What have you done to your RX-8 today????

thales · Post by **thales** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:40 am

Just noticed that I have this sticker on the windshield

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GreySilver Beast · Post by **GreySilver Beast** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:33 pm

Your car looks fantastic Dan and looking forward to seeing you next month

nightfire10 · Post by **nightfire10** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:36 pm

Not the 8 but took daughter's car for a spin around sandbanks

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GreySilver Beast · Post by **GreySilver Beast** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:38 pm

Love these cars Steve

nightfire10 · Post by **nightfire10** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:39 pm

GreySilver Beast wrote:Love these cars Steve

She got 7 days drive away insurance from dealers do I put my name on as well lol

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Humane-Hobgoblin · Post by **Humane-Hobgoblin** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:14 pm

GreySilver Beast wrote:Your car looks fantastic Dan and looking forward to seeing you next month

Thanks mate! Yeah it should be good!

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V8 Power · Post by **V8 Power** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:24 pm

Washed both today
Changed the belts on the R3
Then took mine for a dam good hashing!

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Post by **warpc0il** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:26 pm

Taking the car for a run after washing is called "a blow dry".
That's my excuse anyway, and I'm sticking to it

Humane-Hobgoblin · Post by **Humane-Hobgoblin** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:28 pm

Sounds like a good enough excuse to gun it!

I always get scared about getting it dirty again!

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Post by **warpc0il** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:33 pm

It's not fun unless it's at least bit dirty

Humane-Hobgoblin · Post by **Humane-Hobgoblin** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:34 pm

But then you’d have to wash the car again?!

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Post by **warpc0il** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:44 pm

Just following the instructions on the shampoo bottle...
"Rinse and repeat"

Humane-Hobgoblin · Post by **Humane-Hobgoblin** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:45 pm

Haha! True! Repeat after every drive!

Money grabbing b***ards!

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thales · Post by **thales** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:50 pm

Damn they look good!

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Humane-Hobgoblin · Post by **Humane-Hobgoblin** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:51 pm

thales wrote:Damn they look good!

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Agree’d

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Eddie_r32 · Post by **Eddie_r32** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:38 pm

Got a nice delivery from RRP today, they have transformed the car, best it's ever run! They are big heavy lumps and just feel quality in your hand, nice touch is the moulded logo so you know they are especially made for the 8

johnbb99 · Post by **johnbb99** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:41 pm

warpc0il wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:33 pm
It's not fun unless it's at least bit dirty

Are you still talking about driving the car?

johnbb99 · Post by **johnbb99** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:09 pm

Picked up the car having successfully passed an MOT test.

There were two advisories
1 that the clamp in front of the back section of the exhaust is very rusty, and
secondly the back of the car underneath is much more rusty than the front.
Are both of these common problems?

13Black · Post by **13Black** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:32 pm

Clamp, yes.

Underneath, where?
Sills, certainly common.
Subframe, yeah but it's a 3mm thick metal box.

johnbb99 · Post by **johnbb99** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:45 pm

Maybe I should have added that [IIRC] he said it didn;t matter about the clamp, as the two parts of the exhaust were so well rusted they weren't going to come apart.

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I don't think he was concerned about the rusting at the back, just that it was much more evident there than at the underneath of the front of the car. He wondered if it there was a result of changing airflow, smooth at the front, turbulent at the back. He said that he had seen another car show the same effect.

Seeing the emission figures [from the MOT] made me wonder if there are typical figures available for a healthy, well-tuned RX8 engine, and if I can tell anything by comparing my car's with those?

PaulAV · Post by **PaulAV** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:50 pm

Imagine the rest of the car suffers from more spray and stays wet longer, the heat from the engine, manifold and cat would mean that the front drys quicker, also any oil leaks will reduce corrosion.

13Black · Post by **13Black** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:52 pm

---Fast idle---

CO:
0.019 (0.200 max)

HC:
15 (200 max)

---Natural idle---

CO:
0.072 (0.700 max)

So with a healthy engine and cat, plenty low enough.

With a decat.... very, very low as it'll be up the tail pipe of a Tesla or something

johnbb99 · Post by **johnbb99** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:57 pm

Eddie, those coils certainly look 'The Business'!

johnbb99 · Post by **johnbb99** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:59 pm

Thanks, Nick.
I'll check tmrw.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:27 pm

Tomorrow,down on the farm with Nick and the yearly double-drain oil change..

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