What did you do with your RX8 today?
#2976
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Cleaned the MAF on my R3, man was it dirty. IAT sensor was black on one side and the plastic leading up to the MAF sensor had some build up on it. Not sure if it made too much of a difference though. Flow at idle is still reading a bit low at 4.7g/s. I might have a vacuum leak to find now.
#2977
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Took her to get plugs, wires and coils done. (Hate doing the plugs myself because of tool access problems) Found out I need an engine rebuild because it's leaking coolant into rear rotor housing. 34k on the Mazda re-man. Getting that "free" re-man was my worst automotive decision ever.
Last edited by Jastreb; 03-27-2017 at 11:52 PM.
#2978
Just relocated my brand new Optima Red Top to the trunk. The lack of a battery plus the lack of my air pump/air pump regulator clears up SO much space. I have a full view of one or two fuel injectors, the OMP and the OMP lines on the front side of the engine, it's great. I have yet to take the car to a windy road, but from just driving it around town, it feels awesome! Unfortunately, I wanted to put the battery right on top of the rear axle for balancing purposes, but I also wanted to bolt the tray to the car. I couldn't have both, so I decided to go with the safer route and bolted the tray down on the back side of the rear axle. So we'll see what effect that has on the steering of the car, I'm thinking it'll be a positive one...
#2979
Just relocated my brand new Optima Red Top to the trunk. The lack of a battery plus the lack of my air pump/air pump regulator clears up SO much space. I have a full view of one or two fuel injectors, the OMP and the OMP lines on the front side of the engine, it's great. I have yet to take the car to a windy road, but from just driving it around town, it feels awesome! Unfortunately, I wanted to put the battery right on top of the rear axle for balancing purposes, but I also wanted to bolt the tray to the car. I couldn't have both, so I decided to go with the safer route and bolted the tray down on the back side of the rear axle. So we'll see what effect that has on the steering of the car, I'm thinking it'll be a positive one...
#2980
Water Foul
Took her to get plugs, wires and coils done. (Hate doing the plugs myself because of tool access problems) Found out I need an engine rebuild because it's leaking coolant into rear rotor housing. 34k on the Mazda re-man. Getting that "free" re-man was my worst automotive decision ever.
#2982
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How is it the worst decision ever? Sounds like you got 34K "free" miles out of it, and now you are in the same place as you were before. That's 3 years of normal driving at 12K per year, courtesy of Mazda. Now get an engine from one of the good builders and prepare to enjoy the car for another ??K miles.
You're right though- I should have a more positive outlook on this. I did learn more about my car in the process, and all the parts I replaced were things that probably would have needed to be changed out eventually. And who knows if the original engine would have lasted this long. Now it's time to spec out the rebuild!
#2984
Water Foul
Oh. Right. I think I remember reading about your saga now. It's that time of year to have mine compression tested again. If it fails, I have no idea what I'm going to do.
#2985
1% evil, 99% hot gas.
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My 8 has had sub-70 PSI compression for years. Doesn't matter so long as it starts and doesn't leak coolant. When I see smoke (blue or white) or it won't start, then I'll rebuild it.
#2987
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My original motor was low on compression for about 2 years and still put down more HP on the dyno than any other NA RX8 in SoCal, started up just fine, and ran great.
Only reason I bothered to get it replaced is because the warranty was coming up on it and I preferred to let Mazda do it for free than on my dime.
Enjoy the car, stop sweating the little things.
#2988
Completely refined my garage on Wheelwell.com and I'm now the top modded RX-8 on the website! In reality, that's most definitely not true, but I've still done an incredible amount of work to get this car where it stands currently, so I'll enjoy sitting on my high horse for the time being.
Check it out and drop a like!
https://wheelwell.com/patrick-coico/...004-mazda-rx-8
I'm not advertising Wheelwell, but it's a fun website for any car guy or girl...
Check it out and drop a like!
https://wheelwell.com/patrick-coico/...004-mazda-rx-8
I'm not advertising Wheelwell, but it's a fun website for any car guy or girl...
#2989
Water Foul
exactly.
My original motor was low on compression for about 2 years and still put down more HP on the dyno than any other NA RX8 in SoCal, started up just fine, and ran great.
Only reason I bothered to get it replaced is because the warranty was coming up on it and I preferred to let Mazda do it for free than on my dime.
Enjoy the car, stop sweating the little things.
My original motor was low on compression for about 2 years and still put down more HP on the dyno than any other NA RX8 in SoCal, started up just fine, and ran great.
Only reason I bothered to get it replaced is because the warranty was coming up on it and I preferred to let Mazda do it for free than on my dime.
Enjoy the car, stop sweating the little things.
That's just it. I have about 1 year left on my engine warranty, so I need to start thinking about what decision to make before it expires. Roll the dice on a Mazda reman and see how long it lasts, or bite the bullet and pay one of our top quality rebuilders to hopefully take care of it for the long haul? The thought of letting someone else wrench on my car gives me the skeevies, so I'm inclined to pull it myself and ship it to one of those guys. "Free," OTOH, is awfully attractive right now, considering my precarious employment situation.
Carry on.
#2990
1% evil, 99% hot gas.
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When I get the new suspension sorted and opportunity arises (or catastrophe occurs), I'll get a motor built the way I want it and swap it in. Until then, I'm going to keep flogging it like a rented mule.
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#2993
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Finally made some more progress with getting the series II wiring sorted out and dashbar finally reinstalled. Things do work, but there's still a **** ton of work left to do. I'm hoping that I can have the dash at least reassembled this weekend, but we'll see how it plays out
#2994
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Steve: 40k?
wow, congrats.
wow, congrats.
#2997
Water Foul
#2999
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Took the front coilovers off, disassembled, and put them back on. Took them off again, diassembled, put them back slightly differently. Took them of a 3rd time...yeah you get the idea, took about 6 tries to get them right.
4000? Holy ****. I honestly didn't think there was an RX8 in existence that still had that low of mileage.
4000? Holy ****. I honestly didn't think there was an RX8 in existence that still had that low of mileage.
Last edited by Reoze; 04-02-2017 at 04:32 PM.