Nemesis8

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LOL

You will **** your pants when I tell you how much it cost to ship the motor back to Atlanta - take a guess

dannobre

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Company Perk You guys ship much bigger crap all the time

Nemesis8

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haha $112 to ship 236 lbs clear across the US.

Nemesis8

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It arrives Monday for Paul to unwrap - this is going to be fun

Nemesis8

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Brian has pics up on his website for those interested.

BDC Motorsports

Teaser pic attached

RawrX8

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Ill come do some engine pulling. Haven't worried about pulling a Rx8 motor yet but have pulled plenty of motors in the past. Make sure you have a BFH and a big *** screw driver.

dannobre

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I smell a D**K measuring contest

I love you guys LOL

05rex8

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dannobre

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HA HA ...you're funny .....

05rex8

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lol...boredom is what it is

TeamRX8

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I have a sh-tload of mod work for the next month, no boredom here

05rex8

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well I'm snowed in watching the kiddies till the wife comes home
sigh

Nemesis8

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The waiting is the hardest part... I'm not going to push Paul and Rick on this one.

RawrX8

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Ill bring a Deluxe Dick's for you.

TeamRX8

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a few posts deleted, drunk posting and secrets are not a good combo ...

but you have a premier Renesis engine builder only one state away, hopefully the wait won't be too long

Nemesis8

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Yep - Oregon does have talent - that's for sure.

Nemesis8

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If you want the ultimate in sealing, then yes.

TeamRX8

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so the plan seems to be changing

Nemesis8

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I'm on the fence for new housings... Trying to sell crap to make my decision easier. Paul said I could use the existing housings.

TeamRX8

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sorry, I just assumed you already had them planned

olddragger

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https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...4&d=1248482370

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here are some pics i hope than be off some help.
the gasket is a true phenolic gasket--to help with the heat convection.
you can see where i have sealed the vdi area (working on another project to that area), removed the jet air little tubes and smoothed all that out, opened up some of the casting to help "vent" the unit a little, wrapped the fuel rail(gas temps get to 180f here!!) etc.
WORD OF WARNING---REPLACE THE GASLINE THAT ATTACHES THE TWO FUEL RAILS TOGETHER--DO NOT USE THE ONE THAT CAME OFF THE CAR. THE CONNECTORS CAN LEAK.
OD

bse50

If you don't want to seal the VDI (i wouldn't in a NA car) you can still work that area a little. For "a little" I mean that you have to grind less than 1mm off of it's border (i use a pen\marker first to do some tests) and slightly polish it.

Nemesis8

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Thanks for this tip! I'm getting a spare set of rails from dannobre, so I'll take your route and replace the line. Looks like you heat protected them also.

I like your gasket OD - real nice

Nemesis8

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If I can sell the midpipe I'm there.

olddragger

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i lot of people are now not using the vdi---but to each his own. It makes the world more interesting. Like american football players , playing in Italy!
What I have in mind --since i have sealed mine is to drill out a big area where the "valve used to be. Why? I dont have a clue. It will just look different.