Keef's Car Thread | Wheels on the Bus | 09/08/23

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For $2900, that was an absolute steal. Too bad you'll have to spend $2900 in oil just to keep it running this year.





I kid! Congrats!
 
YSSMAN
For $2900, that was an absolute steal. Too bad you'll have to spend $2900 in oil just to keep it running this year.





I kid! Congrats!
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or he could just spend $2000 and about a week on that LS1/2/3.
 
Good looking Mazda there! I'm surprised at how nice it looks. White is a great color for it.
 
Nice FC man!
 
YSSMAN
For $2900, that was an absolute steal. Too bad you'll have to spend $2900 in oil just to keep it running this year.
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Screw oil, it's the gas I'm worried about. Last night at about 5:30am I filled the tank up with premium, then drove around with a buddy for about 20 miles. Went to bed. I went to work. When I left for lunch I looked at my gas gauge and I had 3/4 tank. HOW THE HELL. Considering the tank holds at least 15 gallons, that means it took about 3.5 gallons to go 35 miles? That's...10 miles per gallon.

:nervous:

Thanks, guys. Now I need to practice going sideways, and get a big RedSuns sticker like John suggested.

Btw, it looks alright in those pictures, but I'm going to compile a list of things that seem to be wrong with it:

- Paint chipping a bit on the roof, and here and there.
- Storage compartment behind driver's seat has broken hinges.
- Transmission's input shaft bearings sound like they have 90k miles on them.
- Sounds like there's a spinning hamster wheel inside my gauge cluster at highway speed.
- There's a squeaky pulley in the engine bay.
- Wind noise is preposterous.
- As mentioned, it burns lots of gas.
- There's a funny rattle somewhere in the back.
- There's an "Overheat Exhaust System" warning light on the dash that thankfully hasn't been provoked yet.
- It has a rotary.
- Oil.
- Gas.
- The driver's auto shoulder belt doesn't work. A problem, considering it doesn't have airbags.
- The wipers suck.
- I finally figured out how to lock both doors at the same time.

That's about all I can come up with. I'm taking it to the dealer for an inspection soon. I'll ask them about the hamster in my dash.
 
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Yeah 10 mpg seems a little low...

As for the wipers, a good cleaning of the windshield plus some new beam blades plus some Rain-X should solve the problem. I went from not being able to see in the rain to perfectly clear doing that with the GTI and it's 65,000 mile old wipers.
 
Keef
Screw oil, it's the gas I'm worried about. Last night at about 5:30am I filled the tank up with premium, then drove around with a buddy for about 20 miles. Went to bed. I went to work. When I left for lunch I looked at my gas gauge and I had 3/4 tank. HOW THE HELL. Considering the tank holds at least 15 gallons, that means it took about 3.5 gallons to go 35 miles? That's...10 miles per gallon.

:nervous:

Thanks, guys. Now I need to practice going sideways, and get a big RedSuns sticker like John suggested.

Btw, it looks alright in those pictures, but I'm going to compile a list of things that seem to be wrong with it:

*list of anamolies*

That's about all I can come up with. I'm taking it to the dealer for an inspection soon. I'll ask them about the hamster in my dash.
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Welcome to the fun of owning a modern classic, or an early 90's car in general. :lol: As far as the gas mileage, I'd do the usual routine New Car changes: Oil, plugs, wires, filters, and some fuel system treatment (but I'm sure you're either well on your way or at least knew that anyway.). When I first bought my 442 it was getting around 14-17 mpg and after all that was done it got 28. 👍



Cheers,
Jetboy
 
Rotaries aren't exactly known for their fuel economy.
 
Keef
Screw oil, it's the gas I'm worried about. Last night at about 5:30am I filled the tank up with premium, then drove around with a buddy for about 20 miles. Went to bed. I went to work. When I left for lunch I looked at my gas gauge and I had 3/4 tank. HOW THE HELL. Considering the tank holds at least 15 gallons, that means it took about 3.5 gallons to go 35 miles? That's...10 miles per gallon.

:nervous:

Thanks, guys. Now I need to practice going sideways, and get a big RedSuns sticker like John suggested.

Btw, it looks alright in those pictures, but I'm going to compile a list of things that seem to be wrong with it:

*"problems"*

That's about all I can come up with. I'm taking it to the dealer for an inspection soon. I'll ask them about the hamster in my dash.
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As RJ said, welcome to owning a '90s car :p My truck which is the same year I believe has nearly all those "issues." It just adds to the "feel" and knowing that there's no computers to fix your "F up"
 
Anybody got any tips on how to overheat the exhaust? Do I need to do a dyno top speed run or something?
 
Keef
Anybody got any tips on how to overheat the exhaust? Do I need to do a dyno top speed run or something?
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Do you really need to? :lol: I'm wondering if it's a carryover from the turbo car.. Sort of like a dummy light for a Pyrometer.


Cheers
Jetboy
 
Keef
Anybody got any tips on how to overheat the exhaust? Do I need to do a dyno top speed run or something?
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Lots of high-RPM deceleration should do ya.
 
Rotary Junkie
Lots of high-RPM deceleration should do ya.
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Acceleration in the negative direction? Explain to me how a lack of fire is going to make something hot.
 
Drag it across the ground
 
trying to get flames out the exhaust? I dunno. try putting more fuel in the engine. and taking the cat out.
 
Keef
Acceleration in the negative direction? Explain to me how a lack of fire is going to make something hot.
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Excess fuel mixture burning off through the exhaust
 
Glubags
Excess fuel mixture burning off through the exhaust
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Backfires. Cool.

Now I need to make the exhaust straight as possible and wrap it so I can shoot flames.
 
fart can - Catalytic converter + injector re-map/bigger injectors (or Anti-lag kit) = FIAH!

=3
 
Keef
Screw oil, it's the gas I'm worried about. Last night at about 5:30am I filled the tank up with premium, then drove around with a buddy for about 20 miles. Went to bed. I went to work. When I left for lunch I looked at my gas gauge and I had 3/4 tank. HOW THE HELL. Considering the tank holds at least 15 gallons, that means it took about 3.5 gallons to go 35 miles? That's...10 miles per gallon.
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The guage is probably like old Nissans. It's somewhat progressive. It goes quick at first and then slows down after you get past half a tank. Dunno why, but it does. I know my car sits at half a tank with 20 bucks of mid-grade, but at 3/4 with 25. My buddies '93 Altima does the same thing.

Last time I took a trip to pick up my manual tranny, I calculated 34mpg highway from the 2.4 in my car.
 
Here's a sticker for ya Keef.

 
After looking up some figures, I take back what I said and I think you're stuck with the 10mpg.


That sucks though.
 
The car was rated at 17 city and 25 highway by the EPA, which is terrible already. It must be that they really suck it down when you floor it all the time. Maybe I should stop flooring it? :confused:
 
Keef
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Seen here broken down.



Looks pretty clean, though.
 
You don't really lose that much efficiency beating the tar out of it though... Keep at it. :p
 
Keef
The car was rated at 17 city and 25 highway by the EPA, which is terrible already.
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If it makes you feel any better, my Celica was only rated at 19 and 26. I wouldn't call the RX terrible by any means.
 
YSSMAN
If it makes you feel any better, my Celica was only rated at 19 and 26. I wouldn't call the RX terrible by any means.
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Yeah, but yours can very easily get into the 30s. :lol:
 
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