What did you do with your RX8 today?
#528
Registered
Got a compression test this weekend:
@ 30k miles
Rotor 1: 10, 9.9, 10 @ 330 RPM
Rotor 2: 9.7, 9.8, 9.7 @ 328 RPM
Looks like my engine is pretty healthy. I wish I would have gotten a test done brand new so I could track any changes. I will probably get another one at 50-60k miles.
@ 30k miles
Rotor 1: 10, 9.9, 10 @ 330 RPM
Rotor 2: 9.7, 9.8, 9.7 @ 328 RPM
Looks like my engine is pretty healthy. I wish I would have gotten a test done brand new so I could track any changes. I will probably get another one at 50-60k miles.
#530
Legend In My Own Mind
Did it feel more ported, too? Or were you slacking? Took my BHR midpipe off for the 3rd time in a week to take it to the parts store and find some new gaskets. It doesn't leak now.
#532
Original Turbo 'd Auto !!
ididnt do this today, but on saturday.
Added 2" of 1x1 AC Conditioner closed cell foam strips arounf my BHR Radiator. Then took it for a 100 mile test drive to the Scottsdale Pavilions.
At 107 deg ambient air temps, i was seeing 205 deg coolant temps in stop-n-go traffic. Then 198 deg temps dropping down to 190 deg @ 75 mph on the freeway.
50 miles driven with the Heater on and the other 50 with the Heater off.
The BHR Radiator has only been installed Since October of 2007.
Added 2" of 1x1 AC Conditioner closed cell foam strips arounf my BHR Radiator. Then took it for a 100 mile test drive to the Scottsdale Pavilions.
At 107 deg ambient air temps, i was seeing 205 deg coolant temps in stop-n-go traffic. Then 198 deg temps dropping down to 190 deg @ 75 mph on the freeway.
50 miles driven with the Heater on and the other 50 with the Heater off.
The BHR Radiator has only been installed Since October of 2007.
#539
Registered
Today I got some new thick fluid in her haha and then found a nail in the tire so got that fixed..and later I might go out to PAVS and for sure going out to firebird to hang with some fellow mazda peeps
#546
Charles Bundy
iTrader: (5)
I was going to tinker with the EPS harness and clean the connectors, however, I ended up relocating the front license plate with a bracket out of Home Depot stuff... It got dark so I installed it with haste, just going to straighten it up and do the EPS in the morning.
That's another thing I have to do, P2259 kept popping up...
That's another thing I have to do, P2259 kept popping up...
Last edited by Grace_Excel; 08-29-2012 at 12:20 AM.
#547
#225 of 1000
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I was going to tinker with the EPS harness and clean the connectors, however, I ended up relocating the front license plate with a bracket out of Home Depot stuff... It got dark so I installed it with haste, just going to straighten it up and do the EPS in the morning.
polished my strut bar. guide can be found here: https://www.rx8club.com/do-yourself-...ut-bar-235398/
Also made a custom Polycarbonate intake tray to replace the ugly oem one that is impossible to clean. I wanted to see more of the fun stuff under the tray, but i also wanted to keep intake temps down. compromised. Took a 2 hour drive to south nj a few days ago, 1 hour cruising at 85 and no signs of it coming close to melting. EDIT: this was a prototype to see if it would work/not melt. My next version will use bigger sheets of polycarbonate and less brackets holding everything together. I used smaller sheets to save money incase it did melt or didnt work.
Also made a custom tow hook license plate bracket.
Last edited by EricB; 08-29-2012 at 12:07 AM.
#549
logged in for the first time since my yellow car was new. testing a new cooling setup, tracking temp with scan tool.
120k miles on car and motor, still love it. looking to see how everyone else deals with the heat.
120k miles on car and motor, still love it. looking to see how everyone else deals with the heat.