hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

you could rebuild yours, but what would it cost? (seriously, i don't know)

 

Nope, no news yet. The little **** came in today asking me where I heard "the rumor about orders" and I said from the Flight Chief. She said "well, they're not DOWN yet, but we have them"...well what the hell is the difference?! They're down...we have them...who gives a ****? They mean the same to me, as long as they're slotted for us I could care less. I should know by the end of the week I'm told.

Well, one of the reasons I didn't just try to rebuild mine was because I was told they're pretty much ruined after rebuild. BNR used to rebuild theirs but they stopped because they kept leaking oil and having other problems after being rebuilt. You either get them new or don't go twin, pretty much.

I got my check valves in the mail today, but I'm gonna throw the turbo on first and see what changes. After that, if there's no change, I'll swap out the check valves and see if that changes. Either way, if the turbo fixes it or not, at least I'll have new check valves in.

Oh, looky looky at what else came in the mail today, now that it's warm, haha. And make no mistakes, this jacket is WARM.





The shirt isn't the one I originally ordered. They didn't have the original shirt in my size so they swapped this one for me, although I still like the other one better.

 

I actually looked at a picture of the twins to understand how they were oriented. I never really knew until now. I still don't understand the 10-8-10, but I don't have an FD so oh well.

 

10 on the first turbo, 8 during transition, and 10 on the second turbo.

 

Cool! I was thinking that, but I wasn't quite sure.

 

Holy crap. I almost got the turbos out tonight. If I had a way to keep the coolant from leaking all over the floor I would have had it. I didn't even have to use PB Blaster, shocked the hell outta me. The nuts, well studs rather, almost all of them were loose. I say studs because the nuts didn't come off, the studs came out, which is fine by me. However, the last bolt broke off in the exhaust manifold, but I think there are still enough threads on it to be able to reuse it, for now at least. I had to cut the exhaust bolt in half too, the one that got stuck and broke my wrench last night. Gotta love a Dremel and cutting disc, that worked like a charm.

I just thought of something...maybe I'll get something embroidered on the jacket denoting rotaries and not just all Mazdas, maybe on the right breast, opposite "Mazda". Should I get "RX-7" or a rotor or something?

 

what.the.hell! Phil JUST posted today this stupid waiver that everyone MUST sign or they cannot participate in the event this weekend. what kind of **** is that? we're ALREADY here... and people have already paid/taken off work/etc who may NOT want to sign the waiver. wtf. it's a public road for crying out loud. not like we can sue the mountains for allowing roads to be so damn curvy. /rant

anyway... BC! check your pm's. David needs you to pick up his Puma's at our house before you leave. (or anyone else who is leaving tomorrow. please PM me. he needs his driving shoes. he forgot them)

 

And this is why I'm probably NEVER going to go to DGRR for RX-7 related events. RX-8, maybe...cough...AWD car events, probably...cough...

 

yeah. pretty pissed about it, actually. seems uncool that he'd take ppl's money and then tell them they can't participate if they don't sign a waiver.

 

http://www.carbibles.com/brake_bible.html

Some cool information in here. I just skimmed over it.

Actually there are a bunch of other things on the site. This thing rocks!

 

He can't keep you off the road, it's a public road. All he can do is keep you from participating in the event. Who's to say you guys aren't there on your own just to drive the road, ya know? Yep, I won't be going back either. Just one more reason.

 

You will have to sign a waiver for the rx8 event too in order to participate... .. the only difference is the waiver is ready well before the event.

See my previous comment, the waiver is so he doesn't get sued. Phil isn't the only event coordinator that makes you do this. Again, the difference being that the waivers should have been ready a while ago, but he did say he would have some waivers so it's really no big deal.

100% correct. The waiver actually has nothing to do with driving the road. It has everything to do with the event.

 

I should carry around a waiver that says I am not responsible for the Juggernaut stepping our ot my Miata and crushing EVERYONE.

I mean, really, who can stop the Juggernaut?

 

OH IT'S THE JUGGERNAUT!!!



Juggernaut = 1, Waivers = 0

 

I don't remember having to sign a waiver last year.

 

I don't know what the big deal is...those of us participating in the RX-8 Brotherhood event, have to sign a waiver as part of our registration so we can get a conformation number to book our rooms. It's just so Phil can cover his ***. Hell, I would do the same in situation.

 

^It's all about anarchy maaaaan!!!

 

Maybe it really isn't such a big deal, but maybe it's the timing. Probably should have been brought up earlier than the start of the event.

 

[quote]Waivers[\quote]
Is this horse dead yet?

 

^Nope, let's beat it some more, haha.

 

[QUOTE=Agent of Chaos]I've got a nailbat with a scope on it. I'm gonna beat the hell out of the dead horse...

WAIVERS!

 

Nailbat FTW!

by the way whatever happened with the brick bat prototype?
did it fail QA testing?

 

The

Ballistic
Rapid
Infiltration
Combat
Hand
Assisted
Military
Mallet

or BRICkHAMMer, is still undergoing development.

Essentially, the BRICkHAMMer is a fiberglass molded handle inserted into a hardened clay rectangle. The inclusion of holes is optional, but their addition is what sets the BRICkHAMMer apart from an ordinary sledgehammer. Into the holes small explosives can be added. Of course only the brave can wield a loaded hammer.

The handle is similar to the one shown below:



Now, since the impact point of the BRICkHAMMer is destroyed, one must carry more than one of the heads.



Shown in the photograph is a head without explosives. A few of these can be carried by a single person or a team of BRICkHAMMer wielders can be formed in which many heads are carried. The devastating power of a BRICkHAMMer is feared and something to be regarded as a highly lethal means of destroying ANYTHING.

 

Are the heads easy to put on since you have to use a new one every time? What's the expected MSRP on this device? Is it dishwasher safe? I can't see the pics at work but I'm going to notify our Resource Advisor and Security Forces to see if there may be interest in this.


Oh, and for the record, I'm not that brave and I ALWAYS carry a loaded hammer

 

does it come in a fully automatic option? maybe an upgrade could be a springloaded cartidge to automaticallt load the next Explosive Brick Head?