Great turnout tonight. Awesome meeting everyone

 

It was nice to meet you all. I'll see you guys again!

 

Is there going to meet this Friday? 22JUL11

 

They're meeting up at the same place again. See the bay area local meet thread for more deets.

 

Friday Night Mazda Meet
7 attending so far.
Date/Time: July 22nd (Friday) @ 7:00pm
Location: Pho Appetit then Heart Cafe
6096 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
We'll park in the same lot as the last meet.
Notes: Another weekly meet coming your way. This time we'll be at the same plaza but get some grub at Pho Appetit. Feel free to come along, eat with us if you wish, hang out and just have a good time!
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Hey everyone! Just got my RX-8 and I am here in Walnut Creek.

I have a question for you guys. I have been searching the web for upgrades that are smog legal aka "have a CARB sticker" for the RX-8. Maybe I am dreamin, but I work at Dinan the tuner for BMW's and we have a lot of products that are smog legal. I was automatically assuming there would be a tuner out there doing the same. I did find Shane Racing out of Brentwood, CA. They said a lot of people run their stuff and pass without the CARB certification. The only thing that irks me is there is no software for their products. I am assuming that when the flow characteristics are changed the software must be updated, at least that is what we do at Dinan for the BMW's.
If this has been discussed before...sorry I searched for about 10 minutes before posting this.

 

if you are looking for that level of sophistication you should have bought a BMW. There is some decent after market stuff for tuning, but adjusting the stock program in the Mazda pcm/ecu doesn't exist as far as I know

 

Hey everyone, just moved back to santa rosa after living in washington for a while. anyone in the same area?

 

I knew there would be one person who would say something like this.....

Anyone else have a suggestion?

I was thinking that due to the rarity of the RX-8 compared with other vehicles would make is not very profitable to spend the time and money for CARB approved performance upgrades. This is why I can't find anything.

 

The AEM and Mazdaspeed CAI which are the same, are CARB approved. As far as I know, nothing else is. I looked at the CARB website a year or so back and there was nothing else for the RX-8.

Saves me some money I guess

 

K&N typhoon v2 has a carb sticker on it.

 

I stand corrected.. and going through the CARB website there is even 1 more air intake that I never heard about. I guess there might be more items out there, I just wished you could search by car make and model.

 

Hey anyone going to the sonoma drift event this weekend?

 

I'm thinking about it, I've done NASCAR, IRL, and NHRA at sonoma. I need to cross off drifting on my checklist.

 

It should be good and its only $15 for entrance..last year they had a similar event and entrance was $25...

 

starting next month, I'll have a normal schedule for the first time ever.. 3 pm to 12 am, monday through friday. I'll have weekends off and I'd like to make it to these sort of events.... Just hit me up after September

 

Thanks for the info! I will look into all three of those.

I also believe any form of CAT back system should be ok too. I have never been popped at a smog test for putting some high flow mufflers!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FZF...&feature=share

 

nice vid, wish I would have known about this, I would have added support for the rotary.

 

So I used my connections in the performance world, asked a lot of questions, and did a lot of research over the past week. I came up with the following upgrades and they are on the way.

*Free Flow Exaust (racing beat)

AEM Cold Air Intake System
This product fits the following::
application_note: All
engine_type: 1.3L R2 F/I
color: Gunmetal Gray
Ralco RZ Performance Pulleys
This product fits the following::
application_note: Renesis RWD Auto,Manual FE3S 13B-MSP
engine_type: 1.3L
color: Polished


I will start with this stuff and see if there is any gain to be had. If not I think the GREDDY Turbo Kit on www.ultrarev.com might have a CARB sticker (says some applications). However, I really don't want to spend that kind of money or time tuning the car. I have also been looking at stickier tires and I think I might try out either the Dunlop Star tires on Tire Rack or Hancook extreme summer.

On another note: I am getting the wheels refinished with a black base and blue/red peral clear finish. Should look bad!

 

There is a meet this Sunday!


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Hi all its been sometime since last I've seen you all. The meets I was throwing is no more, so sorry. Just really no time right now in my life. So instead I started this, its easier to handle with time...

I know theres lots of meets going on but we're sort of lacking anything like this, close to SF. See's who's interested. See who wants to help spread the word. This Starbucks is close or next door to Tanforan Mall.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

TLR (Tom) started a Facebook Page for this too! Thank you Tom!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...t=event_invite

This is set for 8.28.11 this is the last Sunday of this August.

We'll be parking close to Starbucks.

THE STARBUCKS ADDRESS :

1212 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066




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There is a too slow meet this Thurs 8-25 at pacific commons in n out at 7 fyi.

 

Also a cannibeat meet on 9-2-11 7pm in n out pacific Commons.

 

Where are the details at? I don't see anything on their FB page about a meet tonight.

 

So like, there was totally no one at that too slow meet lol.... :/