Made a mistake, thats Sunday for the autocross at Maroso.

 

i am trying something new--will let you know if it works out
OD

 

Got to hang out with Rotor8 last night and put down a few beers. Good meeting you man, fun times.

 

Just got back from an autocross event in Brooksville, FL. Take a look at a couple of videos I took while driving the wrong way and the right way. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVCp3UY0VTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jq_32HCfPM

BTW, just went over 38k and 13k since the SC. Got up this morning, drove an hour to Brooksville, nine autocross laps, drove back home and spanked a riced celica and later a scion tC. No problems, no issues, life is good.

 

Nice, thanks for reminding me to take video cam!!!!! Nice driving Jaun. You need to start a list of cars you spank for the record, hehe.

 

Funny thing, you now what still ticks me off. No one has either updated a old dyno comparison or started a up to date one.

 

Juan---i didnt hear that you had to crank you car after that spin did I?! DUDE! Both feet in when recovery is not possible!!!!
Nice lay out --at least you could stay in 2nd gear.
You HAVE to get on track man--you have too.
I may have to invoke peer pressure this year
OD

 

 

Autocross was fun, dosnt match a nice drive on HILLY mountain road but it was fun. I think they should take all the cones out of the way and let use have free run of the kart track though, 3rd would be nice.

 

Are you kidding me? You are supposed to throw your hands in the air and scream real loud.

You are correct my friend and I did but the car stalled. Therefore, I had to started back up.

 

course you scream---like a scared little girl -- but the both feet in hard keeps you from crapping in your pants!!!
Hope to have some Road Atlanta vids up after mid March. With a little help from my friends of course.
olddragger

 

"In a spin, both feet in"

"When in doubt, both feet out"

"In a slide, let it ride" (or "Hold, don't fold")

Quotes from my HPDE instructors at VIR this weekend. That place was awesome to drive with the -8 as stock, I can't imagine it at almost twice the power without drooling.

 

Looking good. What springs/sway bar are you running?

 

Thanks

BC Racing Coilovers/Racing Beat Sways/Racing Beat front end links/White Line rear end links.

 

Phil,

Based on our prior DHS/TSA forum interaction I’m glad to let you know that we made some subtle chances to the passenger screening procedures. Take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7AWw7t5zj0

 

That is the funniest video I have seen. I love it. I am going to put that in my personal best file. If I ever have to fly again I will play that video to get me in the mood (or out of it).

 

I know I should read all 191 pages of this thread, but would someone rather inform me if they have had their '8 round trip trailered from the NE area to Pettit for supercharger installation and what their overall experience with the evolution was like? TIA

 

If memory serves me correct, Shinka 213 shipped her car by truck trailer to Pettit. She posted a very positive experience but if you PM her you will get a better answer. Pat is some where in the NE, I think PA.

 

I(in MD) had Moon do a remote install with me helping, Pat(Shinka213)(PA) shipped her car down, and Im not sure what Dogpound48 did he's in NJ

 

You know I forgot to mention that BHR will do a travel to your site and install of the Pettit s/c. He did mine and I'm happy. You only need PM Ray and he will respond quickly (Charles R Hill is his screen name).

 

I was going to say that your car corners really flat. I'm actually running the exact same [front] spring rates, sway bar, and end links as you. I guess that's what my car would look like if I had a video camera...

 

My latest mods:

1. Insulated the plastic portion of the fuel line that runs on top of the engine. Basically, I enclosed the plastic portion of the line with heat barrier material to keep the fuel from absorbing engine heat before entering the fuel injector’s fuel rail.

2. Changed my current K&N cone type air filter for a stainless steel micromesh cone air filter.

3. Replaced the trailing NGK 11.5 spark plugs for NGK 10.5 spark plugs. I’m now running NGKs 10.5 for leading and trailing at .035 gap. Thanks Ray (BHR) for the plugs and don’t forget to add a second washer if you are thinking about using them on your RX8.

4. I changed my Blue secondary injectors for a new pair of 2009 RX8 P2 (Brown) injectors. They are rated the same 480 cc fuel flow but the fuel disk has more holes for better fuel atomization/spray pattern. The blue injectors have 4 holes and the new brown have (I believe 8) sorry I forgot to count them before I installed them but I remember that there are more that four holes on them.

I’ll post some pictures of the fuel line and air filter tomorrow. Also, I’m going to take the car for a spin and data logging.

 

Finally found out what was causing all my stall issues and idle bobble when I came to red lights,,,
It was my Nuetral position switch,, it finally went bad threw a code,,, replaced it and now its really smooth and no stalls,,

 

wow,

it does happen.. and it takes forever to get a code for it.... glad you found it! but usually it goes away if you push in the clutch.. i swear that i messed with me for a long time..

was random. the code finally solved the issue. track day fixed the sensor!

beers

 

yeah its been going on for about 6 months or so , and I was misdiagnosing it as fuel starvation,,, it now only threw the code because I installed a remote starter and had to tap into the connector...