i'm back.. lol
i was missing my car.. but i hate have to remember bout that novel with mazda..

 

"What Happens in Vegas" Meet - 2010

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Announcement of the third annual Las Vegas "What Happens In Las Vegas" Meet. This event is open to all rotary vehicles

Date of the meet: June 18th and 19th, 2010

Friday evening gathering: In & Out Burgers on West Sahara

Friday evening party: When we leave the In & Out burger, we will caravan to "Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix (outdoor track) where we can ride the carts by the hour ($18.00 per hour) and a no host bar at Chili's restaurant bar.

Saturday drive meet point: In & Out Burgers on West Sahara 10am

Saturday evening party: Hoffbrahause , Las Vegas, 7pm

Rooms will be available at discounted rates thru @!!narotordo

For the ones that want to stay off the strip: I just confirmed I can do coned off parking!
You will not lose your spot unless another 8 takes the spot lol
How it works: Cone in spot. Remove cone and park. Place cone behind car. When you leave the spot place a cone there so no one piston takes your spot.
Our back lot is now walled in by a 10' brick wall with tons of light and the security guard is a ex RX-8 owner. PM me for room info
"WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS MEET 2010"
You heard the stories, read the threads, seen the youtube videos. You know you want some!

Nevada, Utah, Oregon & Washington contact: Phil's 8

California contact: Jedi 54

Arizona contact: Easy_E1

We are posting early so that you can set this time aside. If you know your coming, let us know so we can plan.

To those of you that have not attended a Las Vegas meet, The over view will be:

Friday June 18th, 6pm - 8pm a general meet at the In & Out burger parking lot on West Sahara for introductions.

Friday evening party: When we leave the In & Out burger, we will caravan to "Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix (outdoor track) where we can ride the carts by the hour ($18.00 per hour) and a no host bar at Chili's restaurant bar.

Saturday June 19th at 10am we will meet at the In & Out Burger parking lot on West Sahara for a drive in the Las Vegas area. The drive is usually about two hours in length and will end at a local Hotel for lunch. There will be a several hour break for rest, recreation and sight seeing. The party group (all that wish to attend) will meet at the Hoffbrahause for beer, food and friendship from 7pm until ?

This years drive will be close in to Las Vegas and will be on all paved roads (unless the state or county do their thing again this year), some narrow roads and some twisty roads and some freeway. There will be one spot (again this year) that will require a $7 entry fee (nothing is free anymore).

The weather will again this year be very warm but not blazing hot (yet). Be sure you carry drinking water, a hat, vehicle water and oil.

Arizona Attendees:
Easy_E1
Flashwing
Mazda Maniac
Charles R. Hill

California Attendees:
Jedi 54
Scremn8's
FastRX8
Gr8Bullet
xl2oGel2x
mike[piston eater]
Razz1
ZumnRx8
ac3mastuh
The Reverend
J03K1LLARX8
Urban Ocho

Nevada Attendees:
Phil's 8
@!!narotordo
chunbelievable
Tat2dtart
ЯX-8
anet1737
fmmieres

Oregon Attendees
pdxhak

Utah Attendees:
Bose
04RX8GR
rx8snowboard
Darius Demon

Washington Attendees:
05TiGr8Lady

 

where is everybody???

 

We are still here - just nothing to say right now.

Do you still want that stock exhaust?

 

well just to give everybody a update u all know i got my car back a week ago and now it back at mazda...peter gave me a call yester and told me he goin to push mazda intoo getting me a NEWWWWWW ENGINEEEE.....but i need to go over there and give them all my history on oil change and take the starter out so they can do another comp. test. wish me luckk

 

good luck..........

 

Hey Phil, sorry for the delay, we're going to switch out the pedals this upcoming Sunday. Last weekend we got busy because Ryan ended up buying a turbo II. Also, I requested off the time for the quad state meet from work.

 

No hurry.....take your time...Saw pics of the II on SCR....looks good. Glad to hear that you will have the time off for the Vegas meet.

