Search results

It’s a really big street port. Bigger than the templates you can get from places like Racing Beat or Atkins, but not so big the car won’t idle or cruise. We sent out the rotors, e-shaft and counter weights to get balanced so it rev smooth and high. I’ve got a high output alternator to put on...

Any time you wanna come up here and wrench on stuff my garage is open :) One bay anyway. MR2 is still work in progress. Picked up the new motor for the RX7 from Lui’s last night. Still waiting for a few parts to arrive but the hard stuff is done. I don’t have the bolt kit for the...

Looks great!

Another track day in the books, the wettest I’ve experienced thus far. Not the best conditions to try out my new Nitto NT01s. First session wasn’t bad (below) but by the third session it was raining hard and the car was floating over the track like it was ice. I almost called it quits and...

Sexy! Slow day at work today so I spent some time on the Rx7. Track day tomorrow at Palmer. The techs at the autocross school pointed out my front bearings were a little loose so I popped off the dust cap and tightened them down. I also regreased the idle arm, checked all the fluids, and...

You crazy man! But if you make it up to Mt Washington, let me know and I’ll come watch!

Speaking of which, article going around of a kid who killed himself in a home built kart made from a Honda Civic. I hope your roll protection is up to snuff because his certainly wasn’t. Looked like he made it out of tooth picks and Elmer’s glue and the welds snapped right off upon impact.

I guess, just keep in mind that paper pre-dates the Renesis engine by more than a decade and it does clearly state they could overcome it, but at the expense of fuel economy. Everything they learned from their experience racing eventually trickled down into the RX8.

According to my research the RX8 has two 290cc that go to full capacity just under 4,000RPM and are the only ones used for idle and cruise. Then it has 4 380cc injectors, two in the primary ports and two in the secondary ports but they never hit full capacity. The concept is that you get a...

When are you taking the windshield off?

What happened to “I’m not gonna modify the ND”?

Keep in mind a) the computing power they had in 1991 vs what we have today with stand alone ECUs and b) the progress that has been made with accuracy of fuel injectors, map sensors, and throttle position sensors. I have no doubt it is more efficient to have them close to the port, hence the...

Nice!

Great update! Wish I could have made it down to DGRR. It sounds like you learned a lot. Before you go moving the injectors, I think you should put in a few hours tuning what you have with your new found knowledge. If you look at a lot of high end builds you’ll see a variety of injector...

Just got back from vacation in San Francisco. Amanda’s aunt and uncle took us up in their twin engine plane. We flew from Walnut Creek to Bridgeport and back. I thought we were just going up for a quick loop...nope, we literally crossed the Sierra’s had lunch then flew back. Yosemite...

Nice numbers, what were you running for timing?

What did it make?

The seat time with the instructor was definitely helpful and getting about 15-20 minutes of back to back runs through a slalom was a great way to get the feel for things. But there is absolutely no reason to have all the students there from 7:30-5:30 for what amounts to 1hr of seat time and...

Attended the SCCA starting line autox school this weekend. I will admit, autox is tons of fun, but it just isn’t worth spending the whole day for such limited seat time. The instructor said my RX7 was the most balanced car she drove that day and she liked the seating and wheel position. I...

As if I didn’t have enough on-going car projects, I picked up a toy for Amanda. This needs close to a full restoration but it’s a complete unmolested runner with 185k. She is going to work on it with me. I’m not turning a wrench without her in the garage with me. The seller had the car since...