Hi, 88 FC < new guy

Moonwrap · August 07, 2009, 02:05:44 PM

Welcome to the club Rob! :wave I\'m sure that you will love your Egi! :Thumbsup!

They are definately thirsty... thirstier than a TII, you are looking at about 17-24 miles to the gallon! Eek! But hey it\'s 17-24 miles per gallon of fun!

:3gears-rh

RobXcore · August 07, 2009, 03:07:40 PM

Yea definately fun. had my first spin out last night, probably first of many. left me with a massive grin.!!

can someone define. \'water pipe feels hard\' i mean, my celica\'s was always hard. and this one feels about the same. But i wouldnt call it at all soft, i cant squeeze it so i can feel the back of it, only slightly.

TiddlesRX7 · August 07, 2009, 08:32:52 PM

If its not much different than your Celica then I would think it\'ll be ok. They do have a buzzer that comes on at high revs. My TII comes on at 7k or so. They also have a buzzer for the coolant level as you most probably heard the other night!

I remember seeing the car on Ebay. Very unique looking and running on Advans.

Prof · August 07, 2009, 09:17:55 PM

Quote from: RobXcore;632744Yea definately fun. had my first spin out last night, probably first of many. left me with a massive grin.!!

can someone define. \'water pipe feels hard\' i mean, my celica\'s was always hard. and this one feels about the same. But i wouldnt call it at all soft, i cant squeeze it so i can feel the back of it, only slightly.

When they say hard - they mean really hard - basically if the coolant system is getting pressurized by the engine it means water seals are gone. You will also get coolant being pushed through the overflow bottle and bubbling out of the overflow pipe at the front of the car.

And yes there is a buzzer at redline - on a stock ecu it will soft cut the engine - it basically just bounces off the limit - but it\'s a lot less aggressive than some cars. On chipped ecu\'s they often take the limit away - but the buzzer still remains. It\'s ok to redline these cars once they are warm - and indeed many believe that to be a good thing to do. :Thumbs-up

RobXcore · August 07, 2009, 09:40:00 PM

ahh, so if i dont have coolant gushing out the overflow, slight squueze on the pipe, no smoke, and my engine temp keeps low.
Its probably safe to assume the overheat mishap before didnt force me into a rebuild!

Thats nice to know.

Oh, so these engines will rev alot higher than the counter installed? safely is that?

Im starting to feel so glad i chose the rx over 200sx.

anyone got an old gear stick err, thing? at the base, somethings gone anyway its the bit that stops it wobbling all over the place?! it turns it into a maze to find where the gears are lol but selects fine. well apart from reverse.

pics going up on the gen2 page.

dthebuk · August 07, 2009, 09:44:41 PM

ah the old sloppy gear box. It takes a while, but once you\'re used to they\'re much nicer imo. Getting a short shifter is a quick fix too

RobXcore · August 07, 2009, 09:55:06 PM

Oh, so it wont get worse and like, drop off? !
I keep thinking im going to pull it out by accident or something. especially hunting down 3rd, or getting into 5th has like 3/4different positions that actually work, one of which gets very close to my steering wheel

LOL

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=21

My thread with pics on..

dthebuk · August 07, 2009, 10:03:42 PM

haha you\'re just worrying now

L18M · August 08, 2009, 12:21:12 AM

not sure which bit u after.. but i got spare stick.
post a pic up of what u after just to make sure we on same page.

RobXcore · August 08, 2009, 03:39:47 AM

Yea, i working nights over weekend, so will get some pics on tues when i take dash apart to solve someones stupid wiring in there.
previous owners should write a manual of the crap they hook up, so all these half cut/crimped wires make sense.

Its whatever part cures the wobbling

though im starting to get used to it.

Is it normal the amount of understeer i get in it? Was expecting to oversteer tbh, but maybe im just still getting used to it.

TiddlesRX7 · August 08, 2009, 04:30:40 PM

QuoteIs it normal the amount of understeer i get in it? Was expecting to oversteer tbh, but maybe im just still getting used to it.

Depends on the amount your getting really. At cadwell park a couple of months ago I was getting a little understeer as I powered on in a corner occationally but it was not bad at all really. They can take a bit of gettong used to with the passsive rear wheel steering. It feels funny at first.

RobXcore · August 08, 2009, 06:10:41 PM

screeching understeer? allllll the time,

TiddlesRX7 · August 08, 2009, 07:39:21 PM

I\'d think about getting some new tyres then. the only time I had understeer like that was when I had some really old tyres on the car. They were rock hard. Now i\'ve got some nice new Toyo T1R\'s and it don\'t happen now. With the old tyres I was worried about throwing it into corners incase it went straight on or turned in only for the rear of the car to come out. But the=at all went away with new rubber. What sort of tyres are on it?

RobXcore · August 08, 2009, 08:06:26 PM

Errr, cant remember, they\'re pretty good, and good grip. Wont wheel spin for long from standing just launches after second.

I kinda want the oversteering, since i\'ve never played with it much.

RobXcore · August 12, 2009, 11:59:48 AM

:cheers First oil change, filter done. Still no luck with the idling problem, but really is running smooth.
Though i swear my car is trying to kill me!!

sooo../
5litres of tesco mineral in there, tho the motor shop i buy parts from, their books say 5-30 synthetic only. So now im pretty not sure what i was ment to use, but i slapped the 10-30 mineral in anyway.

Todayyy, slap celica on pistonheads to sell, while fitting new brake pads all round, handbrake adjustment, and i\'d like to make it run just a slight bit less rich, someone got a picture they can draw on an post here to show me where to tweak.