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Old 08-11-2012, 06:48 PM
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Rolled the fenders and shaved the rear tab on my 8 today. Next will be to adjust the ride height and get an alignment!
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Old 08-12-2012, 10:40 PM
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Painted the brake calipers red.
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Got a compression test this weekend:

@ 30k miles

Rotor 1: 10, 9.9, 10 @ 330 RPM
Rotor 2: 9.7, 9.8, 9.7 @ 328 RPM

Looks like my engine is pretty healthy. I wish I would have gotten a test done brand new so I could track any changes. I will probably get another one at 50-60k miles.
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Old 08-15-2012, 12:54 AM
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ported and polished my throttle body - car felt way more .................................................. ................................................ polished.
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Old 08-15-2012, 08:11 AM
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Did it feel more ported, too? Or were you slacking? Took my BHR midpipe off for the 3rd time in a week to take it to the parts store and find some new gaskets. It doesn't leak now.
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Old 08-15-2012, 02:43 PM
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I cleaned my rotors real good labeled parts to make it easy to assemble ! Assembled oil rings and lubed them to be ready you ,o took car cover off to show my brother in law that's here from Chicago.
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Old 08-16-2012, 12:07 AM
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ididnt do this today, but on saturday.
Added 2" of 1x1 AC Conditioner closed cell foam strips arounf my BHR Radiator. Then took it for a 100 mile test drive to the Scottsdale Pavilions.

At 107 deg ambient air temps, i was seeing 205 deg coolant temps in stop-n-go traffic. Then 198 deg temps dropping down to 190 deg @ 75 mph on the freeway.

50 miles driven with the Heater on and the other 50 with the Heater off.
The BHR Radiator has only been installed Since October of 2007.
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Old 08-23-2012, 05:18 AM
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Today I will be starting a drive from North Florida to West NY :-) Going to enjoy every minute of it!
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Old 08-23-2012, 12:40 PM
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Picking it up after three weeks in the shop for a MAZDA remanuactured engine swap.

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wiped some love stains
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Broke my upper intake manifold bolt while putting it back on. Had a hard time taking the broken part out. :/
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Old 08-25-2012, 08:01 AM
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Last sunday I did a plugs, coils, wires tune up and last night I installed my GROM bluetooth!!! Ohh the bliss of it all
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sat in it and pretended to drive it LOL.

still waiting on parts :-/.

flywheel,counterweight,throwout bearing,pilot bearing etc. (clutch died)
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Old 08-25-2012, 05:05 PM
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Today I got some new thick fluid in her haha and then found a nail in the tire so got that fixed..and later I might go out to PAVS and for sure going out to firebird to hang with some fellow mazda peeps
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Old 08-25-2012, 08:09 PM
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Did some part swapping with a forum member to help figure out his problem.
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Old 08-26-2012, 06:55 AM
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I ment to post this last weekend
but I was drag racing with the 8 at Rotor Fest Atco NJ
Best time I Ran a 15.145
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Old 08-27-2012, 08:33 AM
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Just finished prepping her to evacuate...
Gonna be a long drive..
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Old 08-28-2012, 02:41 PM
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We went to the vet for a check-up.

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Old 08-28-2012, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Brettus
ported and polished my throttle body - car felt way more .................................................. ................................................ polished.
Pics?!
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nothing.

She is sitting in a car lot at the dealership waiting to be picked up tomorrow morning. New solenoids.
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Old 08-28-2012, 11:56 PM
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I was going to tinker with the EPS harness and clean the connectors, however, I ended up relocating the front license plate with a bracket out of Home Depot stuff... It got dark so I installed it with haste, just going to straighten it up and do the EPS in the morning.











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nothing.

She is sitting in a car lot at the dealership waiting to be picked up tomorrow morning. New solenoids.
That's another thing I have to do, P2259 kept popping up...

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Old 08-29-2012, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Grace_Excel
I was going to tinker with the EPS harness and clean the connectors, however, I ended up relocating the front license plate with a bracket out of Home Depot stuff... It got dark so I installed it with haste, just going to straighten it up and do the EPS in the morning.
maybe im the only one who doesnt like it in that spot... eh whatever. old news, but i made all this crap in the past month.. Kind of feels like i need a thread to post all of my custom fab stuff.

polished my strut bar. guide can be found here: https://www.rx8club.com/do-yourself-...ut-bar-235398/







Also made a custom Polycarbonate intake tray to replace the ugly oem one that is impossible to clean. I wanted to see more of the fun stuff under the tray, but i also wanted to keep intake temps down. compromised. Took a 2 hour drive to south nj a few days ago, 1 hour cruising at 85 and no signs of it coming close to melting. EDIT: this was a prototype to see if it would work/not melt. My next version will use bigger sheets of polycarbonate and less brackets holding everything together. I used smaller sheets to save money incase it did melt or didnt work.





















Also made a custom tow hook license plate bracket.




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Old 08-29-2012, 12:19 AM
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maybe im the only one who doesnt like it in that spot... eh whatever
It's on that spot so it's visible for the cops.
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Old 08-29-2012, 08:57 PM
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logged in for the first time since my yellow car was new. testing a new cooling setup, tracking temp with scan tool.
120k miles on car and motor, still love it. looking to see how everyone else deals with the heat.
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:32 PM
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Parked it and put a for sale sign on it
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