2012 SE Florida Lounge
 

New thread to the New Year!

#1 question of the night: why is my drink fizzy? :rofl:



Mods or admins, please sticky this thread now and un-sticky last years, thank you :)

Well, I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce myself! I'm Chris, aand hopefully I'll be more active on here this year. Oh, right, I'm from Orlando-ish.

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sup chris, you going to sebring on the 14th for some auto-x?

2012 se florida lounge
 

seeing how its a new year, it makes sense that we start a new one with 2012..just wanted to say hey and hope everyone's new year was a good one

Today was a bad day. My car was driving fine all day until I was on my way home. A little more than a mile away from my house, my car starts to sputter like its misfiring when I go past half throttle. So I left off the gas some but it eventually starts to sputter again until I can't even touch the pedal. So then I'm coasting in neutral when the car just dies so I pull into an empty lot. I try to start her up but the car sounds horrible and barely worked hard enough to stay on. So I let it cool off for a few hrs. I come back and it starts but it sounds like shit. I get the car home but now I need to make a date with mazda.

that sucks, sounds like the problems you were having before and with the problem you just stated it might be compression and time for a new engine. you are still under warranty period right?

Dude this time it really has me scared. I'm still under warranty but I can't necessarily return my car to stock. I don't have a spare cat lying around or a factory exhaust. My car came with neither of the two. So wish me luck. Ill keep everyone updated. O my did stick was smelling like gas when I pulled it out. idk what that means.

I was hoping to get out to Sebring, but I don't have an opportunity that weekend.

I'll definitely get out there at some point though! :mdrmed:

they shouldnt give you much crap if you put a factory cat and intake. those are two of the most crucial things that they give you problems about. and gas in oil = bad and means new engine time most likely

The intake is not necessary...just get a used CAT from a wrecked Rx8 and that's all you need. That should be enough. They only gave me shit with the CAT and ignition.

Btw...I'm at Tower shops right now. :)

chris and anyone else, want to go to fiu for that car show tomorrow? im debating going but im not going to make the car look to fancy just a wash and detail no wax

i miss towers...is the 8 turn out decent there now? I talked to a buddy of mine in an 08 civic si that told me about a trip back home. He ran into a blue 8 that he considering running until the 8 driver started shooting flames at him. Haha. "it was the most intimidating thing I've seen man" Those were his exact words...

there were about 4 of us. Not too bad

:lol: I would love to fix my car to do that

Trolllzzz

the 'rents are sick of the rich smell, gunna have to go back to having a cat again for now... :/

Lame.....

Ah, dammit Xero, I missed your post. I would have gone. :p I just started working and I've kind of destroyed my weekends. 4pm - 2am Friday and Saturday.

i could get a cobb and lean out the car a little more so im not running so rich and get rid of a lot of the smell...but i already have the cat sitting in my garage. so obviously you see which route is cheaper..

So what are the real benefits of going cat-less? I'm finally getting to the point that I want to start modifying, and that seems to be a very early mod or most people.

the catalytic converter is naturally restrictive. with no cat, the engine can push the exhaust gases out much more easily. This gives a small hp gain plus kickass flames when it is hot enough. My only suggestion on buying a midpipe is racing beat or BHR. BHR is godly and never changes but expensive. racing beat sounds great but the packing burns out after awhile (which is what's happening to me).

wait, wait. you are saying if I take out the cat, then my car its going to push fire out of the exhaust that you can actually see. now my question is... is that going to turn the CEL on?

^yes

the flames are due to the car naturally running rich so unburnt fuel igniting in the exhaust. part of the smell you get when not having a cat is from those unburnt gases (there are other reasons as well). the CEL is because the second oxygen sensor in the cars exhaust stream red-flags to the computer (pcm) that the cat is below efficiency threshold (no shit because its no longer there).

he Xero Ryuu, but, is there a way to take it off with out making the CEL being on. or thats a side effect that it inevitable?

midpipe of any kind = cel.
the only thing you can do is get a Cobb AP and use that to "mask" the cel code so that code alone wont make the light come on.

i heard putting electrical tape over the light makes it go away lol. I just get my codes checked when i go to autozone to buy oil or if the car acts up. It isnt too much of a big deal.

There are also adapters that make the o2 sensor sit further from the midpipe but those are hit and miss. Cobb is the way to go or a high flow cat...

it wont work since its still the same exhaust gasses, your cel would turn on and off at best. cobb is best bet as high flow cats burn out rather quickly

Ah, what's up guys. Everyone is still alive cool. :)

Looking to pick up an RX8 at the end of this semester..going to be getting rid of my Ninja in place of a car :(

Hopefully the RX8 can satisfy my needs for the next few years. West Palm Beach here.

