Bay Area/ Nor Cal Community Chat Thread
03-01-2008, 02:08 PM
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Page Mill Rd. is only good west of the 280 going towards Skyline. Page Mill starts in a twisty residential section. While the road is still quite fun, the thought of running over a jogger is not something that I relish. However, past Moody Rd. Page Mill loses the houses and becomes a really challenging piece of twisting pavement. Page Mill is slow with the occasional extremely sharp hairpin that starts in a forested section and when going west eventually changes into a drive along the top of a ridge. Going flat out shifting at redline, 2nd and 3rd gears will be the most useful. If you're extremely familiar with the road you might be able to hit 4th, but I haven't. I also don't use 1st since it's dodgy getting into that gear when moving, but your style might be different. I find it quite hard to get into a rhythm on Page Mill, and the rather narrow width doesn't help, but at least two cars can fit through here, unlike Alpine Rd. Page Mill is choppy, especially towards the end of the run, if you have a stiff track oriented setup you probably won't be happy here. Visibility down the road is rather limited, especially in the forested section. It's also filled with bicyclists during the day, so I prefer it as a night drive.
Past Skyline, Page Mill turns into Alpine Rd., which is more of a goat trail than a real road. If you're interested in that as well and want my opinion, just ask. Other good roads in the area include 84 and Pescadero Creek Rd.
Past Skyline, Page Mill turns into Alpine Rd., which is more of a goat trail than a real road. If you're interested in that as well and want my opinion, just ask. Other good roads in the area include 84 and Pescadero Creek Rd.
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03-01-2008, 05:30 PM
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I zoom therefore I am.
Hello, i am in the Walnut Creek area and was looking for any groups that meet and so forth. I am thinking about the different types of exhaust but wanted to get an idea of what they sound like in person first. Plus see what others have done to the RX8's and so forth...
What types of exhaust do you guys have and are there any meets coming up in the future to look for?
And are there any local shops for RX8 parts or Mazdaspeed parts besides the dealer??
Either go to http://www.finishlineperformance.com/store/home.php for your MS parts or trying Capitol Mazda. I've purchased from both and would recommend them both. Tommy is the guy to talk to at finishline, Dino is the guy at Capitol.
Come out to one of our meets in UC and you can see tons of different mods and a variety of exhausts.
here's a pic of my latest mod:
03-01-2008, 07:50 PM
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Page Mill Rd. is only good west of the 280 going towards Skyline. Page Mill starts in a twisty residential section. While the road is still quite fun, the thought of running over a jogger is not something that I relish. However, past Moody Rd. Page Mill loses the houses and becomes a really challenging piece of twisting pavement. Page Mill is slow with the occasional extremely sharp hairpin that starts in a forested section and when going west eventually changes into a drive along the top of a ridge. Going flat out shifting at redline, 2nd and 3rd gears will be the most useful. If you're extremely familiar with the road you might be able to hit 4th, but I haven't. I also don't use 1st since it's dodgy getting into that gear when moving, but your style might be different. I find it quite hard to get into a rhythm on Page Mill, and the rather narrow width doesn't help, but at least two cars can fit through here, unlike Alpine Rd. Page Mill is choppy, especially towards the end of the run, if you have a stiff track oriented setup you probably won't be happy here. Visibility down the road is rather limited, especially in the forested section. It's also filled with bicyclists during the day, so I prefer it as a night drive.
Past Skyline, Page Mill turns into Alpine Rd., which is more of a goat trail than a real road. If you're interested in that as well and want my opinion, just ask. Other good roads in the area include 84 and Pescadero Creek Rd.
Past Skyline, Page Mill turns into Alpine Rd., which is more of a goat trail than a real road. If you're interested in that as well and want my opinion, just ask. Other good roads in the area include 84 and Pescadero Creek Rd.
03-02-2008, 12:05 AM
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hukbong himpapawid
welcome! as far as the exhaust, that all depends on what you're looking for and how much you want to spend? Have you done anything else or planning on doing anything to the engine?
03-02-2008, 12:33 AM
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Yes i have done the Air intake with Filter... But am looking for an exhaust system... Borla sounds nice... Mazdaspeed sounds nice... Exoticspeed sounds nice...
On youtube it all sounds the same after 8 different exhaust systems...
I was hoping to meet up with people to see and hear what they had on the RX8's...
When is the next meeting of the 8's in the area???
On youtube it all sounds the same after 8 different exhaust systems...
I was hoping to meet up with people to see and hear what they had on the RX8's...
When is the next meeting of the 8's in the area???
03-02-2008, 10:45 AM
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I go there at midnight, but I almost wiped out twice on a freakin deer, both on the RX8 and s2000. I use mostly 2nd and 3rd also, but I'm still a wannabe. I need more practice. I like the rotary engine since it's so much smoother. This is my impression of the Rotary vs Pist-on. With the rotary engine, you get this feeling of "oh yes, oh yes, pump that gas" when you rev it up; but with the s2000, or any other piston engine, it just doesn't feel right when you rev up the rpms--the 350z, friends Cobra, it felt like it was going to blow up whenever you pushed the engine to the limit.
There are a lot of narrow roads and a few wide ones.
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03-02-2008, 11:56 AM
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I need to get my 1hp sports car fixed. I think it needs an injector cleaning.
03-02-2008, 11:57 AM
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03-02-2008, 12:43 PM
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I have a little boy now... born on valentines day... it is hard to type one finger while holding him...haha... plus my little girl is now 2 years....
I have my own guitar compny now and more goodies at www.EarlyDemise.com
I have my own guitar compny now and more goodies at www.EarlyDemise.com
03-02-2008, 01:29 PM
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I have a little boy now... born on valentines day... it is hard to type one finger while holding him...haha... plus my little girl is now 2 years....
I have my own guitar compny now and more goodies at www.EarlyDemise.com
I have my own guitar compny now and more goodies at www.EarlyDemise.com
Most of the music I listen to is old heavy metal, like Iron Maiden. They went downhill after "Powerslave". I also listen to a lot of Santana, RUSH, Old Metallica, Black Sabbath, old Jefferson Airplane, Judas Priest's self debut album (I couldn't really listen to them past the first album), Led, Zep, Old AC/DC, Jazz with some type of weird fusion.
One of the things that pissed me off is I learned to play "The Rain Song", Led Zep, and only to find out later that you can retune the guitar and pretty much bar the chords. FAWK! I spent like a month learning it.
"Dee" by R. Rhodes was fun to learn also.
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03-02-2008, 04:09 PM
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Back in the day...
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1.5 hours later, AudioLink installed. Damn that wire is short. I wired it though the armrest console where the 12v is. It took me like 3 times to find a place to put the box and still be able to install it into the HU.
03-02-2008, 05:41 PM
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hukbong himpapawid
03-02-2008, 11:13 PM
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Over all it was pretty easy. the set screws on the front rotors wouldnt come off so I had to drill them out and retap the holes, took time to take a salvaged screw to orchard and get the right replacements and the right tap but it all came together nicely and I was able to replace the set screws with exact duplicates, I used a ton of teflon tape so it wont be hard to take them out again should I ever need to. The rears were cake, the thing that took the most time was the trip to kragen to get the wierd piston release tool but that was about it, rears took maybe 30 minutes for both sides. the fronts took about 2 1/2 hours, due to carfeully drilling out the set screws and going to the store and what not.
It would take me maybe 1 hour to do all four now that I know exactly what needs to get done
It would take me maybe 1 hour to do all four now that I know exactly what needs to get done