I AM IN!!!! I can hardly wait!!!!





Now I have a question for either Kewl or Ocho. This afternoon on the way home from work the CHECK ENGINE light came on! It has not gone back off since. The car is running normaly now, but when the light came on I was headed south on 25 just south of Rio Bravo. About 85 mph and the car lost all power was sputtering like there was not enough gas feed or such. It took a few moments for it to clear up but by the time I topped out on the next hill south of Bobby Foster overpass the sputtering was gone. Whats Up?? If either of you are available here in the next couple of days & if you dont mind I sure would be appreciated if I could get with you and use your scan gauge to see what code is comming up so I can get the car fixed before the track day! Thanks in advance!

 

I'm at least as excited as Stinger. This will be great!

 

I hope I can make it. It looks like I might be in Chicago starting that day.

 

April 29 I will be there!!! and also very excited..... hopefully I will have my new brakes/rotors and midpipe on by then if they ever get shipped...


Stinger.. I can check it for you today only, going out of town... So PM me with your phone number and I will do the same. I bet you had a random misfire.. but just give me a call.

 

anyone interested in a Sandia run next weekend sat/sunday?

 

Saw two today. The first was Copper Red and I suspect Zeblien at about 5:20PM

The 2nd I hadn't seen before and I think it was Phantom or Stormy blue - at around 5:45 pm. Thanks for the honk, hope to see ya here!

 

hey guys a got a question anybody from around grand junction? my work is trying to convince me to transfer up there but i havent been there.and would like some info thanks.hangout spots, cute chikas just stuff to do in general thanks

 

saw a balck 8 yesterday at around 1145 driving down 20th street here in farmington anybody know who it was

 

Autocross is pretty big up in Farmington isn't it?

 

i think so i see them here every now and again like maybe 3 times out of the year i think.havent seen them yet this year though

 

Don't forget to check out the "Albuquerque Track Day" forum - https://www.rx8club.com/mountain-forum-46/albuquerque-track-day-111946/. It has updated information on the upcoming day at the Sandia Speedway...just for RX8s.

 

So my weekend sucked. I drove up to the peak yesterday (or as close as a friend and I could get) and then turned around and headed for lunch. There was a rockslide and an unavoidable triangular rock that ripped up my undercarriage. So far, new radiator is needed, but could not tell the extent of the damage.

Its at Garcia Mazda waiting until Monday to be looked at.. Poor car. Hope damage does not exceed too much.

Good luck at track day.

 

sorry to hear that zeblien hope every thing is well

 

I just saw this on the Racing Southwest Web site! It was posted on 3/17/07/ The first event is just in time to us as a mini warm up for the track day !

There are some changes to the times and evenings in which these auto cross events will occur, so please read below!

What is this all about?
Hope Evangelical Free Church sponsors an auto cross circuit in their parking lot once a month in an effort to get kids off the streets and into some sort of organized racing. Please bear in mind, if you do go to these events, you are on what many consider "holy" ground, as it *is* a Church parking lot, so please respect it, even if you are not into religion / of the faith ... just as a courtesy as they are allowing ANYONE to show up to these events in any vehicle.

The track will change, so you will not be racing the same course every time.


Where
Hope Evangelical Free Church
4710 Juan Tabo Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-2629, US

Mapquest image of where the church is located
(Around a half mile north of Montgomery Blvd. on Juan Tabo)


When
Track setup begins at 5:00 PM.
Racing goes from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM.


Helping out with setup
The more, the merrier when it comes to setting up. If you’ve got some free time, even if you don’t go out to race, try to help out with this. Everyone that sets up is volunteering their time so that everyone can participate!


Schedule of Events
The HEFC Autocross events will occur on the THIRD Saturday of the month. There will NOT be an event in July.

Saturday, April 21
Saturday, May 19
Saturday, June 16
Saturday, July 21 – CANCELLED –
Saturday, August 18
Saturday, September 15
Saturday, October 20

Everything is always subject to change. I will do my best to keep this up to date ASAP if anything changes.

 

to bad we start at 1 pm?

 

Why is that slayer????

 

Just to let people know
New Radiator: ~650 installed
New Oil Pan: ??? haven't told me yet.


Lesson: Avoid triangular rocks at ALL costs.
Singer shall be my Proxy for Sandia Labs.

 

Zeblien

Sorry about the rock.... ouch... Well in the future if it is for non warranty work take it to the rotaryrx team off of Second Street. Much cheaper for repairs than dealer.

That's what OT is for... you have Auto Tran so hope it didn't damage it as well...


Oh finally getting my rotors by ends week... well believe it when I see it.. Also my mid pipe is on its way as well.. So I will have new rotors, brakes and exhaust on soon. Waiting for racing beat to come out with their header so can have full 3 inch exhaust system. Next upgrade will be under driven pulleys, and then racing beat suspension.

Chow

 

Total DMG

Oil Pan
Radiator
Plastic parts
~$1500

They did not say anything about the transmission being affected though... what should I ask to make sure they checked it?

Will note RotaryRX for..... next time(?)
Dang.. this has been a horrible week.

 

haha nevermind thats at least 5 hrs of driving sorry im tired

 

So I was given the opportunity to buy my first car back (volvo 740 wagon 1986)... I drove it 10 minutes and miss my car

Anyway, who drives the black rx8 from Sandia (dont think its the turbo one).

 

There are quite a few around the base these days. I don't know of any other turbo'd ones though.

 

As far as I know, and this information comes solely from this forum, you are the only turbo in the state.

Now if there are others, someone needs to make sure they come out on the track day!

 

I wish I could, but I will be out of state for training, gotta prepare for Intels ramp for 45nm. Good things for Rio Rancho.

Just read the post of Hope Evangelical Church, its just down the road from me.

 

The more the merrier in Rio Rancho. Bring up the 45nm and all that hits the press is the scale down in fab 11. (?)