10th Official philly meet 08//05/2010 /// Meeting at francesco's house Then sonic 9pm
 

Id come but I have band practice tonight, and usually every thursday night. Is this going to be a steady thing?

we are trying to have a meet once a week but we are not sure on the dates yet, so if you can't make it on thursday we will keep that in mind for the next meet, i will keep you updated, also we are trying to have a garage meet so we can work on our cars and just help each other out on whatever we need

a garage meet would be awesome! But yeah, i'll stay posted. Isnt this the sonic where the TST meet was shut down a few weeks back?

i'll be up in philly this weekend :( cottman avenue

I'm in, and flaps...yea it was.

But we wont take over the parking lot or litter.

Oscar, i like the garage idea. I've got to install my lower front tie bracing...but the damn bolt is stripped and seized in place.

Im going i should be there around 8:30-8:45...will yous still be there?

we all gonna be there :) i should be getting there around 8-8:30

hey francesco i got tools, air tank etc etc but i dont have a garage, we can set up a meet for next week in the back of my house so we can help you out, i know felix, carlos, and jose are close by me, so i don't see why we cant help you out, I also have a deck for hot dogs and burgers :) we can work in our cars and then head to sonic at night

I'll admit it..i felt pretty cool driving behind 2 other rx8s.
Maybe if i could keep up that would be cool

pffff...haha if i was rollin with you guys you prolly wouldn't feel as bad!

That was a nice little meet last night. Plus sonic is ftw.

Just let me know when you have a free night or weekend. I'll definitely head over. I've got everything but air tools. Air tools should make this a breeze, should.

haha whys that?

first of all, thanks to everyone for coming out..!!!

second of all, we need a garage for the next meet so we can help francesco out
(we can use the back of my house but there is not much space to park)

third of all, flpas720 has practice on thursdays and can't make it, so should we meet on a different day?

wait for the next sushi meet :) there will be at least 10 rx8's heading over to nj

Well, hell its my car...I've got 3 jacks and 8 stands...2 cars could be worked on at a time...oh and 2 garage bays.

I'm free after 6:30pm most of the time.

But for my GTSPEC bracing...I'm gonna need to contact GTSPEC since my instructions are in Japanese...:headbang:.

just fig'd cause my car is pretty stock in the performance parts category...

yeah my band typically practices every tues and thurs, but dont change the day on my account, im super busy and its gonna be hard for me to make meets regularly. I do have thursdays off every so often when we have a show on a friday night

Couldn't make it out last night, sorry bout that. Thursdays are generally ok for me though.

Francesco, got any free time tomorrow at all? Im gonna throw that BHR kit in and get back up and running hopefully.

Tomorrow is all full up. Sunday is free. Let me know if you need an extra hand still.

Yeah, Im gonna have to knock it all out tomorrow. It's supposed to pour on Sunday. Ugh. Thanks though.

^^ damn guys we defenetly need a garage :) im free sunday too if you need a hand failsafe

I got the English instructions for my GTSPEC parts...my original was in japanese...lol.

I looked at the bolt...its gonna have to be drilled out. I have left handed drill bits; Oscar, think we can drill out the seized bolt?

As far as a garage meet goes; we could have an install day/weekend if every1 has some parts they need to put on. I can't say I've seen a PA install day. I know TNC in NJ has had a few install days...why can't we?! lol.

I offer up my garage, 2 bays, 3 jacks, 8 jack stands.

I have the air gun and a torch for the seized bolt, what day is good for you??? I can probably swing by with the air tank, torch and tools

I figured we'd use it for a garage meet. I'm not in a rush to install it. I'm good friday nights, saturdays after 12, and sundays.

I am definitely interested!!!! Thurs is ok ... Fri is better ... Ill need to install an AP midpipe soon :) I can bring 2 stands and another hydro jack

Midpipe install eh, get spare hardware....trust me. I fought the bolts...and the bolts won. Well that is until i got my dremel out.

I'm definitely going to make it out every thursday.

