Thank you.
Same to you and yours...and everyone and theirs, too.
Awww...group hug.
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Thank you.
Same to you and yours...and everyone and theirs, too.
Awww...group hug.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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So, it's been a while.
Not much new with Sigfrid's car, she's running pretty well and he's gathering parts (we have new fenders and a set of coilovers, waiting on a stock front bumper).
As long as she continues to run reliably we'll probably wait till the weather warms up before doing any more serious work.
My car came up for it's biannual emissions test this month and that is usually a trying and exasperating experience.
At 197k miles I was not hopeful.
Previously, I had gone to rather extreme measures to squeak by but was so pessimistic this time that I just went to the testing station cold...did no prep whatsoever (well, I did reinstall the cats which I remove to preserve during non-test times).
She passed first try.
Unbelievable.
I have no idea how it happened but I'm now good for two more years and couldn't be happier.
This little hero just refuses to die.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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Make/model/year of the hero?
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1991 Mazda RX-7.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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Oh I thought Sigfried's was the rx7 ? Am I confused yet again?
Last edited by Detale; 02-18-2011 at 09:30 PM.
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His car is a '93.
I've owned mine since '07.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
en(un)lightened
So you have, so you have.
It bides well, does it?
How's Sig and his little monster?
How's yer folks?
And how's D?
Last edited by j2k4; 02-19-2011 at 01:01 AM.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
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I'm fine, he's fine and they're fine.
It's you who's been MIA.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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I thought POW
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So, this Saturday we installed another set of shocks (the fourth, I think?) and may have finally gotten it right.
These are Koni Yellows (adjustable) with Ground Control sleeves and Eibach springs...coilovers, basically.
I admit I was dubious but the results are fantastic.
The car was way lowered (we had to raise ride height about an inch all around) but the dampening and ride are beautiful.
She swallows bumps while still being stiff enough to corner well and steers nicely to boot.
We reinstalled the RX-8 wheels as well (they are not staggered and have skinnier tires), which greatly helps trammeling.
Needs a new alignment but we'll wait till we finalize wheel/tire selection.
Finally, got something right it seems.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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