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04-18-2010, 09:00 PM
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I made it home from DGRRX safely but...
I'll start this one off...
I made it home safely from DGRRX but blew my motor in my FD today right after the dam around 1pm and decided it has never let me stranded so I drove home on 1 rotor. My previous motor blew 3 miles from my home and I made it home on one rotor so I figured this one could make it 300 miles. It did!  Post how you made it home blown or running perfect..  
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04-18-2010, 09:09 PM
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Founder/Administrator/Internet Pitbull :)
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I made it home.. after leaving Bham 11PM friday night (got 3.5 hours night before), got to NVNC at 4AM saturday, slept 2.5 hours, ran around and left NVNC at midnight, got home around 4:30AM CST... I got about 6 hours of sleep today
Kevin and Amber picked up some food for me and my wife with his blown engine. Quite amazing car!
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04-18-2010, 09:10 PM
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WNC Tour Guide
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: WNC
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DGRRX claims... 1 FD transmission....1 FD engine...
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04-18-2010, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Right Behind you son
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 Damn Kevin, that's crazy. When I popped my engine at the top of my street I could barely get her into the driveway
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04-19-2010, 07:53 AM
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The Newbie
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04-19-2010, 11:06 AM
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counting down till DGRR
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Melbourne, Fl
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My FD's drivers front fender liner was eatin by my tire(car sits to low w/to much body roll).
The tire didn't stop at the liner it also wanted some of my wiring harness... took a bite outta 8 wires in that harness. Thankfully it was not to bad and I was able to drive home. This was my first year and i'm hooked! AWESOME EVENT!! I'll be back next year! Steve
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04-19-2010, 11:40 AM
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Add a FB rear chunk to the list. Sam still has to drive back to Canada so he may have more to add to the list in a few days
-billy
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04-19-2010, 06:07 PM
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04-18-2010, 09:24 PM
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TurboRX7.com
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Monroe, MI
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Nothing, absolutely nothing. And its been only two weeks since i finished my single swap. I won so many bets back home. 1200 miles not a problem. :-D
oh, my gallon of 2 cycle fell over and leaked into my spare tire well, but thats not a mechanical failure :-P |
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04-18-2010, 10:08 PM
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RX-7 Bad Ass
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Pensacola, FL
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I drove my old FC once for a year with a blown rear rotor
. There's different grades of blown engines - a chipped apex seal will idle a little rough and be hard to start, but will run and drive fine. The more the apex seal lets go, the rougher the engine runs and the harder it is to start, sometimes the motor flat won't start or has pretty much zero power to drive.Glad you made it home! Hopefully Rich will post how he did with his transmission. I made it home great, Phil and I had an awesome time, the car ran and performed beautifully. Can't wait for next year! Dale |
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04-18-2010, 10:23 PM
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Rotary Fan in Training
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Glad you made it home Kevin. She didn't sound happy, but sounded determined to keep running when we parted ways just before the 129.
As for "how we made it home" we'll let you know when we make it. In a hotel off the side of I-81 at the moment. We didn't hit the road until around 4 or 5. Did the Dragon again, the Skyway etc. Plan to make it home sometime Tuesday most likely. (Breaking the trip up a bit to still try and have a bit of a vacation out of all of it.)
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04-18-2010, 10:28 PM
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destroy, rebuild, repeat
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charleston, SC
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damn that sucks kevin
i just made it back, no problems except for a nasty boost leak/hissing sound that popped up on the drive home.. couldnt find the source with a flashlight |
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04-18-2010, 10:32 PM
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Rotary Fanatic
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Barry Bordes and Chuck Westbrook got a flat and Barry's spare was low on air. They used a can of fix a flat and had to go 60 mph from north AL to Slidell LA due to a bad vibration.
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04-19-2010, 07:00 AM
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My minds tellin' me no...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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The Volvo got dirty.
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04-19-2010, 08:29 AM
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The Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I had a intake gasket leak Friday. fixed that Fri night then lost a radiator Sat. But now the car is a proud owner of a nice alum rx-8 rad. Never did make it to the dragon but it made it home without over heating
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