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Pretty stoked, I'm at discount tire right now waiting for them to install some new Nitto motivos and remove the total poo poo FALKEN tires that have been on the car since I got it a year and a half ago. I wish I didn't have to settle for all seasons, but we don't have room for snowies in our condo. :/
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I stashed my snows on the deck when I lived in an apartment. Tech called out again yesterday. Thursday I hope.
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There is a Mazdaspeed certified dealer near me. They get sent cars from all over the country to be worked on. Lots of rotary problems. I don't know how or why these would be better mechanics other than being a bit more informed about how turbos work.
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Jul 5, 2012 18:03
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Black Is Black posted:There is a Mazdaspeed certified dealer near me. They get sent cars from all over the country to be worked on. Lots of rotary problems. I don't know how or why these would be better mechanics other than being a bit more informed about how turbos work. Why would a rotary fall under the MS banner? There was no MSRX8.
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Jul 5, 2012 18:26
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No, but I could imagine rotary engines falling under the Mazdaspeed training since it's their sports car. Dealer called. Car will be ready today. Finally.
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Jul 5, 2012 18:53
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If you guys are perturbed about not having a temp gauge, check out the Ultra-Gauge. Excellent product. Monitors everything under the sun from Fuel Trims to O2 voltage. Tons and tons of different trip calculations like gallons per hour and number of miles since the CEL came on. Displays and clears codes. Set alarms for various values... it goes on and on. Here I'm monitoring coolant temp, boost pressure (measures vac in PSI unfortunately), HPFP pressure, IAT, time since last start and fuel gals. You can have up to 7 pages with up to 8 gauges on each page. Top right shows open/closed loop and the heart beats to let you know all is well. Refresh is about 3fps. $80. Totally worth it.  Click for big.
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Looking into getting an older (2004ish) Mazda 6. Is the fuel economy as terrible as it seems for the 2.3L? I'm pretty set on the hatchback or wagon and the 4cyl. Could go either way on the automatic or manual.
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So my P0133 (bank 1 sensor 1, O2 slow response) CEL is becoming more and more common. It came on twice yesterday. Could this be my O2 actually failing or more associated with my downpipe?
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DreamOn13 posted:Looking into getting an older (2004ish) Mazda 6. Is the fuel economy as terrible as it seems for the 2.3L? I'm pretty set on the hatchback or wagon and the 4cyl. Could go either way on the automatic or manual. The wagon is only available in the 3.0L V6, and yeah, expect 20mpg mixed with the V6. Expect 25ish mixed with the 2.3L in the hatch. Sublime Process posted:So my P0133 (bank 1 sensor 1, O2 slow response) CEL is becoming more and more common. It came on twice yesterday. Could this be my O2 actually failing or more associated with my downpipe? How old is the car? Might be time to replace it.
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Jul 6, 2012 16:09
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SynMoo posted:How old is the car? Might be time to replace it. It's an '08.5 with 54,xxx on it.
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It shouldn't be bad this early, but it's possible. Might be fouled.
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That's what I'm thinking. At least it's the top O2 so it's "easy" to change. At least compared to the other one anyways. Any idea where I can pick up a cheap one? I'm thinking RockAuto?
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Jul 7, 2012 16:49
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New Ultragauge installed, put it over my mirror so I can leave it installed and not worry about people seeing it and breaking in. So far I am loving it compared to my old DashHawk (which stopped working)
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That's an interesting mounting point. How did you route the [OBDII, power?] wire?
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I'm betting down the A-pillar.
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Yeah, tucked behind the headliner, then to the A-pillar, straight down to the OBD port. It's totally hidden other than at each end: 
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How do you have it secured there? It looks like it's just wedged between the mirror and headliner and begging to go flying out the window on a spirited turn. Also, is that just mini usb on the end or something proprietary? If it's usb maybe get a short extension with a right angle on the end. Those things are neat though. Sort of makes me wish my car was OBD2. Lowclock fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jul 14, 2012 |
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It's wedged in there, it is NOT moving. It pushes up on the headliner about an inch. I can adjust it, but it does not move unless I want it to. Unfortunately the cable is part of the unit. I would have liked a quick disconnect of some kind a few inches back so i could remove it if I had to without un-routing the whole length of the wire. I may get brave and cut/splice in some kind of modular connector at some point.
