Mazda Dartford HQ Rotary Day 7/7/2018

[shaunwil]

Looked like a fine day out.

Finally got round to finding my coolant leak. Had to order some hose that I hope will fix the problem !

 

[JoeLanger]

Gonna have to appeal that furthest travelled trophy. 217 miles driving but fucking around on the tube must add a few?

 

[shaunwil]

Blimey, assumed you went on the train !

 

[Spendyrx]

Fair play though, that's the first fd I've heard with trouble all day!

 

[JoeLanger]

Blimey, assumed you went on the train !

Full on public transport mate. Fucking board now on the train... Gonna go and get another beer I think only 4.50 for a can and a snickers

 

[Initial-d]

Looks like a great day, some nice cars there! @Initial-d looks quality buddy! Is that TCP front and rear arches you have?

Thanks Tom, it’s Kazama Auto front and rear arches with TCP fender ducts added on the front arches.

 

[jack.am]

Good to meet all you guys today, some very nice FDs there.

 

[MightyCondor]

Fun day out and great hospitality from Mazda. Good to see you all.

Drive home was brutal! Took me hours to cool down after. Car was running hot too with coolant temps reaching 90s and AITs in the high 50s! Still goes like a rocket though

 

[cib24]

My water temps reached 95 and my AITs 87 sitting in standstill traffic entering the blackwall tunnel. It's fine, nothing to worry about. Once you move again all is fine.

 

[MightyCondor]

My water temps reached 95 and my AITs 87 sitting in standstill traffic entering the blackwall tunnel. It's fine, nothing to worry about. Once you move again all is fine.

It was fairly common for me to have high Air temps like that when I had a SMIC, but this is the first time that the front mount has gone above the low 40s when moving. Once it got up there it didn't come down.

Mind you, I'm guessing that the ambient temps 1ft above the M25 were pretty high today also!

 

[Hooskworks]

I had to choose on the way back, I could have A/C on and 93-95C water temp or leave it off and sit around 82C. Everything seemed alright even if it was hot but temps always shoot up after shut down.

 

[cib24]

You will be fine anyway. Water temps can go to about 115C before you need to panic and then it's just about getting the temp back down slowly.

 

[cib24]

 

[jack.am]

I’ve had mine over 100 in traffic a fair few times, it’ll be fine! As Roy said ince it starts moving up past 110 you should consider putting the heater on and opening the bonnet.

Also that four door RX3 was awesome, what i wouldn’t give to own one...

 

[cib24]

 

[cib24]

Unedited one cut video. Sorry if the narration and camera work is bad, it's not my day job!

 

[Ceylon]

Great pics, looks like it was a good event, I'll be keen to go if they do similar next year .

All your guy's cars run pretty warm! I was still in traffic for half an hour on the m5 yesterday, coolant sat at early 80's with the AC on .

 

[fischer]

Some superb looking cars there thanks for posting the video

 

[Matt]

Unedited one cut video. Sorry if the narration and camera work is bad, it's not my day job!

Love this, thanks for the walk around for those who couldn't make it

 

[cib24]

Great pics, looks like it was a good event, I'll be keen to go if they do similar next year .

All your guy's cars run pretty warm! I was still in traffic for half an hour on the m5 yesterday, coolant sat at early 80's with the AC on .

When going more than 0.5mph I never go over 85C. But Joe and I were stuck getting back across the black wall tunnel for like 45 mins barely moving, and it was a windless day so we got up to about mid 90s and the AITs were 87. No worries though, I wasn't boosting in those conditions anyway.