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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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Woke up and car not running on one rotor changed plugs and back to normal. Back to FD
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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Got hungry and decided to stop for the night. Making that merge is a royal pain.

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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 01:38 AM
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At least your taking your time to do it right
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 08:36 PM
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i bought a turbo kit for the 8!! let the turbo build begin!! debating rebuilding the motor with emseril seals first? 74K on the origional block now.... or RA super seals.... hmmm
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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That's exciting! Good luck
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 06:37 PM
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i bought a turbo kit for the 8!! let the turbo build begin!! debating rebuilding the motor with emseril seals first? 74K on the origional block now.... or RA super seals.... hmmm
Which turbo kit?
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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Which turbo kit?
wasnt looking to break the bank so i ended up going with a used greddy kit with the emanage ultamate,it included an allmost new gt28rs turbo, which is water cooled as well. also included a plx wideband.

still mulling over if i should try my luck at tuning the emu, or just get an access port. how hard is it to get tunes from MM now? kinda uncertain since i have seen he was banned.

i plan to just run 5-6 psi,nothing wild.
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Old Nov 29, 2012 | 11:22 PM
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Hey guys, I need some advice on how to clean spark plugs, or what I should use to clean them with. In the past I have alway got new one. This is for my daily driver which is my Hyundai scoupe Turbo that is burning oil with 122,000 miles. I drive about one mile down the street.

Here is the why I want to clean them. Every year I need to change them, as the get very oil like and I have a hard time starting. Five mouth ago a change them and last month I had to change again, two week later It started to do it again, I figurer out the it was spark plug #2. I clean it and the car is running fine now. I clean it with a wire brush and wd40. So I just want to clean then the right way if I have to do it again.
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Old Nov 30, 2012 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by kompressorlogic
wasnt looking to break the bank so i ended up going with a used greddy kit with the emanage ultamate,it included an allmost new gt28rs turbo, which is water cooled as well. also included a plx wideband.

still mulling over if i should try my luck at tuning the emu, or just get an access port. how hard is it to get tunes from MM now? kinda uncertain since i have seen he was banned.

i plan to just run 5-6 psi,nothing wild.

Get a Cobb...and either get MM to tune it..orlearn how yourself. The EMU is a horrid way to tune this car
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 05:44 AM
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how reliable/consistant has mazdamaniac been latly??,ive heard rumors of long backorder on things or taking a very long time getting tuning done....
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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Short notice, but I am going to catch the movie Looper at the crest tonight at 4:30. If anyone is interested pm me. It's $3


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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 06:29 PM
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Going to a pub to watch UFC fight myself
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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 09:45 PM
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Sweet. I need to get caught up, I'm only around 120
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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My wife and I test drove the 2010 porsche Cayenne GTS and a Range Rover Sport Supercharged again. We cant decide between the two. We both have sports cars so a luxury SUV (range rover) seems to be the logical choice but the GTS was surprisingly more comfortable and drives like my rx8. What would you guys pick? I have till summer to decide :-)
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 10:39 PM
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Both require deep pockets when they are out of warranty.....

The Porshe handles better...but really what's the point? They barely hold more gear than a car

Get a real truck....Love my 4Runner
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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Second owning a truck/suv that can actually tow/haul.
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 12:38 PM
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I will be towing kids around so towing capacity is not a priority.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 11:49 PM
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 04:50 AM
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That looks nice!
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 07:41 AM
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Thanks. Can't wait to get this finished so I can get to radiator/fmic/trimming bumper for fmic. Long as the world doesn't end next week. Cage still planned sometime beginning of the year. I pick up the chassis harness every day but not looking forward to tracing and depinning everything
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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Haha did you weld all of the silver tubing?
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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Haha did you weld all of the silver tubing?
Everything is tacked together. Its all stainless. Drivers side is some polished dairy pipe from projects in the past and passenger is the UJ bends I ordered. Both same wall thickness.
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 04:40 PM
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Looking great :-)
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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Looking good, Brad! How long until you think you fire it up?
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Old Dec 14, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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Long time. Motor is being rebuilt with forged internals when car is off in body shop.
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