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General Rotary Technical Support / Re: Pilot bearing
« Last post by Twisted on August 20, 2020, 09:30:15 AM »
Getting it there wouldn’t be a problem I have aaa. I’ll pm you my phone number if you wanna text me can try to figure something out
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General Rotary Technical Support / Re: Pilot bearing
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on August 20, 2020, 06:09:40 AM »
If you were a little closer i would pop over and help you.  Unless you are able to bring it down to my house in ortonville.  We could get it knocked out real quick.
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General Rotary Technical Support / Re: Pilot bearing
« Last post by Twisted on August 19, 2020, 09:58:28 AM »
I’m up in Ubly yeah I’m out of ideas
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General Rotary Technical Support / Re: Pilot bearing
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on August 19, 2020, 08:29:57 AM »
i have used various things to get that pilot bearing out.  the latest and most successful was pilot bearing tool with slide hammer from harbor freight.  I had to put the right fingers into the eccentric shaft and then assemble the rest of the tool.  once it was nice and tight then i used the slide hammer to beat it out. 

The dremal has work for me in the past where i carefully cut a line in the pilot bearing all the way through and bent the metal in on itself to get it out.
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General Rotary Technical Support / Re: Pilot bearing
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on August 19, 2020, 08:24:48 AM »
where are you located?  Might be able to help you
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General Rotary Technical Support / Pilot bearing
« Last post by Twisted on August 18, 2020, 07:11:03 PM »
OK so i cant get the inner bearing sleeve of the eccentric shaft. been messing with it when i have free time tried using a cheap rental puller quickly learn that was a bad idea when half of the bearing came out i have tried every thing i can think of even took a dremel to it cant get that thing out. car has been laid up almost a year now really just want to get it back together.
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Rx-8 Build Thread / Re: Vera's Story - '09 RX-8 Sport
« Last post by toplessFC3Sman on August 10, 2020, 05:50:36 PM »
This past weekend Gina and I went out to Grattan for two days of driving, plus camping in the infield. It was a lot of fun, but unfortunately it only really ended up being one day of driving. The first day Vera was doing great, feeling very stable and consistent, and I was putting down times in the 1:40 range with a best in the 1:38s. I was far from fastest out there, and was mostly leaving it in 3rd still, despite there being 3 places where I think 2nd could have helped. Probably the best session to watch would be the second one, where I got a bit sideways after the "jump" at about 13:15 through a few consecutive corners.

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The second day was a bit rougher. First... a few too many beers the night before convinced me to skip the first session in order to sleep some more. Oops. I felt much better after that though, and was getting ready to go out in the second session when the low oil warning light came on. Sure enough, oil level was low, so I had to add about 2 1/2 quarts of oil to get it back to the full line (I don't know that it was full at the start of the first day, honestly I forgot to check since we were camping at the track and I was busy making breakfast etc before the track went hot), but then when I went out, about 2 or 3 laps in I started getting a sporadic misfire above 6000 RPM or so, bad enough to flash the CEL and cause power to be cut. The CEL was P0302 - misfire rotor 2, and sure enough the plugs in that rotor (especially the trailing) were wet with oil. Cleaned the plugs, reinstalled them, and went for a test-drive and wound it out (on public roads, so I couldn't pin the throttle for too long)... no problems, no misfires, and the power felt fine. However, when I went out on track again the misfire was back on the second lap. At this point I decided to pack up & head home, I didn't want to risk any further damage from a misfire or potentially a damaged oil control ring before driving the car 2 1/2 hours home. When idling leaving the track, I noticed that there was white smoke coming out of the exhaust that smelled very oily. However, winding the engine out on the way home getting onto the highway etc, there was no misfire.

Well, I made it home fine, and this morning I pulled the intake apart and found a bit of oil in the intake system. The accordian tube before the throttle had some trapped in it, and there was a stream running down into the airbox that stained the air filter and dripped out of the hole in the bottom of the air box.

All of this seems to point towards accidentally pouring oil into the PCV system when refilling the oil; the coils are the BHR kit with only 6000 miles or so on it, with new plugs and wires at the same time so I think its unlikely that they would already be failing. However, its possible that the blow-by is increasing, causing more oil to be forced into the intake at high speeds. I know the 04's and 05's are prone to PCV issues - did this extend all the way to 09? Anything else I should check or consider?

I plan on installing a catch can in the line too, does anyone have a suggestion for which? I'm leaning towards one of the compact baffled mishimoto clones (like $20 vs $120, and they look identical inside and out), and changing the plugs before the next track day at Waterford on Aug 23rd.
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2nd Generation Build Thread / Re: FC Rallycross/Stage Rally/Ice Racer
« Last post by toplessFC3Sman on July 10, 2020, 10:04:58 AM »
Wow, that's pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product!
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2nd Generation Build Thread / Re: FC Rallycross/Stage Rally/Ice Racer
« Last post by fidelity101 on July 10, 2020, 07:22:48 AM »
yup! we have 4 stateside about 8 others in germany, we don't do inconel here in the states. these are to be shipped over soon though. the outlet of the flange mats perfectly for schedule40 piping so the new exhaust manifold is going to be made shortly
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2nd Generation Build Thread / Re: FC Rallycross/Stage Rally/Ice Racer
« Last post by toplessFC3Sman on July 09, 2020, 12:28:49 PM »
So you 3D printed the flanges for a custom exhaust out of Inconel? Pretty awesome! Does your work have a machine?
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