scott is real good mechanic

 

Mine has (easily) done 9 hours twice in a week. Does that count?

Uh, OK. And Ted is an alcoholic.

 

hey maniac do you go to any carshows around you ... ??? not to change the subjesct or anything

 

Yeah, from tme to time. Since my car is pretty subtle, it goes over the head of most judges, so I'm not competitive. I actually had an SCCA judge argue with me when I told him my turbo setup was custom. He insisted it was stock. Idiot.
How can you be a judge if you don't know the cars?
I'll be doing the OC show in August. I'll probably be at the select show at Dream in DC on June 4th, too. Rotorfest in July. I don't know what else.

 

I heard that about Ted as well...that crazy, drunken SOB...

 

MazdaManiac hahahha lol. 9 hours sounds good. that probably when I plan to take a break Better yet, maybe I'll do a road trip and met up with other rx8 owner on the way there :P

 

Dang, I finally throw in the Boost Gauge. Thank goodness I am not getting the boost spike
looks like I am constantly get 5 . I'll load maniac's map once I get the tool.

anyways now the car sometime stalls when in N at the Light. Could it be the turbulance Air that Phil had and fixed with adding the screen? or is it a leaking vacuum hose the gauge is connnect to?

Stall here and there is alot better then getting stuck at 3000 rpm .

 

I talked to the Greddy Techs today and they helped me tune the BOV and the idle problem seems to be solved also I explained to him how it wasn't holding boost, he said that I had to have the DSC turned off to reach high boost numbers. Well it worked in a way I can get up to a steady 5psi without dropping but still can't get to 7psi without bouncing on and off the throttle. Keep in mind I am still on the factory Greddy Map, should I load Maniac's and see if that does it. I found a friend of a friend who knows turbos pretty well hopefully he can look at it tomorrrow, if we still can't figure it out I don't know what.
Maniac, what are you suggesting? You want to come down here? If with the help of this new guy we can't get it fixed maybe we can work something out to arrange a visist from the "Turbo Guru".

 

If you're going to say the problem is solved it might help to say exactly how. That way other people can learn from your experiences.
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I wouldn't mind helping out. It is the 12 hour round trip drive that I'm not really up for.:p

 

oh sorry, he said that the flutter noise when the BOV blows off, rather than a consatnt burst of air, is compressor surge and can be damageing, so harden the BOV until you hear the flutter and go back on turn towards soft. Get as close to flutter as you can without it actually fluttering. After I did this it seemed to hold idle much better.

 

Mainiac, do I need to load your map to reach 7psi, does it have anything to do with the maps, or other info stored in the emanage, since the emanage reads boost off a pressure switch as well?

 

No. Boost pressure is solely a function of the wastegate actuator. The E-Manage has nothing to do with it.

 

Horse:

My stalls sometime at idle after stopping at a light or stop signs.
I don't recall a flutter noise from the BOV. I do hear my exhaust to pop pop after letting off the gas paddle.

 

yes, I get the same pop pop or backfire, have you removed the dongle? Try driving wit the DSC turned off. Doing all this has allowed me to keep idle.

edit: also you may have your BOV to soft, try turning it towards hard until you hear the flutter, then take a turn back towards soft.

 

Horse:

No, I have not remove the dongle. Should I remove both of them?
I'll try driving with the DSC turn off.
I"ll adjust the BOV again .

thanks

 

I can get it above 5psi but only in spikes when I shift otherwise it levels out around 5.4 psi, it just want hold boost.

 

problem solved, a bolt was almost all the way out in the first pipe after the turbo. But know sometimes you can feel the car kind of act slugish, like it is fighting agaisnt me, it pulls and then fights back and pulls then jerks back, and when you mat the throttle it goes then the car lerches and goes again?

 

Where is the dongle and what does it do?

 

^get ready for flaming now

 

ok i no there is a pic of what to remove on the dongle but the pic is not that good can mm or someone else give me the wire colors that need to be removed and what color wires need to be attached to something else. ( side note the pic only shows 2 of them but i have 3 so this is realy messing with my head)

 

IT IS THE ONLY MODULE THAT CAN BE UNPLUGGED FROM THE HARNESS.
How tough can it be?

 

Go gettem Jeff! Just use the search button.. it's here for a reason :p


fyi.. hit the 3k miles mark.. still running great!

-Jon

 

Hey Jon -

Did you see in this thread:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-major-horsepower-upgrades-93/dyno-tune-greddy-kit-61307/page2/
that Altered was taking credit for tuning our cars? That kinda left a bad taste in my mouth.

BTW - you need to get out and drive that thing more! 3k miles?!?! I did that in the first month!

 

ok well sorry but all 4 CAN be unpluged and the pic does not show what color the wires are to well so i was just asking. G not have to be so nasty <---- . but seriously i no its the one that says rx8 i was just wondering what color the wires were that need to be re ruted