VarneyMazda

alright after 4 weeks and a massive ripoff from a local tuning shop i drove my beloved 8 home with a few new mods

The mods were
Greddy EGT warning gauge
Greddy A/F Gauge

I got ripped on the install and tuning of the car, and after inspecting the wiring it was like a rat's nest. Pretty much like everything had been thrown together. Being so pissed and just wanting to get my car out of there finally i paid the rediculus bill and moved on..

The drive was 2 hours home..

During the drive my af gauge was acting really crazy acting like it was super lean and then way rich all the time at the same speed and same throttle position.. Checked this using my e-o1

Checked the glove box and noticed a ton of wires going into the gauge modules looking extremely sloppy.
This made me worried

Anyways Fast forward to about 10 minutes from my house the car just stops. the lights go out on the dash then come back on.. the car just stops running.. thinking something weird just happend i try to start the car again. But it wont start!

Noticed That the theft light is blinking fast when i try to start it.

had it towed to the family mazda dealership but would like to try to fix it on my own

any ideas

Kel Rx8

wow
sounds horrible, they may of grounded a wire which caused the lights to all come on then car shut down, maybe alarm sensor.
play with the alarm disarm & arm again, open doors and check for open trunk. just in case.
hope u figure it out.
btw name of horrible shop for future rx8 members

VarneyMazda

Im going to post a whole thread on my experiences once everything is settled.. im trying to get our dealership to fix it for cheap instead of taking the legal route for compensation.

Hopefully its something as simple as a grounded wire.

im depressed because i finally got my gt-7's installed and ordered my interceptor yesterday.

Anyways ill keep everyone installed.

Lets put it this way i paid 1000 dollars in labor and tuning charges to get a car that didnt even make it all the way home, with a rats nest of wires installed the bill was supposed to be close to 3 days worth of labor. but the descided to give me a "deal"

the labor included
tuning
installed EGT Gauge
instaled Crappy F**** up greddy A/F gauge (i think this is why my car is not running"

HiTMaNN

That licks ***** I went to four different Tuner shops and chose the one that I knew had worked on alot of RX-8s and they have been nothing but great.