 

Ok Phil, we got the pedal installed now. We can arrange to bring your ours when ever you want. We took if for a test drive and it definately felt stiffer. Ryan was impressed by my shifts lol, he said I'm out shifting my car and definately need to upgrade my clutch. "tire chirp in third"

 

Do I hear the sounds of a fancy new heavy duty clutch on it's way

 

Phil, did you get a clutch? Are you getting it installed this weekend??? What's up???

Due to scheduling difficulties, drama, car conditions and weather this months meet is not going to happen......... There may be a special meet next month. Please stay tuned.........

 

see u tonight and let u know the meeting is happening right??

 

Well I took my 8 into mazda for cel and hard start. My airpump went out and I got one bad rotor and need a new engine.

I called mazmart its going to run me about $3,000 for a rebuilt with minor upgrades re-medy water pump, thermostat and oil pressure mods.

 

no meet you said your car was toast so I canceled it

 

oh realy i was getting ready to go but never mind then hehe
i still can drive it but i have to go slow like under the speed limit

 

See your PMs. What you need for warranty is do-able

 

Thanks Phil. Its in the works. The blue beast will live on!

 

I am happy to report that Kasumi is now back on the road. Phil, Patrick's transmission is installed but right now I have a CEL and engine braking makes a funky noise. We are going to dive back in and see what might be going on. One of the wires for the tranny might be loose causing the light. Don't know about the noise at all, it kind of worries me.


Anyways I am in need of a shipping quote for my bumper, say like 10 lbs to 13669. Can you let me know?

 

You box it and give me a good address and I will take care of it for you no cost but I will take a margareta next time we meet.

Good to hear it is now back working. Now I don't know that much about manual trans but it sounds more like a vaccuum line off. Might give Ray a call.

 

gettin the new clutch this tomorrow or monday.. but don't know when it will be installed yet
i barely can remember how is to drive a good car lol having so many problems for for a while hmm

 

chun, its ryan
-a check engine light means there is a code. if the car is drivable you can go to any autozone and have the check engine light scanned for free. that will tell you whats wrong with the car.
as far as something not being plugged in, there is 2 plugs intertwined onto one loom.
http://www.vegasdrift.com/forum/inde...opic,55.0.html
click on link number 5 for tranny then download the free version (takes 45 sec's)
go to page 23, there it has a diagram of the 2 plugs and their location on the tranny

if it turns out that those are not the problem. then getting the codes scanned will deffinetly tell you what they are.
i'm glad to see kasumi back on the road again! i make fun of your car alot, but it's been missed for a while

-r

 

Chun we have access to a scan tool (wink), being in the biz I am not sure I'd want the average parts person making a diagnosis.

 

She's definitely drivable and feels great in gear and shifting. It's just feathering 1st or reverse and engine braking give me a funky rattle which makes me think the issue is clutch related, like my last fuct up tranny messed up my new clutch a little, I hate to take everything apart again to find out but that might have to happen.

Ray I'll take you up on that scan tool to get the code. I think it is pretty simple and nothing terrible to worry about since she feels so good when driving. There is a bold that is connected to wire leads on the transmission itself that we had to use from my previous tranny. We didn't have a wrench big enough for it so I am just really thinking it needs to be tightened down.

It's definitely good to have her back Thanks for the hookup Phil and Ray. She's almost completely back

 

Good to have you back.........I keep forgetting that I have two scan tools. Oh well if need a scan let me know. The cel can happen for a any number of things and you just need to know which one it is and we should be able to do that in a couple of minutes. Investing in a ScanGuage could be one of your best investments.

 

For those 8s that may have a problem....

1. State now requires a code from each car tested for emmissions. Code is from the ecu to the testing computer. This is a new requirement that has to be in the computer.

2. If you have a Cobb AP chances are that you can pass anyway - unless you get a tester that looks at everything. Most do not but it's best to check him out first. The Cobb can mask most things that would normally fail you.

3. Nevada testing only says that the car has to be equipped with a catalitic converter, stock ecu and air cleaner (our cars). You can see now where the hold up might be.

It is still possible to get it done but now the car needs to be left at the site overnight and the cost has gone way up ($150.00)

The 7s can't get by that easy unless there is a way to reprogram the ecu.