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Old Oct 29, 2017 | 08:20 PM
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Took my girls to the track this weekend!
Dammit, you made me really wanna AutoX now, LOL.

Anyway, I just vacuumed the car. Should have known better to drive drunk friends who passed out on the lawn home. Thank god there are no pukes.

Note to myself: party and drink next year so I can't drive.

Will probably clean the windows tomorrow.
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Old Oct 30, 2017 | 08:43 PM
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Finished rubbing on the outside of this one, time to install the tablet and clean the interior

Clean culture here we come to get spanked lol
Old Oct 31, 2017 | 08:18 AM
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Took her for a spin and filled her up one last time for winter storage

Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:10 AM
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Finally installed my bhr midpipe this morning. Took 2 trips to a fab shop but it's on. Once I put the front end back together I can take it for a spin.
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jer2911
Finished rubbing on the outside of this one, time to install the tablet and clean the interior

Clean culture here we come to get spanked lol
You sir have one supernclean car. Props! Please post more pics!!
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:27 AM
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Car just turned 109k. Got a call this morning to drop the car off nov. 8 for all four recalls and that will be out of the way! Adter driving a camry as a daily, i miss this thing so much i never wanna get out of it 😭
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by eyeguy
Finally installed my bhr midpipe this morning. Took 2 trips to a fab shop but it's on. Once I put the front end back together I can take it for a spin.
Just curious, why did you require a fab shop at all for a bolt-in part?
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:38 AM
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Just curious, why did you require a fab shop at all for a bolt-in part?
and why he took the front end apart
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 08:42 AM
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and why he took the front end apart
Haha my assumption is that it was not related...... god I hope it's not related....
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 10:49 AM
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Scraped a nice gash in the passenger side aero flare pulling into a leafy driveway at night. Thankfully its only plastic. The owner of said driveway apparently thought it wise to place rocks to mark the edges of the driveway. Rocks become icebergs when you don't rake your leaves all autumn :/
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryMachineRx
Just curious, why did you require a fab shop at all for a bolt-in part?
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and why he took the front end apart
Rear flange nuts were not centered. Rear hangar also sits super close to ppf, though hopefully there won't be enough movement during normal driving to cause frequent contact. If there is, just bending it slightly should do the trick. I had to take the front end apart for repairs from a collision that took place before I bought the car.
Old Nov 1, 2017 | 07:07 PM
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Picked up some race ramps to get her ready for some surgery this offseason


Old Nov 2, 2017 | 04:30 AM
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getting a full body paint job.. dents here and there, chipped here and there.
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 07:24 AM
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Picked up some race ramps to get her ready for some surgery this offseason



I like those rims! What are they?
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 11:29 AM
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Took her to the dealership for the fuel pump recall.

Regretted it an hour later.

Will be without her for up to two weeks.....

Back story:
My fuel pump was new. Asked them not to swap the pump if not necessary. They failed the inspection because it was aftermarket, ripped it out (told me they can't put it back in), realized they don't have the casing for the new pump they were going to install, ordered the part but could take up to two weeks. Weep....
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 1dergirl
Took her to the dealership for the fuel pump recall.

Regretted it an hour later.

Will be without her for up to two weeks.....

Back story:
My fuel pump was new. Asked them not to swap the pump if not necessary. They failed the inspection because it was aftermarket, ripped it out (told me they can't put it back in), realized they don't have the casing for the new pump they were going to install, ordered the part but could take up to two weeks. Weep....
Reminds me of that poor blue S1 sitting on the floor jack in the dealership parking lot.

Last time I checked(when I saw that Spirit R RX-7, so like a week ago), it was STILL there. Wow.
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 07:32 PM
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Took her out for a good beating. But filled my SOHN oil res. with some fresh motul 800 and boy does the smell of motul make me smile. The pops do too
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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I like those rims! What are they?


Thank you very much! They are Enkei PF07 19X9.5 +35 sqwar
Old Nov 3, 2017 | 08:22 PM
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Drove it to work today to drive out the Oklahoma 87 that's in the tank. Took one of my co-workers to lunch. She said, "What is that whirring sound?" Gave me a huge grin. Tried to explain spinning triangles vs. pistons. Got glazed over look. Maybe someday.
Old Nov 4, 2017 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 1dergirl
Took her to the dealership for the fuel pump recall.

Regretted it an hour later.

Will be without her for up to two weeks.....

Back story:
My fuel pump was new. Asked them not to swap the pump if not necessary. They failed the inspection because it was aftermarket, ripped it out (told me they can't put it back in), realized they don't have the casing for the new pump they were going to install, ordered the part but could take up to two weeks. Weep....
I've only got 33k miles on mine and 10k on a BHR fuel pump.

I don't have any leaks and really never drive in any extreme temp hot or cold.

The way to play this situation is to not do recall, but if you get leak later, there's a recall, and do it then, getting new pump.

It's not like the loose injectors problems of reinstalled engines that cause fires.

Most people can tell fuel is leaking under seat pretty quick.
Old Nov 4, 2017 | 07:44 PM
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Made it out to the atl clean culture event today, cars were decent. Definitely not a driver's event. My daughter and I had the only 8's there and there was one fd. I didn't even take one picture lol. I had a great time flying down the hwy though.
Old Nov 5, 2017 | 04:28 PM
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Finally got around to tearing down the original engine. I replaced it last year due to bad compression and because it was blowing oil out the vent line. Rear rotor side seal was the cause of all my problems...


Old Nov 5, 2017 | 06:01 PM
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That will do it What's the history of that engine? Was it raced? Daily driven? Mileage?

Today's adventures included installing MeisterR coilovers on my 8 and on a friend's NC Miata. 9K/6K springs. After 3 hours of driving city and highway at full soft, I'm pretty happy. At full soft they're comfortable, even a bit floaty. Damping experimentation to come. Worlds above the Koni/Eibach mistake I had on previously. Track testing will, unfortunately, have to wait until next year.

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Old Nov 5, 2017 | 06:26 PM
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That will do it What's the history of that engine? Was it raced? Daily driven? Mileage?

Today's adventures included installing MeisterR coilovers on my 8 and on a friend's NC Miata. 9K/6K springs. After 3 hours of driving city and highway at full soft, I'm pretty happy. At full soft they're comfortable, even a bit floaty. Damping experimentation to come. Worlds above the Koni/Eibach mistake I had on previously. Track testing will, unfortunately, have to wait until next year.
I picked up the car with about 30,000 miles on it. I think the previous owner babied it but i have no history on it. I put about 5,000 on it before I changed the engine. This was the worst damage to the iron.
Old Nov 6, 2017 | 11:25 AM
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Oh you know, just went out for leisurely drive with a few friends...







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