I have the Bosch ICON wiper blades on my car and truck... work great.

 

HAHA!!! On thr trip to TJ's your truck windshield was filthy. Salt and crap all over it! Did you use the squirters or wipers at all, once? Nope!

 

Hi All - sorry to be MIA for a bit. The semester has begun and work work work. I'd be up for a FEB meet for sure.

Also, still have the CEL and it is has got to be the O2 sensor that is after my (gutted) CAT. I'm going to get a new O2 sensor and see if that helps the rough running under 3000 RPMs. I just read that if you have a CEL code that the ECU will go into some kind of 'safe mode' which may be causing my lack of power and rough running below 3k RPM?
I may just get an RP Super cat next month and be done with it!

I found this O2 simulator that may do the trick. Anyone heard of this thing?

http://www.magnumtuning.com/en/produ...nsor_simulator

FYI the new season of Top Gear started last week!

 

If you have a gutted cat you will have a CEL...there are no two ways around it. I have a midpipe and have a CEL and am not stuck in any sort of limp mode. And O2 sims don't work on the RX8 and there is no reason to have one on the rear of the cat as it doesn't provide any used data.

 

Yea that's kind of what I thought. I'm going to just order up a RP Super cat and be done with it!

 

Hey wheellee - I'm just in Bratenahl but can be found on Coventry at the Lizard quite often.

 

for anyone who is in the area, i will be at seaway from 7:30-10 or 11. i have a dart team that plays out of there. stop by and have a beer with me if you want. seaway is just west of 305 on euclid ave

 

Touché
I should have said, "they work... when I care to use them"

 

Stig- John is right, those O2 sims are worthless on our car.
You'll need an AccessPort to mask the CEL.

Also, you mentioned having issues around 3K RPM... this is close to when the SSV opens/closes.
And I recall seeing a wire securing your valve
Did you ever install that e-clip I gave you?

 

No...but if you want to drive around the corner you are welcome to look at my pretty 8 up on jackstands. :P

 

^And since its up on jack stands, I'm sure you already swapped out the midpipe... right?

 

not yet...waiting for it to warm up...would have done it that day it was like 52...but ended up ripping out someones interior instead.

 

you ripped out someones interior!? you animal.. or should i say.. you wookie!

 

devilboi- would have but didnt get that msg till this morn and i also didnt leave the bar till almost midnight, not a good time to be stopping over ppls houses. why did you rip out the interior? you recovering the seats or something? i used to do that kind of thing at my old job, refurbish the interiors of private jets and corporate jets

 

wheellee - it was Steve's donor and he bought pizza. :P

 

We tore the donor apart that weekend, nearly everything was taken out...


Except the E-brake handle....

 

and headliner, clutch brake and gas pedals, gauge cluster, sunroof motor and glass, and some other odds and ends that people keep asking me... I swear, somehow they know what is going to get me to go out there and keep working on that stuff.

I gotta get a torch down there and see if I can heat the dif. and powerplant frame enough to get them to de-fuse... There are still some fun things left to do out there.


Oh, snapped some pics of the wheels I bought. . . I like them better than the OEMs for sure.

 

in the near future ill be getting new plugs and i pray a new starter, im hunting everywhere for an upgraded one. cheapest i can kind so far is around 300$. hoping for a miracle rehap like steve, lol.

 

Nice Steve! I like the new wheels, they look good

 

I just got my new toy in the mail today

 

Compression tester it appears to be. Doesn't look like the TR-01 though.

Nice.

 

Yup.
I didn't want to go with the TR-01, this unit is way more advanced.
Test up to four rotors at the same time (though we would only use two).
You can adjust the sample rate to get a detailed waveform of each rotor facing.
Allows you to overlap the waveforms between the rotors.

 

just called to get a new quote for insurance on the 8. the 6 month early pay is almost $700. anyone else have to pay this much for their 8 or is it just me? never had to pay this much for insurance for 6 months before

 

Im at $350 a half.

 

that makes me how did you get yours so low? i have full coverage with mid-range deductables. over 30 and 0 points no reason to have such a high insurance rate