GTG in the GTA 10am Saturday
08-18-2006, 05:38 PM
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I will be there, after I picked-up my car from Autowerks, who installed my Bilstein HD shocks, front strut brace, new rear tires (it was time!), new front rotors and brake pads. From what I hear, the car drives on rails now.... Can't wait to take it for a spin!!!!
08-18-2006, 09:35 PM
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i htikn i will stop by breifly with a convoy on the way to the track.
thought i'd post a 'teaser' of sorts to our upcomming annual show @ our location. All cars are welcome but the content will probably be heavily mazda and porsche and hopefully some other exotics....and we might be bringing a Jaguar XJ220 (no that's not a typo), which will be on loan from the guys at autoforum (great guys to deal with).
thought i'd post a 'teaser' of sorts to our upcomming annual show @ our location. All cars are welcome but the content will probably be heavily mazda and porsche and hopefully some other exotics....and we might be bringing a Jaguar XJ220 (no that's not a typo), which will be on loan from the guys at autoforum (great guys to deal with).
08-19-2006, 04:29 PM
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It was nice to see you guys this morning, and also nice to see a F-430 in the flesh. Now I need to tell you my saga returning home: after barely starting my engine (low battery?) I drove half a mile and the red exclamation warning light mark comes up on the dashboard. No other orange or red light, oil pressure and temperature OK, I decide to turn around and stop by Refined Motorsport, just around the corner to check what's going on. No luck, it's closed. I turn off the red exclamation mark warning light and decide to proceed carefully back home. Maybe the warning light came on because the battery is low (after the car spent 4 days at Autowerks for suspension work, maybe the doors or hood were left open and the inside lights drained the battery). I made it back home OK, but my rear blower fan (designed for cabin heating purposes and engine cooling on very hot days after engine shut-down) is running at max speed after I shut down the engine (you guys noticed when I arrived this morning that it ran for almost 20 minutes, which happened only once to me in Houston on a 42 degrees day after sitting in traffic for 20 minutes... not really the case today, but it drained my battery enough to give me a hard time starting the engine). Anyway, I am puzzled and open the engine lid to take a closer look. Everything looks OK, except one sensor on top of the fresh air intake (leading to the blower) which seems to be missing its rubber protection (because it is directly under the spoiler grill and therefore is exposed to rain). I pulled a photo of my engine bay that I took a few weeks ago after I had cleaned my engine and compare: definitely, it is not the same sensor. Time for the torch to come out. After fiddling for a few seconds under the fresh air intake, I found the correct sensor, hanging in the air. But now I am stuck because I found the correct sensor but I have now the "incorrect" sensor hanging in the air and I do not know where it plugs!!! Looks like the guys at Autowerks messed up with a couple of sensors. It makes me also realize that these cars have lots of them, and I can only imagine what it is in more modern cars. Anyway, I will be back to Autowerks on Monday and I am sure that it will take them 2 seconds to fix this. A bit annoying though...
08-19-2006, 04:51 PM
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Sorry to hear of your troubles. Sensors & relays are evil things. 
A tech at Munich had to dismantle the passenger seat on my 323i to fix an airbag sensor. Stupid money for a stupid problem.
Ian
A tech at Munich had to dismantle the passenger seat on my 323i to fix an airbag sensor. Stupid money for a stupid problem.Ian