Hi from OZ
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Hi from OZ
Have been a user of the great info and many perspectives on this forum.
Recently signed up....
I have a titanium grey 2005 8 (6 speed manual) with about 60,000 miles. Have had it for about 3 years. Just love it!
It was owned by the wife of a doctor who basically used it weekends to go to her holiday house down the coast. She didn't strike me as the type who hit the red-line often. The body and trim is in great shape, everything works, no rust etc
Anyway, compression is OK - 109-111 psi on all three faces @ 250rpm @sea level. So hopefully a few miles left in her yet.
The car only gets about 3000 miles a year - weekend drives pretty much; and really only in the cooler months, it throws off too much heat at other times!
I stay on top of the maintenance and premix at about 200:1
Have done a few upgrades:
Some things to do:
Things I am thinking about:
And based on some insights/stuff from Brettus, Kevink0000 (and others) here -
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...cation-268559/
Based on my reading not sure about anything else on the must do list and open to any tips.
Have a good weekend.
jjaffahh
Recently signed up....
I have a titanium grey 2005 8 (6 speed manual) with about 60,000 miles. Have had it for about 3 years. Just love it!
It was owned by the wife of a doctor who basically used it weekends to go to her holiday house down the coast. She didn't strike me as the type who hit the red-line often. The body and trim is in great shape, everything works, no rust etc
Anyway, compression is OK - 109-111 psi on all three faces @ 250rpm @sea level. So hopefully a few miles left in her yet.
The car only gets about 3000 miles a year - weekend drives pretty much; and really only in the cooler months, it throws off too much heat at other times!
I stay on top of the maintenance and premix at about 200:1
Have done a few upgrades:
- Bilstein B8s plus Tein Htechs
- BHR coils
- Better starter
Some things to do:
- mid pipe (remove the cat as a pint of failure)
- better thermostat
- i have a spare set of rims i got cheap that need some repair then going to paint them satin black
Things I am thinking about:
- Seafoam - not so sure about this one
And based on some insights/stuff from Brettus, Kevink0000 (and others) here -
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...cation-268559/
- Adjusting OMP to put in larger pump piston and sleeve from another omp and put it in place of the small pump - this seems like a good move.
- SOHN - not sure about this based on some of the hypothesis by Brettus . Am tossing up the right oil for burning v perhaps less oil flow
Based on my reading not sure about anything else on the must do list and open to any tips.
Have a good weekend.
jjaffahh
Last edited by jjaffahh; 08-16-2019 at 08:13 PM.
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welcome,
and thank you for reading before asking questions,
you are 1 in 1000,
with your compression numbers I would worry about Seafoam,
OMP mod might be a good idea, or the SOHN, ( The tread you read is a really important level of evidence fro those things)
and thank you for reading before asking questions,
you are 1 in 1000,
with your compression numbers I would worry about Seafoam,
OMP mod might be a good idea, or the SOHN, ( The tread you read is a really important level of evidence fro those things)
Have been a user of the great info and many perspectives on this forum.
Recently signed up....
I have a titanium grey 2005 8 (6 speed manual) with about 60,000 miles. Have had it for about 3 years. Just love it!
It was owned by the wife of a doctor who basically used it weekends to go to her holiday house down the coast. She didn't strike me as the type who hit the red-line often. The body and trim is in great shape, everything works, no rust etc
Anyway, compression is OK - 109-111 psi on all three faces @ 250rpm @sea level. So hopefully a few miles left in her yet.
The car only gets about 3000 miles a year - weekend drives pretty much; and really only in the cooler months, it throws off too much heat at other times!
I stay on top of the maintenance and premix at about 200:1
Have done a few upgrades:
Some things to do:
Things I am thinking about:
And based on some insights/stuff from Brettus, Kevink0000 (and others) here -
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...cation-268559/
Based on my reading not sure about anything else on the must do list and open to any tips.
Have a good weekend.
jjaffahh
Recently signed up....
I have a titanium grey 2005 8 (6 speed manual) with about 60,000 miles. Have had it for about 3 years. Just love it!
It was owned by the wife of a doctor who basically used it weekends to go to her holiday house down the coast. She didn't strike me as the type who hit the red-line often. The body and trim is in great shape, everything works, no rust etc
Anyway, compression is OK - 109-111 psi on all three faces @ 250rpm @sea level. So hopefully a few miles left in her yet.
The car only gets about 3000 miles a year - weekend drives pretty much; and really only in the cooler months, it throws off too much heat at other times!
I stay on top of the maintenance and premix at about 200:1
Have done a few upgrades:
- Bilstein B8s plus Tein Htechs
- BHR coils
- Better starter
Some things to do:
- mid pipe (remove the cat as a pint of failure)
- better thermostat
- i have a spare set of rims i got cheap that need some repair then going to paint them satin black
Things I am thinking about:
- Seafoam - not so sure about this one
And based on some insights/stuff from Brettus, Kevink0000 (and others) here -
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...cation-268559/
- Adjusting OMP to put in larger pump piston and sleeve from another omp and put it in place of the small pump - this seems like a good move.
- SOHN - not sure about this based on some of the hypothesis by Brettus . Am tossing up the right oil for burning v perhaps less oil flow
Based on my reading not sure about anything else on the must do list and open to any tips.
Have a good weekend.
jjaffahh
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Thx sinkas.
I think I will be steering clear of the seafoam.
I pulled the plugs today and noticed they are been a bit gunky - after 5000 miles. But not too bad.
My fuel trims are fine so I am curious about the premix I am running at about 200:1. I know some people go heavier that this.
I am going to run a couple of tanks with no premix and the have another look.
After that might switch to a different premix and compare - have been using royal purple, I might try idemetsu. Both are expensive but as it is a toy and I don’t drive that much I can spread the costs....
jjaffahh
I think I will be steering clear of the seafoam.
I pulled the plugs today and noticed they are been a bit gunky - after 5000 miles. But not too bad.
My fuel trims are fine so I am curious about the premix I am running at about 200:1. I know some people go heavier that this.
I am going to run a couple of tanks with no premix and the have another look.
After that might switch to a different premix and compare - have been using royal purple, I might try idemetsu. Both are expensive but as it is a toy and I don’t drive that much I can spread the costs....
jjaffahh
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If you still have a cat go with 1/2 oz per gallon. If running catless you can go 1 oz per gallon. That's how I was taught. You can use regular 2 stroke oils, you dont need anything special. I just try to stay away from the marine 2 stroke and use motorcycle 2 stroke.
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If you still have a cat go with 1/2 oz per gallon. If running catless you can go 1 oz per gallon. That's how I was taught. You can use regular 2 stroke oils, you dont need anything special. I just try to stay away from the marine 2 stroke and use motorcycle 2 stroke.
FD is just FC with more detergents, which is never a bad thing.
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