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It will be in this thread :) Oh I am. Things are always looking up for me in every facet of life. There are just simple precautions that I have to take to ensure my safety, and while I doubt she is hanging out this particular forum ... shrug. You never know.

I'm going to avoid saying publicly. This has been a very rough divorce.

About to pass 100,000 miles, and the MSM is going into storage soon. At some point in early spring, it will be headed to the west coast with me. The engine hasn't blown up yet, a fact that I continually find surprising. But I'm definitely going to be rotary swapping it. One of these...

Retuned. Not much peak gain, but if the lower comparison line is the first pull of the day at minimum boost, and you can see the torque climb angle. The tuner added quite a bit to the front end of the torque band, more rapid spool. He compared it to my highest run on the stock turbo (202whp...

:) Well, i want a full track car. I can either use one I've got (the MSM) or I can try to recoupe a little bit of money from it and buy something else to use. If I turn the MSM into a full track car, I'd build it to be competitive in the NASA TTB class, which in part means I'd need to have the...

Running the numbers and thinking hard about what all is involved... but I'm headed more and more toward turning the MSM into a full track car AND swapping in a ~250-300whp 13B from an RX-7. Non-turbo, I'd have to have it built and ported for high compression N/A power. It would actually be a...

RR ABS sensor failure, got the replacement sensor yesterday. Scheduled full tuning for Friday the 22nd at my normal tuner's. I've got another tune with Ken Hill scheduled for August 1st, to get the firmware/hydra stuff figured out, and get a dynojet number comparison. If I go full track car...

Yeah, pretty much. Except it failed inspection due to front pads too low. Interim owner burned them down at the track. No biggie. I wanted different pads on anyway. New rotors and pads (carbotech XP12s) on the way.

My video from Bertil Roos. Clip starts middle of lap 13 just before someone else spins in front of me, and 14 was my fastest lap. https://youtu.be/dEFpC6m40N8?t=999 I got back home to PA Sunday with my 8. I've missed it so so much. Good trip across the country. 10 hours a day 3 days in a row...

It won't hold up to lawsuits. In the book world... The trademark example would a brand publishing the book The copyright would prevent someone else from making copies The intellectual property would prevent someone else from selling or claiming credit for the contents of the book There is no...

Copy and paste from a FB update I made yesterday. Spent the morning driving an F2000 car on Pocono North course. $525 for 40 minutes. Totally worth it. So that was totally awesome. Bertil Roos, only a 1/2 day school, but totally worth the time and money. I had mostly signed up for it to...

North Dakota. Driving the 8 out to Seattle 2 years ago I had to pick between ND and SD for the transit, and decided I wanted SD more so I could see the Black Hills and Mt Rushmore. Kentucky and Arkansas are the two that will be added when I make a big loop seeing friends and family. No one in...

Turns out I'm flying thanks to timing and prices. I'll have to do the train trip some other time. But the purchase is locked in. He already put down a deposit on a replacement RX-8, a 2010 R3. Flying out on the 23rd. Leaving Seattle the morning of the 24th: Seattle WA -> Portland OR -> Columbia...

Confirmation will be tomorrow, but it's been agreed on. I'm buying my RX-8 back from the guy I sold it to 2 years ago. He has only put 5,000 miles on it, and refurbished a lot of stuff that was just old and worn, so I'm getting it back in better condition than I sold it for. I'll be taking...

Finally back on summer tires. Not much news. It's racked up a hell of a lot of miles over the winter. Took this video today for the FB MSM group as I got a lot of questions over the winter in relation to the 3.63 gears and FM2 difference. Figured I'd share it here too. https://youtu.be/qGPjqoXA7T0

Heya guys. Celica is gone, solid it for more than i expected a couple hours ago. The final net was usage of the car for almost 4 months for about $350 so not too bad. Cheaper than a rental for sure. Back to just the MSM for the moment. No changes with the MSM, although I had the radiator freeze...

Well, good news on several fronts... My engine really does appear to be fine. I haven't been able to track down the noise i've been hearing, but it's not in the engine block. I've confirmed myself with a mechanics stethescope (really handy btw, i should have gotten one years ago) that all 4...

I use Mazmart or Rosenthal Mazda for new OEM stuff (one of them always has the lowest price i can find anywhere), PlanetMiata for used/salvage OEM, and a variety of vendors for aftermarket stuff. Celica finally got it's inspection this morning. A littany of repairs. And within an hour, it's...

PCV valve has failed. And probably has been failed for some time. It would produce at least 1 of the two noises I hear, and it could also cause the rear main seal failure from a pressurized crankcase that has no other venting option. Professional testing of my engine (compression, leakdown...

I don't really know. I suspect a slight tolerance shift in a crank bearing, possibly as a result of an oiling problem that I wouldn't have an explanation for without a teardown. Something isn't as smooth as it was before, and I periodically hear a noise that I only previously heard with the oil...