Hospitality Suite
When: 8pm to whenever
Party will be BYOB with horderves, chips and dips supplied by WHiV5.
SATURDAY MAY 19th

ROTARY SHOW
Check-in begins at 7am
Show 8am to 1pm

This year a rotary show will be held in the parking area behind The Circus Circus Adventure-dome. There will be several categories depending upon the cars registered prior to the event. Repus, old school, 7’s, and 8’s will be judged separately. 7s may be broken up into first, second and third gen vehicles if preregistration shows a sufficient number. All rotary vehicles registered in the show will be eligible for trophies.

TROPHIES, RAFFLE, AND FOOD
Raffle tickets will be sold at the meet and greet on Friday and during the car show on Saturday. Drawing for raffle prizes, announcement of car show winners and presentation of trophies will be done at conclusion of car show.

For attendees convenience there will be food vendors available during the show as there will not be a lunch as in past years.

ANNUAL CRUISE
2PM
Be prepared for an approx. 2hr drive

TRADITIONAL GET TOGETHER AT THE HOFFBRAU HOUSE
When: 8pm to 11pm
A No Host Dinner is served and prices range from $10.00 and up for traditional German fare. The beer flows at all times (pay as you go). A German band plays and the noise, laughing, and crying from the group almost drowns out the band.

SUNDAY MAY 20th

SCENIC CRUISE
We will have a short cruise to a scenic area to be announced

AFTER CRUISE BBQ
At an area to be announced. Food and soda provided by a sponsor


End of WHiV5...Hope you all had a good time

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SWAG IS NOW AVAILABLE
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FYI, SS15 is on for this year!