dont get me started on guitar hero, i myself am pretty good, i play just about any song on expert.............u know who would be a good match for anyone would be redrifters roomate lenny that fool tears any song up..........n anyone who challenges him too lol................

 

Hey guys, not sure how many of you read the LAX thread but just wanted to pass along some GREAT NEWS!!

XdeedubbX (aka Bryan) is now the proud DAD of a new little girl named Jaymie!! (Jaymie was born some time last night)

 

saturday sounds like a plan. either cesar or i can bring our box over.

 

hey keith..... how about you make the day for a sunday then i can come i always miss the "act like a complete moron" days.... those are the best

 

If you guys recall...when I initially dropped my car off, I wanted them to check the coils....due to my low dyno results.

I was told that they had a diagnostic to run, but then was later told that this was only for Buicks, and that for Mazda's, they just check to see whether a CEL was thrown.

well, I was just checking through Rosenthal Mazdas sight...also to see if there were tranmission notices...

found this

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...16-07-1793.pdf
quandry, do I go down now..., call, or just take it cause the trans worked out for me

 

Keith, that's a BRAND NEW tsb...there's a good chance the dealership didn't know about it. (heck I didn't even know about it... )

 

there is a lot of interesting things in there:

anyone have a squeeky clutch, when I saw this, I was hoping this was what I was requesting them to do given my clutch is hard to engage....but I don't think this is it.

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...11-06-1724.pdf

squeeky clutch, pedal, service bulletin 05-011/06

 

ahhh, but this one is in....BINGO....damn Mazda. I went in and specifically requested Coils and Clutch problems...almost exactly what the damn service bulletins read:

Read this one guys:

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...4-06-1641a.pdf

clutch engagement, ethanol, fix it dammit

 

Food for thought: Ignition coils have been a BIG discussion on this board the past 90 days or so. A bunch of people have been changing theirs, the SoCal Dyno Group was talking about them, Onlinemazdaparts had to order extras, and then....BAM....suddenly MNAO has a TSB for it.

 

I think I will call my friendly service manager now....

Can you hear me now.....? Good.

 

did u get your car back keith and how is it running? good news i hope...

were defective ignition coils fairly common & across the board for 2005's? (ie how do we identify when we need our ignition coils changed? (i know when i burned one out on the beamer every gear felt like 2nd, but i haven't noticed anything on my 8. i have about what- 5100 miles now?)

tnx

 

what I would give to only have 5100 miles on my car.

 

a pretty signiicant lack of power.

 

17 and change here.

 

yup, car is back and driving without any problems....I just don't want to ruin this transmission because of clutch disengagement problems. The "Clutch Hard to Disengage" service bulletin (05-004/06) should fix this. I notified my service manager, but only was able to leave a message. I provided him the bulletin number so that he has something to refer back to.

With regards to Coils....it was obvious when you saw the dynos from So Cal Dyno day. I was really upset with my results, as I was anticipating being one of the higher cars. Those that did well, however, were those that recently replaced their coils and/or spark plug wires...regardless of other mods or whether they were stock vehicles. I don't think there is a way to tell when the coils are going bad...other than a dyno run. If they are gone...you'll know, you'll also have a CEL.

Coils, Spark Plugs, Saprk plug wires

 

**cough cough*** you CAN test the coils...

Yeah, both Newcastle and I had new coil packs, wires, and plugs...definitely showed on the dyon's. I was expecting Keith's car to dyno much higher then it actually did and it was obvious something wasn't right when his #'s came up.
Keith...when you do change the coil packs, you should consider doing another dyno pull (on the same dyno) to see if it helped.

Oh, and whenever you need help with that...just lemme know.

 

testing coils: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=coils Make sure you click on the link TeamRX8 posts if you're using a multimeter. https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=coils

 

ah... i see. thanks for the info everyone. i will ask the dealer to check the coils when i bring my car in for 7k mile service in a few months. it seems to drive ok atm, so i will just wait for the service to take care of it.

 

if you haven't felt any significant power loss, your coils should be okay. With only 5,000 miles, your car is still a BABY!

 

how does your car have just 5000 miles on it with driving san berdo and malibu a few times, another questison is why does someone buy a 30k car and not drive it everyday?

 

well, mainly 'cuz my commute is so brutal... there are no freeways close to robertson & beverly, so i do some pretty hectic local city driving to get to work everyday. (the riddled windshield on my bmw is proof.) it's always stressful & aggravating, and i just didn't want to associate that kind of feeling w/ the 8. so, i only drive it in only once a week- ie when i can wake up early and have ample time to get to work. it sucks, but preserves my sanity and makes me happy when i finally get to look forward to driving the 8.

 

I dont know ask Casey! LoL

O by the way HI EVERYONE!!!!

 

you guys did it again. over 50 posts in roughly 24hrs.

too lazy to read through all those posts right now

 

I'm with ya. I only drive the car to work every now and then. its not that I dont enjoy the RX-8, but I do enjoy the gas milage of the Slowbalt. I also like knowing that I am "preserving" my car, keeping it with low milage. no dings, no dents. it shows in the retail price. mine is still worh 21k (Kelly blue book).

I know it sounds dumb, but like Detrich said, it makes you look forward to driving the RX-8. its a little "treat" when I get to drive it. if you drive it everyday it makes it a little less special.

but on the other hand I know that all sounds stupid. when you pay what ever outragious price you pay every month to just let the car sit and not drive it, none of that makes sence.

 

humm, ok...the guys across the street driver their gerrado/gt500 (heard that this morning)/ferrari every day to work but i am sure they are a different story.

have you see that group dignail form where i work casey?