Nars GSL-SE the 'White Comet'

[Lucky]

the ultimate insult; not only being hit'n'run-ed but it being the most hateful car ever made doing the damage

[RamoNZ]

Bad times dude. Post pics on the non-damage? Must be a scrape at least?

Though on the bright side, I can think of a plethora of various 60s/70s/80s/90s and current Eastern European, British and American cars that would be a much worse proposition to be rear ended by than a nice light weight, soft and low Honda - imagine an overtyred and jacked up F350!

Honda's (an EG Civics especially) not so hateful after all

VTEC Yo!

[scarsofcarma]

15x7's with fresh Falken Ziex 912's... not a performance tire by any means but they still feel worlds better than old bald tires! This fb is good enough to go hit up the backroads on the regular now.

[chc]

Hi - Sorry to hear about yout hit'n'run - bloody low-life those people and I'll keep my fingers crossed that you find the piece of *****.
Trust you are on the mend - it could have been a lot worse for you and the car.

I've just fitted the same tyres to my RX7 today - I'm told they are pretty good.

[scarsofcarma]

Bad times dude. Post pics on the non-damage? Must be a scrape at least?

Though on the bright side, I can think of a plethora of various 60s/70s/80s/90s and current Eastern European, British and American cars that would be a much worse proposition to be rear ended by than a nice light weight, soft and low Honda - imagine an overtyred and jacked up F350!

Yeah seriously... I'm aware any kind of high riding truck or SUV could easily total my FB. I try not to think about it too much >_<

I'm thinking of installing a nice high 3rd brake light though... maybe it'll help?

[scarsofcarma]

I went for a spirited drive through the mountains last night, and today I noticed the sound of a dragging brake from the right rear. Upon inspection there's nothing wrong with the brakes at all, its my rear-axle wheel bearing that has too much play... allowing the axle shaft to actually put pressure on the pads under lateral load in left hand turns. So I ordered bearings for it, should be able to fix that on Monday.

[chc]

Hope it turns out to be an easy fix without any hidden issues but think positive, better to find it now rather than 5K or more afterwards

[TOOL]

Nice. Who owns the series 5s?

[scarsofcarma]

Nice. Who owns the series 5s?

That's my roommates FC, an S5 GTU that is now fully turbo-swapped. It isn't pretty but it's fast. He just built a new street-ported engine for it with FD rotors that we'll be installing very soon. It also has a chipped Knightsport ECU, Racing Beat series one 3" exhaust, KYB AGX shocks w/Tanabe GF210 Springs, SR Motorsports lightened flywheel, Blitz blow off valve, Stainless-braided brake lines, Porterfield pads, and probably more I'm forgetting...

[scarsofcarma]

So I changed the oil today after about 2 months and 2k miles. I burned through an extra 4 quarts during that time which was starting to get bothersome. My oil pan drips a bit but not enough to leave a puddle on the ground every morning. It also smokes a bit on startup, but that's not unusual for a rotary.

I was starting to wonder why I was burning so much oil and today I finally figured it out. I noticed the control rod for the mechanical Oil Metering Pump was being held up in the mostly open position by a section of engine wiring harness held up by a misaligned bracket. That means my car was always feeding mid-to-full-throttle levels of oil through the oil injectors at all times, even at idle. No wonder I was burning so much oil, and that also explains why my plugs were getting so oil fouled before.

Examining the oil itself revealed a lot of metal particles, which isn't all that unusual on the first couple oil changes on a fresh rebuild ...but still if I still see that much metal in the oil on the next oil change I will be a little worried.

I was running Valvoline VR1, but now I am stepping it up to the real deal Idemitsu synthetic rotary racing oil w/ premix. I decided to disconnect the oil metering pump altogether and see how much oil I use by premixing instead.

I premixed my bridgeported 12A in my other FB so it's not all that new to me. I remember it burned less oil then this GSL-SE was up until now so premixing should help this 13B burn less oil as well. (And I damn well hope so at $10 a quart)