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Not quite!
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ChrisHolmes wrote:
Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:30 pm
Arranged for delivery of another RX8 on Monday
Any car I know?
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I reckon it’s an R3....
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Come on spill the beans!
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Spent an excellent day spannering with 30405, and now I have a beautiful PZ backbox (courtesy of the care of ScottyPZ) - and confirmed (if minor) flameage, and the car now picks up revs like it's going out of fashion.

Yet another day where my membership to the club repaid itself twice over.
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Might it be this one
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Insider knowledge used there Neil.
Rotary History;

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ChrisHolmes wrote:
Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:30 pm
Arranged for delivery of another RX8 on Monday
Would it be a VR one? 🤔
Hayward's Street/bridgeported rebuild,595's,Tein coilovers edfc Racingbeat rear anti roll bar oil pres oil temp gauge pod's,lockwood front rear grills,Tinted wind ws folding tow hook's,595s,connect2 ,at long last sohn and ap50 tank instaled ,revi ram air duct already fitted ! calipers painted,diff oil changed .
just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too) :P

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Looks like it may or may not have a lovely mazdaspeed body kit on it.
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ChrisHolmes wrote:Insider knowledge used there Neil.
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ChrisHolmes wrote:
Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:16 pm
New Duke wrote:
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I test fitted some new snow chains:
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Got some weird looks from the other parents at the kid's ballet school.
Yes but what about the snow chains. They look like a great piece of kit.
https://konigchain.com/en_uk/chains/con ... cu-10.html

Thanks Chris. I got the Konig Easy-Fit CU-10. Needed something requiring minimal arch clearance and that self tightens (because I'm done with fighting with chains halfway up a mountain in the freezing dark). They're well made and although not quite as quick to fit as the video suggests (the vehicle in that video has huge arch clearance), I had them on in 5 mins which is much better than classic chains. They have bumpers to protect the wheels too. It looks likely that I'll have to use them on an upcoming trip in which case I'll post up a mini review.

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Well I was cleaning the car when just for a change it started to rain!!!!
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Keni must be doing something to his car then.
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Took the car out to see how loud the RRP cat is and quite loud when going up the gears but OK when cruising along also no complaints from the boss 😉
Hayward's Street/bridgeported rebuild,595's,Tein coilovers edfc Racingbeat rear anti roll bar oil pres oil temp gauge pod's,lockwood front rear grills,Tinted wind ws folding tow hook's,595s,connect2 ,at long last sohn and ap50 tank instaled ,revi ram air duct already fitted ! calipers painted,diff oil changed .
just oil lines to fit at some stage ( had them a while too) :P

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Managed to come back from Cadwell with completely spent front brake pads, so have just stuck some new 1144s on.

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Air pump delete day today.
First thing was to check that I could actually remove the nuts holding the air feed to the exhaust manifold. Luckily they loosened with no real force.

I hadn't bought a blanking plate so out came the grinder and Piller drill and some sheet. Copied the shape (close but not exact) measured the holes. 7mm hole and 43mm from the inner edge to the other. That gave me 50mm between hole centers.
Drilled the holes. Cut out the shape.
Whipped up a plate.

Next, removed the air pump and valve. Fed the line from the solenoid and attached it onto the nipple on the SSV actuator ( the dreaded tapping noise cause (one of em) no more clacking Image

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I also found another possible cause of the rattle is where the bar is attached to the actuator via the c-clip. There's a little bit of play in there too. I think a nylon washer to reduce the play would fix that.

Anyhoo, Repositioned the fuel pump resistor and mounted the barometer.

Tidied up and done Image

All in all it could've taken less time but I wasn't in a hurry. 10-2pm 4hrs total with many chats, coffees and tripping over crap in my garage.

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sKenDread wrote: Whipped up a plate.
Any chance you can knock up another blanking plate?
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Pulled the R3 out the garage,spent a couple of hours washing and waxing the gal,fitted a new battery - I fit a new Varta E23 every year - checked and corrected the tyre pressures,as they always lose a bit during hibernation,then took her for a 30 mile run...and fell in love all over again. Been seriously considering putting her up for sale,but now I'm really torn..
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Renewed my membership.
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SeeJay wrote:
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:36 pm
Pulled the R3 out the garage,spent a couple of hours washing and waxing the gal,fitted a new battery - I fit a new Varta E23 every year - checked and corrected the tyre pressures,as they always lose a bit during hibernation,then took her for a 30 mile run...and fell in love all over again. Been seriously considering putting her up for sale,but now I'm really torn..
Why the jaffing heck do you buy a new battery every year?! That's hideously bad for the environment. I appreciate this is a forum of RX8 owners, some running decats, but how fecking wasteful is a new battery every year?!?!

Just disconnect it over winter or get a trickle charger...
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Ordered a clutch kit from usa today stage 2. See how well it does had a stage 4 in my subaru 5 years no problem so see what the stage two is like as my old one has the rattle dont trust it to do another track day lol

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Honkytonk wrote:
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Renewed my membership.
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Dr. FrankenRex wrote:
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Why the jaffing heck do you buy a new battery every year?! That's hideously bad for the environment.
What I choose to do with my car has zero to do with your opinion.

I use a battery conditioner during hibernation,but still like to fit a new battery,and the hell with the environment..
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Just out of curiosity do you do some good for the environment and recycle the batteries by donating them for a good cause


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