Fuz: pardon my fast typing...clutch pedal

earevalo01: I ordered the clutch from RR w/ the reinforcing already bolted on. I didn't want to fiddle with putting it on myself.

Bradley: I'd be up for it, it never hurts to have spare parts.

FYI my parts came in today. Endlinks and the reinforced clutch pedal assembly

 

I'm getting about 14.8 around town. Too many short drives and too many twisties. I haven't really done much straight highway driving but when I have, I get around 20-21. I guess we're on winter fuel now. I lost about a mile per gallon once November came around.

 

...I need the bracket bad, mine squeaks worse than the old one, and it's less than a year old! Tacti may be some assistance to your clutch pedal. He did his.

 

Your's might be the spring or one of the plastic plungers that's attached to it. My spring squeaks every now and again, i just haven't had time to get under there and lube it a little.

 

yeah if you just need to put on the bracket, i certainly can help.
mine was somewhat deformed already by the time I got a bracket, so took me a little fiddling around before it fit in, but eventually did.

I'll be gone around the christmas time and won't be back till the new year eve, so let me know if you wanna do it before that.

 

Your right Fuz, I need to look at that too, when I put the reinforcement bracket in. I do notice when the pedal is engaged all the way, it seems as if it's flexing if I give it a little more force. I really need that bracket. I may just spring for it this week and pick it up. I can't stand the feel of the stock pedal assembly.

 

I've never had any problems, other than the occasional squeak out of mine I've never felt any flex in mine. I might just be a lucky bastard though.


*knocks on wood*

 

...seems like we all have proverbial "thorn-in-the-side" problems with our cars. For me it's been the coils and the clutch pedal, which if that is the only thing I have to worry about, I am doing pretty well considering.

Sucks about Fuel, hopefully the RX8 gatherings will continue into the new year. I have been reaallly busy lately, so I haven't been too much involved in the 8. Haven't driven it more than once in a month -keeping the rotors/miles healthy I guess. I did notice last time I drove it last week the gas mileage sucked pretty bad as well.

 

My clutch pedal squeaked when I first got my car. Took the car in for a couple of TSBs fixed and the dealership replaced the bracket under warranty for free. Haven't had any trouble since.

 

If any of you are letting your car sit and warm up fully before you drive it, it's gonna kill your gas mileage plain and simple. They just dump fuel at idle. I usually only wait until it drops down from high idle before i start driving, then just drive gingerly until it gets up to operating temp.

 

This saturday work for you? I was planning on putting the new clutch in then. I figure it's not that bad, but I haven't looked all that closely to how it's assembled.

 

I gotta be in hamilton by 1:00, i'll be free before that.
I'm planning on going down to the Fuel that morning and if there's any place we can work on (probably even at the parking lot of the fuel...)
I believe the tools we need is just wrench, sockets, and drill.
I dont' have the socket size or drill bit size remembered, but I believe they should be listed on the instruction comes with the socket... (and I think I have it filed somewhere, so i'll look for it..)

anyways, basic procedure is to remove 2 or 3 nuts and get the electric connector to get the pedal out,
test fir the bracket, and then drill a hole through the crutch pedal assembly.
place bolt/nut through to secure the bracket on to the assembly, and then put all things back together.

let me know if you want to do that on saturday morning, or if you want to come over on saturday night, I should be back in oxford by 5:00.
I can bring all the necessary tools to the fuel and if we need, we can find some place to work on.

 

You know if the Fuel meet doesn't go on, maybe the Cincy Mazda community can find another place. Something central, like Norwood or around Red Bank Rd. Even Wooster Pike Frisch's Mainliner might be an option. I for one, would like a breakfast meet on occasion. Something with lots of fiber.

 

The reinforcing is already attached to the clutch assembly, so all we would need to do is switch out the assemblies. The only thing I'm really unsure about is the sensors that come with it. I tend to suck with electronics meaning i'm deathly afraid of being too forceful and breaking them.

Also, I would say I'd just meet you down at fuel but I can't really engage my clutch. I can get it to start but have to force it in and out of every gear.

 

We should plan to do this in the spring regardless. I love the little potato chunks.

 

We need another spirited drive in the spring to shake off the winter dust.

 

Sometime in April, that's when I should be home. Hopefully with the bigger 'charger installed.

 

That sounds like a great idea- Breakfast and Rotaries, Eggs and 8's

 

Anyone know a good paint guy/girl in the Cincy area? I'm gonna complete the MS kit in the next few months but the sides are only available in primer.

 

I don't know anybody personally, although there must be some in the area. The only experience I have is with Performance Body Repair in Florence when my neighbor backed into the front of my 8. All I can say about the work, is it's so-so, I see DA sanding marks everywhere. They didn't lay enough primer down, but it's not really noticable to most people.

My opinion is, if your buying the real-deal sides, they are not going to need much work to look good. Hell, Maaco could probably be an option depending what they look like out of the box. My rear spoiler is close, so I might go that route to save a little money.

I need a guy that is good with fiberglass/fitment, and that really takes a lot of work to find someone that is good with it. The problem is, most of these body shops are in the insurance/collision busine$$ and don't do a lot of body kit stuff, so I don't trust it. The guys that can do it, have about 88674576 67'-69' Camaro's and Chevelle's they need to restore first before they get to you, and oh yeah, they want to charge you an arm and a leg for their work. I am sure it's good work, but for the wait and cost, not worth the time. Most likely when they do start working on it, the whole deal will take 6 months as well.

So what are you left with, I guess for me it's to look for a reasonable small shop that has done many of these kinds of things before, that won't take arms or legs.

...sorry for the rant, I just had to get that off my chest because that is what I have been dealing with recently in my search.

I just recently found a place called Mid City Collision & Custom, who does a lot of touting about fiberglass fitting on his site, so I still have to check him out. Other than that

 

BTW bradleybourbon if you know the correct color code for that gun metallic that is used on the bottom of the kit, let me know.

 

I don't have any experience with anywhere in the area, but i've heard really good things about Jerry Earnst down on 52. It's pretty close to the Wilmer intersection.

 

I just talked to the Kings Body Shop and they quoted me around $600 to paint the (rock chips) nose, sides, and rear. If I bring them the kit and install it myself.

 

that seems fair, is the rear in primer also? If it is, and you have to paint the whole thing, can you ask kings what the color code is for the grey as I mentioned?

 

I can get the rear in primer or TI grey but since I am doing the sides I might as well get a primer rear to ensure the colors will match.