This week, i'm running a stupid loud setup, hks hi-power and exoticspeed race pipe :lol:

As far as a garage meet, im willing to host.

i think i might actually be free this thursday...:suspect:

^^ cool i'll see you thursday!

step 1. Go to my friends shop at night ... put car on lift
step 2. Take out absurdly long torque wrench and WD-40
step 3. ???
step 4. Profit

^^ Installing the midpipe is an easy task, apply lots of wd40 and make sure there are no air leaks afterwards, if you need a hand let us know!

yea ... I installed my catback myself .. the biggest issue were the exhaust hangers .. they are a major pita ... I do not think I will have any trouble ... but thanks tho, I def appreciate the offer

Im kinda bummed i cant come out to a meet for 2 weeks.
Got work until 10ish tonight and next week i just found out im working until 12.

Next time yous see me ill have the AEM intake on and my coils wires and plugs will all be done too.

hoping to see a difference in MPG with the changes.

^^ last week week we stayed until 1130 pm

I'm going to revive failsafe's rx8 so another shinka will be there

^^ revive like mouth to intake??

And seafoam

seafoam?? i hate the thing be prepare for a cloud of smoke! I have to do that to my car soon ...again.

clean all the carbon out?

yup his car has been flooded for months, iirc. so we need to get all that crap outta there.

Tell failsafe to take the sparkplugs out and dry them really good (burn the tips a little with a torch or gas stove), charge the battery to the max, and i think there is a fuse for the gas pump that it needs to be taken off than crank the engine with out the sparkplugs in a couple of times (to get the gas in the engine out) then plug fuse in sparkplugs in and crank it up. This is how i used to deflood my rx7 back in the days, or call my mechanic mario i could pm'you his number

yeap!

We did everything but the plugs. He's running BHR's ignition kit now, which is beefy to say the least.

bhr nice!, but check the plugs if they wet there is no way the car is gonna start. I'll see you guys next week

All I have to say about the BHR kit is....

http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/...chjpg-468x.jpg

CHARRRRLES!!

I have new plugs. I could put them in, which would solve the issue entirely, but the concern is that the plugs are *not* the issue and then I'd screw up another set of them. Guess I'll have to grab a torch somewhere and try drying the original ones first.

We did the 'pull the fuse/crank/etc' method last night, although we didn't take out the plugs when we did it. I'm going to jack the car up when I get home from work to put new fog bulbs in, so maybe I'll try that while it's up. Like I said though, I don't have a torch to dry the existing ones out.

Does he do house calls? lol. I really don't feel like having the car towed at the moment. Although I could use my AAA membership if he's close enough I suppose.

^^ just put in the new ones and make sure the battery is fully charge, i had the same problem many times in my 7 I remember there was one time i had to use 2 batteries to get it to run

YES! Fucking with my head Charles!

I may have to bite the bullet and just put the new ones in. The originals are more than likely completely shot.

On Friday, I pulled the plugs, pulled the fuel pump fuse (the 20A one), tried cranking a bunch of times to clear everything out. I let the car sit all day saturday in the heat with the plugs out and took a wire brush and torch to the original plugs to clean them off. Francesco can vouch for how bad they were since I sent him a picture. Dear god. lolol.

Sunday night, I put them back in and tried getting it going and still nothing, although at least this time, it actually felt like it was trying to start. It almost did at one point, but after a while of trying, it still wouldn't.

Needless to say, I'm beyond aggrevated at this point. I had to restrain myself from calling the stealership this morning.

I can't believe that my optima red top is still going strong at this point though. lol

wow still didn't come on?? that's weird, I'm sending you my mechanic's number in a pm. where do you live? I might be able to stop by with carlos and probably jose to take a look at it :)

Wow, didnt see this thread until now guys damn lol, im definitely down for meeting up whenever, gotta let me know the next time

I'm good for thursday.

failsafe, any luck unflooding?

we're meeting on thursday.

hey francesco how about we meet at the tst meet around your house?? the one they do every thursday, also I was thinking we can stop by failsafe's house before the meet and help him with his car.

the ross meets were shut down. last meet was like 400+ cars. Talks are still going on for a new location.

Id say we could do a garage meet, but thats not happening until failsafe is up and running.