VezRX

Well if there is no point to the mods then I will just save up my pennies for a turbo kit then. I do plan on keeping this car a really long time, so is it the consensus that NA the car is almost as good as it gets from the factory?

Jon316G

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I currently in Northern Akron... few blocks south of Chapel Hill mall.
I'll be moving in a couple weeks to the "west-side" of Northern Akron near Cascade Valley Park.

Jon316G

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Your a little mis-informed bud.
The performance mods I mentioned work well together for when you go FI (rather that be turbo or supercharger), so its the best "bang for your buck" staying NA while preparing for FI.
That's why I didn't mention intake (which has a little increase when combined with the AP and midpipe... but not alone).

VezRX

Ahhh cool cool. My wife and I found a forclosure in fairlawn and purchased that. Needs a ton of work but it is getting there.

DeViLbOi

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Don't screw with my cell signal you bastard! :P I live in Willoughby just off 91 just south of 20. But lucky for me I have Verizon. My parents are out on the West side in North Ridgeville. For some reason I think corn absorbs cell signals. :P

VezRX

I am at 20 and 91 right now.... Small world. Leaves really do degrade cell signals. During the summer we have to crank up the juice on our towers. FCC regulates how hard we are allowed to plast our cell signals.

Vyndictive

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Vez: I would advise to really research the mods that you want to make before you do them. That'll keep you from doing something that is stupid and perhaps overpaying. (my midpipe, for example)

Sift through the volumes of crap on this forum, mostly in the DIY and technical section for the best information. As I'm learning, anytime you do a mod that is very difficult to uninstall, you risk your warranty on the core engine.

You'll get a sense of who knows what they're talking about (Like Jon) and who just talks out their *** and pretends to know things (Like Me)

VezRX

Right on. You all can call me Noel if you like it is my RL name. I would do a crap load of stuff to my car but I have no tools. I miss being in the military. They had the most wonderful DIY lift bays and a HUGE selection of tools.

Jon316G

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Definitely research and feel free to ask us here.
Some of us went through various modifications to test out what works best (I've used two different intake and two different midpipes).
Only way to know for sure is to try it out for yourself, but since some of us already have done that part, we can guide you in the right direction.

But at least you are learning by doing... not just reading off what others say on the forum.
I think Vyn, RK, DB and myself learned alot this past month about oil in the intake manifold and correcting a stuck SSV valve.
Again, you learn by doing.

DeViLbOi

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I thought you were going to vent on the guy that you bought from and all his wonderful parts like the rear fog and the rotary oil cap.

Vyndictive

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My car is the lab rat of the group.... which is stupid because I'm pretty much the only person that is using my 8 as my Daily Driver... if it doesn't watch it, I'll take the plasma torch to it where it won't grow back.

However, it does make it easy because my car does have the most problems... its a special needs car.

Vyndictive

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Eh, I don't really care about that nonsense. It doesn't hurt the car as much as being an '04 does.

Plus, its not like I paid for that crap. I got a decent deal on the car. The RB exhaust being installed was worth the price. The intake isn't bad and neither are the gauges... the puddle lights, rear fog, oil cap, center caps, rotary valve stem caps, volume ****. . . well, those are pretty out there.



Jon: what time works for you tonight? Perhaps we'll get to the bottom of this flood nonsense. I'm going to grab my floor jack from work in case I we need to pull the plugs to dry them off. I don't have a spark plug socket or a socket for the lug nuts though... I would have bought my tools, but that yellow top set me back a few bucks.

Jon316G

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Didn't you already do that?

Like Special Ed from the Crank Yankers!
"I got Racing Beat YEA... I got Racing Beat... YEEEAAAA"

Machiavelli

Why would he want to vent? The more mods on your car the greater the opportunity down the road to "learn by doing."

Vyndictive

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I wonder if that fits on a vanity plate...

Jon316G

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More like "Learn from someone else's mistake".
He might "Learn by Undoing".

VezRX

I am on Cobb Tuning.com and you can probably guess that I am reading about the AP. So from what I am reading here I have to ask. What is to stop you from buying one of these and tuning all your friend's RX-8s?

DeViLbOi

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ROFLMAO!!!

Jon316G

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Only works off of one car's VIN.
It'll recognize that you have it plugged into another car.
You would have to uninstall it from one car to install it onto another.

DeViLbOi

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Ryan has one if you want to see it. But you get stopped by the AP getting locked into a VIN. You also need special software for the PC to tune the SOB if I understood Ryan right. And I don't know how people go about clearing it so you can resell it.

VezRX

So the device has to stay plugged into my car the whole time? If not I am sure there is a way to hack it. Hmmmmmm. At any rate looks like a cool device. Bit expensive though.

Jon316G

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VezRX... you can read more about the AP here:
https://www.rx8club.com/mazdamaniac-183/new-mazdamaniac-base-calibrations-162263/
MazdaManiac does custom tunes if you don't feel like self tuning it.

Jon316G

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It doesn't have to stay plugged in, but it knows the car's VIN when its attached to the OBD-II port.

DeViLbOi

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No...it copies to the car. But if I understand Jon right...you have to plug it into your car and remove the tune to pull it off the AP so you can tune another car. Smart ppl those Cobb guys.

DeViLbOi

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You know...we really need a chat window. :P