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- '04 RX8
I'm sending one to my recruiter haha
What have you done to your P5 today?
- Thread starter Tg5
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
bout that time again, mmmm i like the blue one best
Whats with the penguin?
They must run wild up there...
Passed 90,000 km today. Also put the snow tires on. No, it isn't snowing up here yet, but I am going overseas for a couple of months on monday and figured that it would be easier to put them on now when it is still fairly nice out rather than wait till I get home and have to do it when it is actually snowing, or raining, or just plain cold. And wow, snow tires on bare pavement are really loud, I had forgotten that point.
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- 2016 GT ST 47A
I did the same! You should have drove up to the NEPOC meet...it was another great time!
Yup....another road trip to visit the NEPOC crew for a wash and wax meet. While I was at it, the car rolled over 94k, changed the battery (it was nasty), flushed the coolant, installed new spark plugs and coil packs - with Bruce's help!
Also noticed a squeaking noise coming from the passenger side on the way home...will have to investigate more tomorrow.
Finally, and I mean finally, completed the instal of my AFC today. Well, the wires are still exposed and the ECU is out in the open but that's because I didn't want to put everything back together just to find out something isn't working. Well she started up the first time, but later on when she was fully warmed up I was running into some idling issues - no vac leaks or anything - just irratic idle. It seemed to clear itself up later on and seems to be running okay for now. I currently have it so the car's stock tune is running. The tuning process will commence later - I love the wideband input on the V2!
what did you do to flush the coolant? i dont have a flush machine.... as far as going to the NEPOC...it would have taken me a while coming from Jacksonville, FL. lol
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- '04 RX8
prolly just ECU getting crazy on ya with the idle but it always fixes itself.
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- 2016 GT ST 47A
Flushing the coolant was very easy.
**I am at stock height so I was able to do this without jacking the car up**
1) Loosen the rad cap
2) Pull the 'trap door' down that is underneath the radiator
3) Use a phillips screwdriver to loosen the black screw (you might have a white one that resembles a wing nut) and make sure you have a container ready to catch the coolant. I bought a 10qt one at Autozone.
4) When it is done draining, remove the hose that connects the resorvoir bottle to the radiator and pinch. Then hold it over the catch can and let the bottle empty.
5) Replace the screw in the bottom of the rad and fill the radiator with a hose
6) Next let the engine run until you get to operating temp
7) Repeat steps 3, 5 and 6 one more time
8) Replace the screw in the bottom of the rad and fill with coolant...finish by filling the resorvoir bottle to the fill line.
9) I used Prestone coolant that was prediluted so no mixing was necessary.
Yeah that was my thought but I always thought it took like 300 miles for it to clear up. Must have just been a hiccup or something - I guess I'll find out when I take her out today to start road tuning. I need to put her back together first.
Oh yeah, Friday night I went to an 1/8th mile track - the first time I've ever been to a drag strip. My best time was 10.0445 but I know she can go mid-to-high 9's - I just need to learn how to launch better. I don't think it was too bad for my first time...
Got a hole in my right rear azenis. I was going to patch it up, but it had very little thread left (would have been great in the dry with slicks =P). The tire shop guy offered to give me a used set of tires for the price of mount and balance. He was going to give me stock a evo advan, but they are 10mm wider than my other tires, so he gave me a toyo t1r... now i have 3 azenis and a t1r lol.
i need to add some to mine. it's almost to the low line
maybe i can flush it out over Christmas break or somethingPlayed around with tuning for a little. I ended up driving around but noticed that the P5 was going into open loop at very small loads (read going to 10:1 and lower when driving regularly). Well, I made a quick pit stop and removed that map and went back to stock until I could get back to my apartment and see what's up. Apparently the map I downloaded has the AFC forcing open loop at like 18 mm Hg! :mad: Well I fixed that but by the time I figured it out it was getting dark and I'm running low on gas anyway. I need to hurry this up so I can be ready for the dyno day in two weeks!
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- 03.5 YLW MSP
Got another CEL because of the who the hell knows why. I mean I know why, but I just dont understand it. So I reset the ECU
^-- this is proof that John wants a P5... he keeps posting in the p5 thread. (cabpatch)
Almost everything that is discussed in here can be applied to my car, and this is a high traffic area. Sorry, ill leave if need be. Ill go post up about my CEL in the non-fouler thread that all 5 people are subbed too.
