At 34,000 miles my car suddely came alive
 

I don't know what has changed, but somewhere around the 34,000 mile mark my 8 has just come unglued. It feels like it has more grunt. A couple of days ago I took off hard from a stoplight in a little street race against a Civic and when I shifted into 2nd the car almost got sideways but DSC kicked in 3rd spun them again DSC light and from 3rd to 4th the light came on again and there was a little chirp.

My car has never done this before. I have heard people metion that the rotary wakes up around 40k but this is my 1st rotary car and I have nothing to compare it to. Anyone else felt the same thing.

BTW I have not had the PCM updated since late last year.

Asking for a lock? :p

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Zoom must have missed his cue...

Lets try this again:


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[QUOTE=SHOWOFF] A couple of days ago I took off hard from a stoplight in a little street race against a Civic and when I shifted into 2nd the car almost got sideways but DSC kicked in 3rd spun them again DSC light and from 3rd to 4th the light came on again and there was a little chirp.
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watch the street race talk please. not allowed.

maybe you just finally let it all hang out?

yea... your only allowed to mention "street race" on this board during rants complaining about how sl0w your car is :rolleyes:

actually not then either. for this thread i thought we could get past the racing remark and discuss why at 34k he is suddenly chirping his tires.

woohoo! only 12,000 more miles for me and I'll have the advertised HP!

Maybe, the flash fairy snuck in your garage and did her thing. I am actually content with the improvements flash-over-flash but maybe it's just mental. But I wouldn't mind the rotary coming to life even more in the next couple of years.

Maybe just maybe you are wearing your tires and thus have less grip.

According to C&D their test Rx-8 got faster as it aged to 40,000 miles.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=4

Are Rx-8s like fine wine? Maybe...

Ya,

Didn't C&D say after like 40k they took 0.5 off of their ET? That sounds like some major extra grunt... And this guys observation backs up that point even further... 32k miles left till I can actually go as fast as I had planned to when I bought the car.

Yay

it does take longer for a rotary motor to 'break in' than a piston motor, but i somehow doubt a huge change, and not instantly...it would be progressive over the miliage.

was it maby colder that night, or damp road...ect, ect. something to make it seem/feel faster?

That's when the fuel maps trims down from the rich air/fuel mixture to a leaner/original design by Mazda for the Renesis, by then the Catalyst life can theoretically make the EPA3 requirement of 120,000 miles . The rich mixture used before 40K miles was a work-around in order for the Cat to last for 120K miles yet still meet the emission requirements of EPA3.

That's really interesting, but do you have documentation to back this up?

Damn, It will take me 2-3 more years to get 34k on my 8.

haha...I know what you mean...i've had mine for a year now and only put 8k on it

I think slick8 was bullshitting, but that would be interesting if there was a time/mileage delay built into the computer.

I've had my car since October of 2003 and I've driven around 8500 miles so far...at this rate, I'll never reach 34,000 miles.

But his car did it at 34K thats 6K ahead of your theory :rolleyes:

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I am at almost 36k, in less than 2 years. While my car feels very good now, I attribute it to the re-flashes, and the modifications that have been made. Does my car chirp tires, no, only once, and that was with DSC off. I can't imagine that it would just change overnight. But if you are happier now, I guess you can't complain about that.

Nope it was midday around 90 deg. crazy humid too. It wasn't an overnight thing. I just started to notice it a few weeks ago. I drive the car in spurts. We have 2 beaters that I drive to work now so the 8 only comes out on the weekends and maybe one day a week for a ride to work.

I have about 600 miles before I reach the 34K mark -- I'll report back when I reach the magic number.