no_rice_plz

Thanks for the welcome. Anyone bought the MS body parts for a shop in the area? Mazda-Parts has them but they are west coast, and since they only have primer nowadays its not very cost efficient. Thx

Moon Assad

Yep, shes runnin. No belt yet and waiting for the box to get reshipped. No codes wich is great for emmisions, I drove her almost 100 miles and im good. Im deffinatly looking for an extra cat or midpipe. Ill look over your settup and see if we can figure out whats going on, shoulda mentioned something, I woulda been on it.

Rotr8

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Ive got a spare cat(your choice with or without core) you can have for your trouble,,,

Bleazi

anyone know if Lowe's will be poppin tonight?

Moon Assad

The one without will work awsome, hope it fits the 09. I got a big roll of viton tubing. This stuff is sweet. Check it out on mine when we meet up.

Moon Assad

Wassapinin this weekend?

jonyrx8

Hey Stormy Blue from Derwood

c50u13

Hey everyone. I just got my 8 a few weeks ago. After cleaning the leather and interior with black magic interior for leather and vynil, my doors have this really bad white residue or film on them.

Any ideas what caused this and how to fix? I read something about peanut butter but don't really want my car smell like a pb and j sandwhich lol.

Oh if your in Cumberland I'm the silver one

pbk7s

Hey, this is completely random, but I live in MD, haven't found the answer anywhere else, and there are a lot of people following this thread, so I figured I would ask here:

Does anyone know where to buy replacements for the small side l.e.d.'s on the tail lights? I haven't been able to find one mention of them anywhere on the internet.

The one's I am talking about are highlighted in green in this picture.

wankelbolt

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They are not replaceable. They should outlast the car by decades (100,000 hours service life). If they stopped working it's probably a broken wire, not a failed LED.

Nonetheless, one possible source:
http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/89?sort_by=price_asc

You have to do the research yourself into the package size (3, 5, 10 mm) and mcd intensity.

Emzloh

Hey guys! Summer is fast approaching, and other than cleaning my 8 every weekend, I plan on doing some under the bonnet monkeying.

My 8 is completely stock in that respect, and I plan on starting with bhr coils wires and new plus, and working my way toward new intake, and exhaust (probably RB).

Anyone in the area wanna assist? I have all of the appropriate tools, and am capable of doing it myself, but where is the fun in that? I will pay beer and pizza for first hand experience or helping hands!

I'm in parkville right off 695 harford road area, and really wanna hang out with the 8 community.

Surtur

Emzloh, I got my RX-8 in November of last year, so I'm eager to learn, so I'd be interested! I follow this thread, so just post the details here.

Emzloh

Cool Surtur. I got mine in July last year and did a lot of maintenance and replacement stuff (brakes, filters etc), and love it to death. I don't have any dates as of right now, but will probably do the coils in early June on a weekend. It is a great job to learn to do for this car because not only does it increase the life of your engine and make run a lot smoother, you usually end up moving a lot of stuff to make it easier (so it's a good learning process).

The exhaust and intake stuff is pretty straightforward bolt-on process.

I have a few questions for you guys though.

This summer I want to do coils, plugs, intake, exhaust (perhaps with a midpipe) and seafoam. What is the best order to do them in? Is it really true that you can pass emissions inspection without a cat after seafoaming?

Rotr8

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Emzloh, doesnt really matter what order, there is no benefit in doing one before the other. Im not sure about the seafoaming bit for emissions either, some people get cels from going straight pipe or high flow some dont. I do not, and I attribute that to two items, my reflash from Pettit and I also put a bung spacer for the rear O2 sensor.
Im in Towson and drive up and down Harford Rd frequently, once weather gets a little more consistent Im more than willing to help out for an install day....

