01Racing

Hey everyone, with this weeks colder weather we have had some flooded Rx-8's towed in. Just a reminder when its cold, make sure your batteries are good and charged up, RX8 cranking speed is one of the keys to fast start up. Also remember on a short trip when the car doesnt properly warm up to rev it to 3000RPM hold it there and shut it off! If it does flood, before you spend any money towing it in, pull out the fuel pump relay and try cranking it again with someone else there. Once it tries to fire have them quickly plug the relay back in.

Just some quick tips for winter!

phobi

Great tip to keep in mind this winter, thx Al! I'll be dropping by on Saturday for the starter replacement, hope that helps with the occasional morning "hiccups"

rotarygreg

good advice al. we've had 4 or 5 rx8s and one GSLSE rx7 towed in so far and its only dipped below 0 a couple times...good luck everyone with this coming (or is it here?) cold season.

Greg

prospectjtaz

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phobi your getting a starter replaced?

under warranty or paying for it?

Thief

Phobi, what time? It'd be nice to see another LY.

Mazurfer

I can only hope that the foam on the dipstick threads/questions will be significantly less this winter!

Footman

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Looks like there's gonna be some mini-meet happening at the Scarboro dealership tomorrow after 3pm ahahahaha seems like everyone is showing up!

phobi

Hey guys,

Pros...i'm paying for the starter replacement...luckily Al & Steve gave me a great price on the new starter (might be an option for thumper if you are reading this, if not i'll pm you anyways )

Thief...My appointment is at 10:30am, haha please come by *must drool on your rims* MS rims

Thief

Yeah, I was gonna head out to Sauga to look at the JRP stuff before goin to a Halloween party but I don't feel like goin so far west. See you guys at Al's.

Footman

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I called JRP about Eibach, turns out they don't sell Eibach, and they call themselves canada's largest performance parts retailer....

01Racing

Why oh why do you buy from JRP.........................sighhhhhhhhhhhh

Footman

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trying to find a newer 5544.140 Eibach pro-kit rx8, just in case there was a revision.
The mystery is still never solved about Eibach Pro kit's rear drop, so to be safe, I'd rather go with a "more recently manufactured" part just in case.

01Racing

Why do you think there inventory would be any different? They buy from the same people everyone else does. All of the inventories come from Eibach, anyway to each his own lol

Footman

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Al... next year... next year... I won't be dropping now, winter is coming!

Thief

I was gonna go tonight to go pick up H-Techs but I think I'll hold out till spring.

Footman

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IMHO, it's completely ig'nant to lower your car just before winter... but of course that's just MHO..

REV-illusions

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well... if you don't drive the car in the winter it doesn't really make a difference either way...

Thief

I think MHO is more H than yours.

Footman

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You're just a habitual **** stirrer Theif

It's still ig'nant if you're going to lower your car before you put it away for the winter. What's the advantage of doing that? LOL!

REV-illusions

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lol... well... not sure if it's "ig'nant" or not.. but I think it would more or less be torture for the poor bastard who does it and has to stare at (you know teef will be looking,touching,tasting..... humping) their car all throughout the winter.

Gecko69

my car flooded and the battery dies 2 days ago in the am.....my wife neglected to tell me that she drove the car for 5 minutes to the store and back the night before....she knows about the 3000rpm thing and that the car needs to warm up but it " slipped " her mind....anyways, got it started after about an hour.....nice puff of smoke out the rear though...hehehe.....neighbours thought I set a bomb off..haha.

Footman

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hahaha yeah it's straight torture, to see your car lowered throughout winter and then it sits there and you can't drive it for 4 months!

byez

Is the 5 minute idle and revving to 3000 rpm enough for a Canadian winter to prevent flooding? Or is 10 minutes more appropriate.

I am seriously considering a Turbo Timer for short trips.

Thumper3322

Thx Al good tip, already been doing it thought it was 4,000rpm tho. Either way thx!!

Phobi thx again for the pm. Haven't had the time to read any other threads dealing with my own **** and then work etc ****. No car can't make it tomorrow

phobi

gah...

hey guys, i'm not going to be able to make the 10:30 appt, my compustar is acting up and i'm trying to get in contact with my installer...blah...