I've had a Twisted Rotors TR-01 for years, always treated me well.

They're quite new to the market, built by a chap called Ciprian Dalvaru in Bucharest.

This seller is seemingly not impressed, yay rotary community doing it's thing. Drama drama llama.

That's the one! There's usually a little metal bracket and pipe under the APV motor that is part of the pipework also. The two nipples higher up (rear has a rubber cap in place, front is missing the cap) are the service/maintenance nipples where Mazda suggest to use for their version of Seafoam (Zoo...

If you take the lower intake manifold off, you will see two hollow metal straws (4), forking out like a snake's tongue into the centre iron, directed at the lower part of the primary ports (3). This air is fed from one of the 3 delicate plastic 90 degree elbows housed on the intake accordion pipe, n...

I should hope that we can trust the RAC to do a simple test - for half the price you could stick some K-Seal in it and possibly get some more miles out of it (though not without the usual caveats).

To be honest I doubt it needs a rotary specialist - they'd be no more clued up than a regular mechanic when it comes to checking for exhaust gasses in the coolant - they'll use the same tool and there's no user input / deciphering required. If you can read a pregnancy test, you can tell if a water s...

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Sandicliffe Loughborough, May 2019 I think? Can try and find out but that's probably correct.
4. -
5. No.
6. Yes.
7. Yes they totally bodged my LCAs while sorting out that recall, but no problems fuel related.

I've cracked a rear iron getting a flywheel undone before, so I'll take a ring gear over that happening again

The 3-tooth design has been used for years and builders use them, too. It'll be reet.

Didn't you use Atkins seals also? I'm guessing that they may not have been kind to the housings either

Yes it will probably be a struggle to get them online in the UK, but have you asked your local Mazda dealer? They've usually managed to get me parts overnight and I do believe sometimes with a small OC discount. I'm pretty sure (happy to be corrected) that the club stock of them came from a UK Mazda...

Davred wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:05 pm

Visited Rotary Revs (Motorsports and Performance Ltd) ...

Dave! Good to see you're still about and enjoying the car

I hope that yourself and the wife are keeping well

Have I missed something or is this the part that is needed and it somehow hasn't been linked yet?
Pretty sure they can be had from Mazda dealers.

https://shop.rx8oc.co.uk/RX8_front_susp ... 72001.aspx

Sounds like Carl did what he did correctly then.

"disconnecting the ESS doesn't make any difference to the compression. However, it doesn't prevent the coils being triggered which could otherwise interfere with the tester readings." Shouldn't that be: " DOES prevent the coils being triggered" ? fixed using my new powers.(Chris) Because, it does di...

Pop the air box back and up (no need to unplug MAF etc). Reach under it, and between the AC belt - unplug the crank position sensor electrical plug. Spark and fuel disabled, is now ready for comp test. A plug out of each rotor, top or bottom doesn't matter. Throttle pedal up or down, doesn't really ...

Being a degenerate who likes to drive sideways, I've found the current combo to be plenty good enough: - CG Lock - Hobo-spec cloth seats instead the fancy leather / pleather / teflon / whatever they make it out of - Peel back the cover on the bottom cushion and literally cut some of the foam out, cr...

IIRC that top "blue" bushing is only under tension when the unit is off the car. Once fitted and on the deck, those bushings are only under forces from the damper motion (right?) because the spring tension is between the bottom spring perch and the chassis of the car where the top of the unit mounts...

Amazing dreams about being a cowboy and riding a horse for 4 minutes.

I had the best nights sleep next to Nigel after he prepared me his special cup of cocoa. Tasted a bit metallic but I was out until 11am.

Yes apologies Rod - nothing to do with the Monos which are lovely units.

Used to belong to a Sidney Clark a few years ago supposedly.

Clive wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:18 am

... we have sold a huge ammout for the RX-8 and never had a complaint ...

Well, you have, you just choose to brush it aside and refuse to recognise it ...

...I have the Street Basis Z (the cheap s**t) and I want to raise the front a bit. If i do that, will I mess with the spring's tension? ... With coilovers you dont adjust height by compressing the spring. You adjust at the lower mount Actually... with the cheap Teins, you do in fact adjust the heig...