Correct with a correction :p:

(BHR midpipe) The second sensor is still there but is no longer getting Hot enough which is why it's below efficiency. The computer then forces the car to run richer to keep the motor safe. Once you get the Cobb flash tuner and Mazda Maniac's base tune the check engine light is eliminated as well as the enrichment of the fuel.

Note when I had the midpipe on with no flash tuner my gas mileage was ruffly the same but the car did shoot more flames. With the MM stock tune less flames unless I was racing like this past weekend then tons of flames...LOL! :wiggle:

Well, ladies and jerks you missed an EPIC adventure at Sebring this past weekend!!! I am speechless but here is a 5 second description of the weekend:

Porsche's...TONS...including the several GT3's and a VERY rare GT3 RS 4.0 (OMFG)

Ferrari's...Scuderia (I haz vid)

Z06 Racecar (I haz vid)

Me (I haz vid)

A memory to last a life time. :bowdown:

Nice man, you won't regret it. Unless you care about MPG. :wavey:

I've had the car since 06 and I still feel the same way I did back when I first got it. Good times.

Caveman....you make me so depressed. I'm so disappointed I couldn't go. Words cannot describe it. You need to post up vidz soon

The same people will have another autocross this weekend at Bank Atlantic (22nd) and I should be going if all goes well.

Pics and Vids will be up soon...If you have me on facebook I have all vids and pics posted.

Sebring Autocross
 

I couldn't tape the second day since my camera mount broke in the 4th vid...LOL! I guess I need to get a GoPro!

LOL at the last video. That looks like it was alot of fun. Dam my car for havong bad timing.

Nice videos!
Thanks for sharing.

i got a car cam off ebay for $26 thats pretty decent i like it. worth checking it out if you want bro

You give praise to car cam but no linky...FAIL! :lol2:


I really wish I could have recorded day two!!! GRRRR!!!! I got some advice regarding my driving on day one and let's just say I got REALLY brave on day two and it paid off cause I took on the Tokyo Drift persona during the hairpin. It must have been soo entertaining that for a split second while I was driving I saw a few people at one of the stations clapping...LMAO!!! I should have put that song with the Asian girls singing FAST AN FURIOUS!!!!!

I'm the new DK of the autocross!

Now the truth is I was trying to down shift into first but I kept on messing up the throttle blip (heal toe) into first gear which essentially made the rear tires spin all of a sudden and put me into a perfect drift in the hairpin...I discovered it by accident...I should have kept using it cause I was much faster in the turn that way...LMAO!

I found a pic of caveman at the event

here

apparently he got a paintjob....and a veilside kit....and some skillzzz

I should have kept the forgestar's on the car in that pic...LMAO :lol:

Edit: I just remembered how I drifted the car too...LMAO!! Apparently while I was trying to figure out what went wrong I was doing this (One hand drift):

very, very nice videos. so wait this place that you were. they timed you and gave you advised? how much did you pay? when is the next one? o.O

By nature all autocross racing is timed and they almost always have instructors. The autocross I went to this past time did not allow instructors since they did not have enough for everyone but I befriended one of them and he gave me a few pointers.

I'll post the next one in a few.

Edit:


Dates

01/22/12 - 01/22/12

Location

Bankatlantic Center, 1 panther parkway, Sunrise, Fl

Registrar

sasha.ortega@me.com

Event Description

PCA/GCR Autocross 1/22/2012 Sunday Bankatlantic Center, 1 panther parkway, Sunrise, Fl
Credit card payment/clubregistration.net
CHECK-IN AND TECH INSPECTION 7:30am TO 8:45am ONLY Must arrive on time to get all your runs!

There will be a $10 cash processing fee/late fee if paid the day of the event.

It was hidden inside you all along. Your next race should be on the tsukaba circuit to try out your drift skilz lmao.

Firecran posted this in another thread, but I figured I'd post it in here. CFRC's having an autocross on February 4th. $35 to drive, $10 to watch.

http://cfracingcomplex.com/autox/

Tune #2 COMPLETED
 

All I need to do is either borrow a car over there or get someone to ship mine. I'll teach them what real drifting is! :yelrotflm :rofl:



On a side note...Check it out!!!

Tune #2 (not including the base calibration...should have about 1 or 2 more tunes left)

All I have to say is...this tune is made of LuLz!!!! :naughty:

1) Idle has never been this steady even with a stock engine and tune.
2) Everything in general is smoother across all RPM's.
3) I'm detecting some definate power increase here.

I gotta dyno this thing after the final tune for S&G's... :bowdown:

@Chris - Not sure I can make that autocross...Already would have done 3 in the span of a month and a half and rent is due that week so I need to hunker down and get my tax's done so I can keep this momentum going of fixing up the car.

Important!!!