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Yorkie194 wrote:Put my baby back on the road for the first time since October. Was going to sell but can't bring myself to do it.
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brix79 wrote:Good stuff Neil, why the hell not! It does match well, it has to be said (again..)!

Yorkie, great example of an S1 lookin' the absolute canine undercarriage. And those wheels, schaweeeeet. 8)

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ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
Trying to get a rear role cage so they'll be mounted to that hopefully


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Neilparry wrote:
ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
Trying to get a rear role cage so they'll be mounted to that hopefully


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You're OK with the angle. It's on the limit, and not recommended for use with HANS devices, but is OK for no HANS. I passed scrutineering all last year using the rear seat belt points.
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PeteH wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
Trying to get a rear role cage so they'll be mounted to that hopefully


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You're OK with the angle. It's on the limit, and not recommended for use with HANS devices, but is OK for no HANS. I passed scrutineering all last year using the rear seat belt points.

Cheers Pete, only doing Trackdays and spent all my pocket money on the car so nothing left for "armour" lol.


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Neilparry wrote:
PeteH wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
Trying to get a rear role cage so they'll be mounted to that hopefully


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You're OK with the angle. It's on the limit, and not recommended for use with HANS devices, but is OK for no HANS. I passed scrutineering all last year using the rear seat belt points.

Cheers Pete, only doing Trackdays and spent all my pocket money on the car so nothing left for "armour" lol.

Apologies if I caused you some stress Neil, thanks Pete for confirming the situation.


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ChrisHolmes wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
PeteH wrote:
You're OK with the angle. It's on the limit, and not recommended for use with HANS devices, but is OK for no HANS. I passed scrutineering all last year using the rear seat belt points.

Cheers Pete, only doing Trackdays and spent all my pocket money on the car so nothing left for "armour" lol.

Apologies if I caused you some stress Neil, thanks Pete for confirming the situation.


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That's ok Chris. I did read up on the HANS information so no cause for concern!!


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So... it turns out I have now become 16 again. A few lighting gaps to fill but all done with power rails in parallel... not bad for a cripple Image
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Finally changed the air filter, coil packs, leads and plugs. I planned to do it a month ago and wish I had, the entire air system was caked in oil... thanks previous owner.

On the plus side, cleaning everything fixed my hotstart issue, seems it was a combination of choking on oil and ancient plugs and coils.
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Neilparry wrote:
ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
I've got experience successfully surviving driving into a wall on track with my harness mounted like that :-P


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tmk wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
I've got experience successfully surviving driving into a wall on track with my harness mounted like that :-P


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tmk wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
ChrisHolmes wrote:Aren't those harness shoulder straps at to steep an angle?
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
I've got experience successfully surviving driving into a wall on track with my harness mounted like that :-P
:shock: @tmk Maybe you should change your forum name to クラッシュテストダミー :roll:
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Brooksyvon89 wrote:So... it turns out I have now become 16 again.
Nothing wrong with Lights underneath an RX-8 :lol:
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Brooksyvon89 wrote:So... it turns out I have now become 16 again.
The lights shining through the side vents are pretty damn sexy! :thumright:

I painted my exhaust shrouds today. You'll see from my Avatar pic that they had gone very pale and grey. A little bit of reading found DanBass's Rustoleum recommendation, so I gave that a try.

30 mins prep and about 15 seconds spraying and they look great! Really pleased how they turned out. Good shout Dan!! =D>

Of course that now means I need to spray every other exterior black surface. Even the black bits on my wing mirrors are looking pretty grey! I'll probably draw the line at my tyres.... joke, just in case anyone wants to tell me why that would be a bad idea.
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Trekked across London to see an Evolve that's listed on ebay only to find out there's rust on the arches, really annoying as it was a rare one in the lower tax bracket :(
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Brooksyvon89 wrote:So... it turns out I have now become 16 again. A few lighting gaps to fill but all done with power rails in parallel... not bad for a cripple Image

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Now that is cool does make me feel like a teenager again. May have to pop over and see it at some point
If its not broke I'm sure I can find a reason to take it apart :thumright:
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joney wrote:
Brooksyvon89 wrote:So... it turns out I have now become 16 again. A few lighting gaps to fill but all done with power rails in parallel... not bad for a cripple Image

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Now that is cool does make me feel like a teenager again. May have to pop over and see it at some point
Absolutely! I'm home all day during the day as I can't drive until (hopefully) next month so let me know when your around.


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Car was fine last Sunday for the meet at Mazda HQ on Friday went to collect the car to go to the Essex meet only to find I had no power steering :evil: and an OBD reader borrowed from Shane at Sun Motors, :thumleft: adjacent to my garage, revealed a DTC B2278 'Steering Torque sensor malfunction which would not clear. A call to Aston at Essex Rotary and he provided me with not one, but two power steering modules, to possibly sort the problem, which I picked up at the Essex meet. :thumleft: So today was spent removing the ECU to access the steering module and replacing mine with each of the borrowed moules to see if this removed the problem. No joy with either of these, so replaced my original and set about removing the battery tray and air box and tray to gain access to the connectors at the torque sensor and the wiring loom. A circuit test gave a 13ohm reading which is within the 12-15ohm spec so all seemed to be in order and pointed to the torque sensor itself. :( Sprayed the connectors and reseated them and put everything back and prepared to park the car up until I could speak again to Aston to try and find a resolve. Lo and behold power steering back again, :-k which is all good but does not reveal why it happened in the first place #-o . Hey Ho RX8 foible strikes again. A vote of thanks to Aston again for being at the end of the phone over a weekend to offer help and advice. :thumright:
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Could that connector have been splashed with acid when the battery cracked?
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warpc0il wrote:
tmk wrote:
Neilparry wrote:
Harnesses feel ok they are fixed into the rear seatbelt anchors so very secure.
I've got experience successfully surviving driving into a wall on track with my harness mounted like that :-P
:shock: @tmk Maybe you should change your forum name to クラッシュテストダミー :roll:
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warpc0il wrote:Could that connector have been splashed with acid when the battery cracked?
That was my initial thinking, but there was no evidence of that with the upper connectors, which are above and behind the level of the spilt acid, and the connector at the torque sensor and the sensor itself appeared to have missed any of the fan blown acid and were quite clean. Aston has had similar instances where after dismantling the connectors etc. this same fault has magically rectified itself.

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Sorry to hijack the conversation but very rarely my steering will appear heavier when turning right for a while and then return to normal... similar issue?


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Yours is a known problem with the 8 in as much that the UJ gets caked in grot, remedy is to clean off with solvent and lubricate with chain oil or similar.
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