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Old 01-09-2016, 02:13 PM
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The car is back. New coil packs and spark plugs. The plugs looked to be in good shape. Car is running fine as of now and will be tested at Laguna this weekend.
All under warranty by the dealer?
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Old 01-10-2016, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by orthojoe
The car is back. New coil packs and spark plugs. The plugs looked to be in good shape. Car is running fine as of now and will be tested at Laguna this weekend.
Good - look at it this way - you got free spark plug replacement which you had to do under maintenance program anyway.
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Originally Posted by orthojoe
The car is back. New coil packs and spark plugs. The plugs looked to be in good shape. Car is running fine as of now and will be tested at Laguna this weekend.
Joe -

Did they re-calibrate the throttle body?

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Old 01-10-2016, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mech33
All under warranty by the dealer?
yes

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Good - look at it this way - you got free spark plug replacement which you had to do under maintenance program anyway.
Yeah, it was convenient!

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Joe -

Did they re-calibrate the throttle body?

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Not that I am aware of
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Joe is the factory suspension geometry numbers listed in our manuals

doing an alignment check on the car this week and need base line info

Car handles beautifully for me but perhaps I 'am well under it's ceiling

Trakcar may take her for a few laps WF for a compare to RS

Thanks for in advance for set -up advice
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Old 01-10-2016, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by R.Deacon
Joe is the factory suspension geometry numbers listed in our manuals

doing an alignment check on the car this week and need base line info

Car handles beautifully for me but perhaps I 'am well under it's ceiling

Trakcar may take her for a few laps WF for a compare to RS

Thanks for in advance for set -up advice
It's not in the manual, but it's posted in various threads online. Macca has obtained the official factory numbers, but the caster that everyone is getting out of the factory (9.5) doesn't correlate.
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Originally Posted by orthojoe
The car is back. New coil packs and spark plugs. The plugs looked to be in good shape. Car is running fine as of now and will be tested at Laguna this weekend.
Good deal. They didn't replace my coil packs or spark plugs when my injectors failed, so now I have to go back in for service in a month or so and pay for that.
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just did the 12k service plugs ,oil , check over read and reset codes etc. $1k+

look at it as insuring the warrantee for when it maybe needed for a little more than plugs
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Ben is running the car at Laguna right now. So far it's running like a champ again!
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Originally Posted by orthojoe
Ben is running the car at Laguna right now. So far it's running like a champ again!
Glad to hear! I'm of the opinion that regardless if the VIN of the car qualifies it for coils & plugs replacement, the power output per cylinder and rpm of this engine will use up coils & plugs every so many track hours until an updated version of coils and/or plugs become available from OEM. Carrying a spare set in the tool box is not a bad idea to prevent loosing track time.
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Originally Posted by Tom-TPC Racing
Glad to hear! I'm of the opinion that regardless if the VIN of the car qualifies it for coils & plugs replacement, the power output per cylinder and rpm of this engine will use up coils & plugs every so many track hours until an updated version of coils and/or plugs become available from OEM. Carrying a spare set in the tool box is not a bad idea to prevent loosing track time.
Is a coil and plug replacement really doable at the track?
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Originally Posted by Mech33
Is a coil and plug replacement really doable at the track?
Depends on the person's skill level of course. But yes it can be done, its no different than changing coils & plugs on a 997. Although I much prefer to do this at the shop than in the paddock trying to make the next session, sometimes you gotta do whatcha gotta do. Cars with side muffler bypass pipes does make it more convenient to do this with no saturating heat in that area.
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Originally Posted by R.Deacon
Trakcar may take her for a few laps WF for a compare to RS
Thanks for doing this. I've been anxiously awaiting a proper track comparison of the two cars. Lord Reter is just the man to do it.
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Successful run at MRLS yesterday in the GT3. No issues. It was running 1:37, but no match for the new Viper ACRs :


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