Some dude in a Civic Si got his *** owned by me on the freeway the other day. I pulled on him nicely from 80-110 in 4th gear.

 

Saturday Morning Bump

 

Sunday morning bump

 

I'm starting to have problems on starting my 8, seems like my battery is dead
or something time to go back to LBC Mazda!

 

battery as well as your starter. I got one of the new starters under warranty, it sounds cool when you start it up.

 

well fyi rodger, my crx is not an si, its the dx and you beat a car with only 95 hp..congrats to you..hahaha

 

huh? Did I ever say "your crx"


It was brand new.

And they're 197 hp

 

Thanks...
I need the following thing checked out:
1. battery/starter
2. motor mounts
3. air bag light
4. tire pressure light
5. piece of plastic from the passenger seat.
6. maybe tranny (couldn't shift on 6th gear)

wow! alot of **** is going bad

 

wow Ocho!

1) what years is yours? If it's an 04 or early 05, you might be eligible for the upgraded battery / starter.
2) if your car is shaking while sitting at lights or when the A/C cycles, then you definitely need the motor mounts looked at. I think it's the Right one that fails
3) air bag light stays on or just comes on from time to time? (Rasp had that)
4) did you check all 4 tires when they were cold? (what psi were they at?)
5) does it make a popping sound when people get out? If so, it's normal.
6) original fluids in the car still? how many miles do you have?

 

RIGHT WHEEL?

that explains why my front right lug nuts were only on finger tight.

 

Jorge,
1. my 8 is an 04
2. this weekend had the a/c on and it would shake so does my sunroof.
3. air bag light goes on and off from time to time.
4. i checked the all air pressure on my tires.....i guess it has to do with the heat
5. a piece of pastic came off and another is hanging.
6. original fluids remain in tranny.....Royal Purple soon. (have 33K miles)
f$#k!

 

hope i get everything fix this week. . . .heading to vegas this coming weekend
for a boxing fight.

 

glad you took the civic si.
for some reason I get integras, celicas gt-s and mustangs v6 trying to mess with me, I've showed them.

 

rodge, you don't have to lie to look cool here, we all know how cool you really are..haha

 

Whatever, I'll smoke you all in my mom's grocery getter.

 

do NOT put Royal Purple in there. I'd suggest Redline instead. Trust me...

 

Wait why?


I just did a tranny flush with royal purple because you said it was the best.

 

Sad but true =(

 

yeah, I thought so as well BUT I'm starting to learn otherwise. I'm seeing a strong pattern with RP and gear grinding at HIGH rpm's. Shifts are super smoother at low RPM's but I'm starthing to think RP doesn't respond well with our synchros at 7,000+ rpms

Rodger: since you've now got RP, you get to be another guinea pig. How's the transmission been since swapping? Have you done some HIGH 1st to 2nd shifts? More or less grind then what you had previously? (did you have oem or redline?)

 

I had redline. Transmission shifts better at every rpm. I did a few 9k - 1st to 2nd shifts without any problems.

I have to say that getting new motor mounts, putting the stock shifter back in, and using royal purple fixed my tranny issues.

 

hmmm.....
I've got around 6 other forum members whose had issues with RP.

 

I ran out of it when I was filling the tranny. So I added about an ounce of RP 75-90 diff oil.

That might have thicken it up a little.

 

rodger , if your having tranny issues, there are many doctors in hollywood that can complete your tranny transformation..hahahahhah

 

gotcha

 

rodger: you've got a scanalyser or canscan thing in your car, don't you??