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Jul 14, 2012 21:20
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How much did that sucker run you?
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Jul 14, 2012 21:23
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Rhyno posted:How much did that sucker run you? Got it without the windshield mount, so $60 after the $9 rebate http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ZC/
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Jul 14, 2012 21:29
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I posted about this gauge on the same page. Got mine with the windshield mount. I ordered some InstaMorph and I'm going to make my own mount for it just above the driver's side vent. I'll post pics.
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Jul 14, 2012 21:54
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opengl128 posted:Got it without the windshield mount, so $60 after the $9 rebate Well poo poo! Ordering one tonight!
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Jul 14, 2012 22:25
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opengl128 posted:Got it without the windshield mount, so $60 after the $9 rebate Looks like I'm board to get one tonight too.
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Another cool feature I'm looking forward to is the various trip and short trip meters. You can get avg MPG, speed, time running, etc, and have it reset every drive (short trip) or when you manually reset it (trip). I have to leave my car for some body work soon and it will be nice to make sure my car wasn't driven any more than necessary.
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Jul 15, 2012 01:14
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Ordered one, can't wait til it shows up!
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opengl128 posted:Got it without the windshield mount, so $60 after the $9 rebate
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Jul 15, 2012 01:49
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No. Aside from viewing and clearing codes, all this guy does is display information and record trip stats.
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No data collection capability? Like storing the data to export to excel or something? Don't imagine it does because most people aren't nerds who would use it.
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DreamOn13 posted:No data collection capability? Like storing the data to export to excel or something? Don't imagine it does because most people aren't nerds who would use it. Nope, that's one thing the DashHawk had over it.
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Before 142MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats After 142MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats  It felt like it wanted to go faster, but maintaining traction was hard since it had rained the day before and it was still pretty wet on the speedway. Still tons of fun though. Took it through a car wash 20 minutes after, then hand washed and waxed it with a thorough undercarriage and engine bay cleaning. Salt EVERYWHERE.
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Jul 18, 2012 18:09
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Insanely jealous. How long was the run up to 142? Any mods?
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Only mod I have is the Corksport rear motor mount insert. I don't have an exact time (though I was running Torque on my phone but apparently I don't know how it works and "start logging" only applies to the speed or something). I know 0-60 was a pitiful 13.8 seconds because of traction issues. I would say probably a minute and a half? I didn't really have a good sense of time or speed since there's loving nothing around you to gauge against. A friend did take video of the speedometer though so once she gets back I can check that for time.
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So wait, do you just hop on the flats and go for it? Either way I'm also jealous as hell.
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I forgot about the traction issues affecting acceleration. Still curious, but obviously not a good 'real world' result. How fast were you going before you mashed it on the straight?
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That's awesome. Gonna have to plan a road trip around that. In other news, my Ultra Gauge is sitting on my porch right now, gonna go home and do nothing but play with gauges all night.
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The long yellow strip is a paved road leading up to a turnaround and the sign. You can just drive right off and mash the pedal. There are events there from time to time but most of the year it's just normal BLM land and you can do whatever. I was the only one out there that took their car on the flats while I was there. Once you leave the paved turnaround about a half mile out is the actual Speedway which is a bit smoother than the regular flats. I did the first run from about 25mph then a few more from 0 to 130+. I wouldn't say that it's a "gotta do it" thing, especially if you aren't able to hose everything down the same day, but if you're in the area (SLC or Wendover) for some reason it's tons of fun.
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charliebravo77 posted:Before 142MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Are you another Salt Lake MZR goon? Have you ever been to any of the Cars & Coffee get togethers? Nah, out here on vacation. I'm from Chicago.
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charliebravo77 posted:I wouldn't say that it's a "gotta do it" thing, especially if you aren't able to hose everything down the same day, but if you're in the area (SLC or Wendover) for some reason it's tons of fun. Goddamnit. I totally should've taken my rental car out there when I was in SLC a few years back.
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This Ultra Gauge is pretty awesome. I need to find a good place to mount though, wedging it in by the mirror won't work for me.
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