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Old 03-28-2011, 10:42 AM
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whats up tampa friends.

welcome to tampa Myx8u. We hangout at various times. There is a new meet that I am going to try out. Its in the lutz area. At Van Dyke rd and Gunn Highway, its a little pizza place. The meet is on wed nights.
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OK, so today I am heading to work and coming across the skyway. I look and my rearview and here comes a Titanium Gray 8. As it passes me I notice it looks like it missing the right rear exhaust shroud.

Upon closer inspection I see it has a rear mounted Turbo! No exhaust at all,

Any ideas who this is?
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Originally Posted by RWD+LSD=Zoom
whats up tampa friends.

welcome to tampa Myx8u. We hangout at various times. There is a new meet that I am going to try out. Its in the lutz area. At Van Dyke rd and Gunn Highway, its a little pizza place. The meet is on wed nights.
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Originally Posted by adviceinst
OK, so today I am heading to work and coming across the skyway. I look and my rearview and here comes a Titanium Gray 8. As it passes me I notice it looks like it missing the right rear exhaust shroud.

Upon closer inspection I see it has a rear mounted Turbo! No exhaust at all,

Any ideas who this is?
Maybe he just ran over the turbo and it got caught underneath. You know, like how those recycling bins jump out in front of people.
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Yea, those damn things can cause some issues.
Old 03-30-2011, 10:02 PM
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rofl no idea who that is man.

I just spent some time last week meeting up with Kane and another forum member to help out with a bnr turbo install
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This totally sucks. My engine died the other day. Looks like it blew a seal. I'm soooo bummed right now.

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Old 03-31-2011, 09:23 PM
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gotta be careful man. goodluck
Old 04-01-2011, 04:19 AM
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Pull the plugs. Can't really hydro lock a rotary. You should be fine.
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Checked the compression and found that one of the chambers had zero compression. The other 2 were 160.

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Old 04-01-2011, 02:25 PM
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if a seal is broken then you would have no compression on that chamber
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Definitely need to replace the engine. I'm looking for advice/recommendations on where to go. The closest Mazda dealer to me is Ferman on Florida Ave. I've never used them before so I don't know if they are any good or not. Or are there other options besides a Mazda dealer? Doesn't have to be local. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all.

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Place depends if your under warranty or not. If you are then take it to what ever dealer you want. Haven't heard any bad things about ferman Mazda.
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Originally Posted by Cattywampus
Place depends if your under warranty or not. If you are then take it to what ever dealer you want. Haven't heard any bad things about ferman Mazda.
Well, I've only got 55,000 miles on it, so I guess it is still covered under the 100,000 mile warranty.
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What year is the car?
What modifications do you have?
Can you prove your oil changes? Done at a dealership? Yourself? Some other shop?

These are key things to keep in mind.
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Originally Posted by RWD+LSD=Zoom
What year is the car?
What modifications do you have?
Can you prove your oil changes? Done at a dealership? Yourself? Some other shop?

These are key things to keep in mind.
It's a 2006.

The only engine modification is a MazdaSpeed CAI.

I've only owned the car since the end of October. I did one oil change on it in January. I don't have any of the maintenance history on it from the previous owners. I believe I'm the 3rd or 4th owner of the car.
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ok.

at this point I would recommend that you take it to mazda. They will have to diagnose the car to determine if you are a candidate for a warrenty motor.
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Anyone going to any meets this weekend?
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there is a meet this wed evening at about 8pm. Gunn and Van Dyke Rd.

This coming weekend I will be out of town
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Smile

Btw, I should probably introduce myself. Im new to the forums. My name is Matt, I live in Parrish(bradenton area) I just did a turbo install using some parts I had around the shop I work at, also have a few other things done but nothing to major. I work over in clearwater, nice drive and enjoy every minute of it in the 8. The place I work gets 13b motors in as cores once in a blue moon, so currently Im looking for one to build. I have very little experience with the rotary which is why i think it fascinates me. If anyone ever wants to get together and nerd out about cars I'm always down.
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we will be turboing my car within the next couple months. you are more than welcome to swing in and say hello during the build
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Anyone going or would like to go as a club to the Fast Five Car Meet.

This Friday 29th April

Location of the event will be at :
Cobb Theater
6333 Wesley Grove
Wesley Chapel, FL

The meet goes from 6pm to 10pm.

Reserved Spots:
Those of you arriving with a group or car club please all arrive at the same time. There will be no spot saving as this event is going to fill up quick and all spots will be taken.
If you dont arrive by 7pm your spots will be given up. Please arrive on time so that you can use your spot that was granted to you.

People's Choice Award
As we announced last week that we will be having a "peoples choice award at the Fast Five meet. Their will be only 1st,2nd & 3rd place awards for this. Upon entry into the event everyone will recieve a "window tag" which will have a number on it. You will display this number in your windshield for others to denote your vehicle for voting. Also with this number tag everyone will get a piece of Ultra Evolution stationary to cast your vote on. EVERY individual will be responsible for writing down the number of the vehicle they like the best and bringing it up to the Ultra/NOS tent to put in the ballot box. Each person gets one vote. Around 9pm we will count up these votes and see who has the most overall votes for their vehicle. Trophies will be presented shortly after that. Thanks again everyone for the support and we hope to make this event another memorable experience for all in attendance!!

Performance Auto Sound Magazine and Ultra Evolution Partnership:
We would like to announce our partnership with Performance Auto Sound Magazine. We will be offering for only $1 dollar you can start up a subscription with PAS Mag and get 3 magazines(over 6 months). At the time that you purchase this deal you will also get another magazine so that is 4 magazines for the price of $1 dollar. We will also be offering competitor Subscription of $5 for 10 Issues or $10 for 20 Issues. See one of our Ultra Models at our upcoming events for more details.

Give away and Trivia Questions:
We also have a ton of stuff to be giving away for our raffle prizes and Trivia questions. In order to get a raffle ticket you would have to pre register (which if you are getting this email you have done so) and arrive on time to our meet. You will be given only 1 raffle ticket. Some of the items we have to give out for the raffle include: Sony Head Unit / Speaker Combo, JL audio 12 inch Subs, Hertz Audio Speakers, 3M tint job, gift cards to our vendors and much much more. Will be announcing winners through out the night.
Trivia questions will be from all of the Fast and The Furious Movies. So brush up on your knowledge about each Fast and the Furious movie. Trivia questions will be open to everyone.

Rules:
Essentially dont do any thing stupid. No burnouts or speeding through the area. If we catch you doing it you will be asked to leave.
If you have any questions or concerns please let us know.

We appreciate your interest in this event and hope to make this a good experience for you guys. Thanks for your support in our events and hope to have you out at our future events.

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I'm interested
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What day is it on?
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Anyone notice anything strange in the new Mazda commercial?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...&type=1&ref=nf

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