Well, it turned out to be a great day... Hot, but no rain.....

There's an old saying.... "Never bring a knife to a gun fight...." In my case, "never bring a spork to a gun fight...."

Running crappy street tires and a flat ignition does not make for a fast car.... LOL

Renesisking did a great job and I'm not ashamed to say that he posted better times then me.....

At the end of the event we switched cars..... That was an interesting run! It's amazing how a set of sticky tires can make a difference!

You guys missed a good day, 3 RX-8's held their own, we were only about 3 to 4 seconds off the $50K plus race cars!

The F.O.G.

 

It was mad fun. It pisses me off that I run better times during the fun runs instead. We should deffinetly get more people. I'd love to do more when I get back.

 

Well, the ignition kit has arrived, I guess I am going to attempt to install it this afternoon. Wish me luck!

The F.O.G.

 

Well after a couple of knuckle busters and cuts, I have the new coils, wires and plugs in. I managed to break off a vacuum fitting on the air pipe. I super glued it, hope it holds....

All I can say is WOW!!!

The performance difference, especially on the high end is remarkable! It seems to have more power now then when I bought it 20K miles ago.

The plugs were pretty brown with some black on all 4. the rear lower had some corrosion on the tip. It makes me think that the plug wire wasn't secured.

Now all I need are some rotors and pads all the way around, not to mention a new vacuum fitting and she will be as good as new.

I've decided the reason men name their cars, boats, planes, etc. after a women is for one reason only. It's not for the love of the vehicle but because just like a women, every time you turn around it's costing you money!!!!

The F.O.G.

 

Preach on rev!

BTW, there is another autoX event, well actually two of them. Saturday and Sunday. Also for anyone interested there is another mazda meet in danbury this wednesday. I'll let you know about where.

 

I actually missed this update but glad to see you got your new coils installed. I also took this weekend to install my BHR kit b/c I was getting some power loss down low. I know what you mean about knuckle busting and cuts. I thought it would be easier but I have a feeling I went the hard route since I'm not so mechanically inclined.

The good news is that they are in and I took it for a quick 20 min spin and the power seems to be back. We'll see if that was all it was after a few more trips to and from work and a trip down to NJ this week.

 

Where in danbury is the mazda meet?

 

Its at Coldstone near the mall at 8PM on wednesday.

 

King, if you go I'll go

 

ok guys on my way home for my 2 week break if my car is fixed when and where is the next meet after the 26th?

 

Bobby- don't know about the next meet but there's the autox in Stratford on 8/1

Old Man- you coming to the autocross this Saturday now that you have your coils in?

 

i will tell you what if the car is up and running i will be there you still got the same number or did it change?

 

Still the same number

 

Whoa, who is doing it this saturday? There are two this weekend one by Cart and the other by FCSCC in stratford. I was planning on going to the sunday one.

 

I thought you were in India? I was planning on going to the Saturday one.

 

long story. i cant make saturday unfortunately.

 

that would be pretty cool i just got my 8 and would love to do that

 

I gotta see who does it sunday.

 

CartCT is doing it in Bristol on Sunday. I'll go to that one if anyone is down.

 

Mazda meet still up for 8 tonight in Danbury???

 

Where in Stratford is this weekends event your talking about?

 

yea there is a meet today. coldstone next to the danbury mall

 

Did anyone go? I wanted to but the heavy rain made my decision for me. I didn't go figuring the rain would have killed it.

 

Yea 4 guys including myself, we went to Unos and had some drinks and food. It wasn't bad once we got there, it just drizzled. Which day did you want to go AutoX?? Now I'm thinking of doing both days.

 

I will be in New Orleans starting Saturday so I will miss the events this weekend.

The F.O.G.