RJayX-8

hey im always willing to help i work at a hyundai/mazda dealer and have tools and access to a lift, which can make installs alot easier. No seafoam wont help pass emissions cuz they check under the car to ensure you have a cat. Pm me if you need/want some help i just did my mid pipe not to long ago pretty easy aslong as none of the bolts are rusted

Zero11534

Any one planning a RX8 Cruz in MD this spring/summer 2011? I did it once with some guys when I owned my 94' RX7 there were 30 or so of us. Good way to meet swamp parts, advice help etc.. Anyone else down? If so PM me and we all should try to get something started! PS Grand Prix in Baltimore this year!!

wankelbolt

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Welcome to the group, Emzloh. The RX-8 is an extraordinary ride. You've made a good choice.
I don't think I'd start with the coils. The BHR kit is top-notch, but unless you are tracking your vehicle or blasting down the road at 8-9000 RPM all the time, it's really overkill for a street-driven, unmodified RX-8. I have one to put on my RX-8, but I track the snot out of it and I'm going boosted soon. (And blast down the road at 9000RPM all too often... Just got another "I heard you misbehave but didn't see it so here's a ticket for no front plate to punish you anyway" ticket a couple of weeks ago. ) I tracked it for three years with the stock coils and didn't blow it up. I did replace the coils at about 25k.

Personally, depending on what you plan to do with the car, I would start with a COBB AP and MazdaManiac tune. Your going to get more performance out of that $500 than you will out of a coil kit, intake, and exhaust combined. And you can increase reliability (lower fan turn-on temps) and *cough* always pass emissions.

I'm an old guy, and I live in Forest Hill, but I'm always up for free beer and food if you want some help from an old guy.

Hey Greg, I think it's most likely Petit turned off the P0420 code. I followed that "spark plug anti-fouler" thread for a long time and everybody got the CEL eventually. It would make sense Petit would turn it off since that flash is in a bunch of cars in states that have no emissions and folks would remove the cat, and of-course because they can.

The car will not pass emissions with a stock ECM without a catalytic converter. No chemical in the world can be poured in the tank or device screwed into the exhaust to make it pass. It's just too tightly monitored. I have some experience getting, uh, emissions-challenged vehicles to pass back when they had the sniffer and rollers. And a friend with a Buick Turbo Regal (GN) who's practically written books on it (those things are dirty...).

Yeah, I was very surprised when they did that to my RX-8 at the VEIP station last year. They've never done that before. They are government employees, so I don't think they will look too hard, so long as they don't see an unresonated straight-pipe where the cat should be, I think they'll let it slide. For example I bet they wouldn't give the RB dual-res midpipe a second glance. Fortunately for me, I had a cat I bought from Dan and hollowed-out installed... And a COBB...

Rotr8

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yup, I have the RB dual res pipe, the woman took her mirror and looked under the car and had a baffled look because she was practically choking on unburnt fuel fumes, she gave me a look then looked at the screen and said ok your good to go...

8love

Hey everybody, im definitely down for some Maryland meets this summer. Wana get a motorcycle and maintain my 8 at the same time, can get kinda challenging specially with the gas like $4.25 lol Just got some ordinary catbacks from ebay
Anyways im looking for a normal intake for my rx8. Any suggestions? Anyone wants to sell theirs or just has one they wana give away?

ufarooq1

Im looking for one too man

ufarooq1

Thumbs up for a MD meet!

wankelbolt

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If the weather's nice there is always a big car gathering Friday evenings in the lot behind the Lowes in Aberdeen. People just hang out, look at everybody's cars and shoot the bull. Lots of no-vas and Rustangs, but more imports are showing up.

If there's something similar in a more-central location that would be cool. Or we could make our own. Just need a decent size lot where they won't mind us "loitering". Giant Foods parking lot across from the faigrounds, Sushi Hana parking lot in Towson, Home Depot in Owings Mills?

Rotr8

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Sushi Hana parking lot will always get my vote. lol... Because Sushi Hana parking lot means sushi hana for food,,, yummmmm!

sephyobsessed

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I miss our little local meets, but i'd feel stupid for showing up since i was unsuccessful at getting rid of the rollie.

oh well, at least i can say i get decent gas mileage

faviodrummer87

Hey guys i live in gaithersburg area and im in need of a midpipe, my car is an 04' please let me know if u have a good one lying around in ur garage