And JC could buy the first blower. :D

 

I think we all understand your situation Richard, and it truly sucks. Field of Dreams my friend....Build it and they will come! I'll buy the SC, its not your fault Mazda is a bunch of &^#*&^$. If you tell me it makes X hp I will believe that. Build it and then put it on another car...use that for the final dyno to market if off of.
Yes Richard...I am grasping at straws and know you will not do this until you can do it right.
Just wishful thinking on my part!

 

Did I tell you that I changed my name :D

 

It's the other way around, you feel a sluggish point, a dip in the power band. It shos up on the dyno exactly how it feels. Dull after 6200 then starts to pick up at 7200. But never really feels the same amount of pull.

 

Hey RP, I have one of your shifters and live about 100 miles from you. If you need some definitive comparision to prove you have a problem with your car, I might be able to help. I was at Mazfest, and on the straights, mine runs with the rest of them. And it does want to slam into the fuel cutoff while seemingly building power, which is what you should be experiencing.

 

Put it on my 2004 S2000 lol j/k kidding guys :D
Just get it into production and I will buy it based on the test bench data alone.

 

Any updates on the car repair? Has Mazda fixed, or even found, the issue yet?

 

BTW I just notice we are only 15 posts behind that "other" thread so maybe we should talk about planes or something

 

Mazda's kinda ignoring me. I'm puting my money on GuitarJunkie, he's coming over in a few days to look at it.

 

any chance of seeing the dyno sheet? i looked, but couldn't find it.

 

Here you go, the Dyno is located here:

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...postcount=1884

 

interesting.

doesn't the vdi start working right when it goes fubar?
we can pull the motor off the aux ports and try to actuate them by hand--see if that works. with the dump in the afr's, it just looks like the ports aren't actuating...

we can try putting a strip of duct tape across the maf sensor to try to manipulate the readings too.

is the car by any chance an '03? i wasn't paying attention to what year it was when you were first talking about it. i know some of the earlier manifolds went cracky for some reason right when the aux ports were supposed to open.

anyway, i'll come down and see if i can hopefully get something figured out.

thanks for the sheet sigma.

 

Richard prepare yourself for Dave's arrival. He looks like someone who might sell you drugs in a dark alley somewhere!

 

Richards car was built in August 2003.....!

 

Yes, I remember readin a british motor mag where there test/review sled had this the same problem. It was diagnosed as having a sticky vdi.

 

vdi we can lock open, and actuate the p6i by hand... even if we don't get it permanently fixed, i'm sure we can make it work.

fred, i thought i looked more like a user than a dealer?????

 

Sport Compact Car mag was one that had issues with an early dyno. I believe at that time Mazda blamed it on a stuck VDI

 

snoochies vdi was pretty sticky when i ported his motor. i pulled it out and hosed it off with brakecleen, then wd40 and it seems like that took care of it.

 

I have since done a new dyno where I did an A/B test with the aux motor disconected. It was 154hp to 171hp but the curve was irratic above the opening point. Who has a fax and a scanner? So I can fax it to you and you post it. Ajax, are you out there?

If this thing curved like others do it would go 180hp. And you wouldn't have the hole in the acceleration that makes you want to shift early.

All that other info about early cars is interesting and I wonder why MazdaUSA didn't know about that. It really has to be in that area because it seems to do it intermitantly. There has been times when I think it worked right but can't be sure.

Don't worry Guitar Junkie this is Chatsworth, the **** capitol of the world, you can buy or sell anything here. Pills, Powders and a Hooker, your normal Saturday night. :D

 

mazdausa certainly knew about it because they had the same issue with some cars at the long lead press event at laguna seca

 

cool, get me some opium or demoral for my migraines! it is the season...

my fax # is:
760-949-1427

i'll scan it and get it up for ya.

 

That still will not work, you need to put my fax number in your call blocking. I left it on your answering machine.
Anyone else have this kind of set up? Lets get this dyno sheet to Guitar Junkie.

 

man i'm sorry... my bro's phoneline and i don't know how to work all that stuff.

friday lookin' good for you?

 

Fridays cool by me. I sent the dyno to another member in Nevada. But I think it might be his work number so it will not get picked up till morning.

 

I PM'd U