Talk to Rob (Random1) he explained the whole fuel-cut on one direction, oil in the intake track the other direction to me.
Running the hoosiers I bet you'll see this with much less than a full tank.

 

Congrats on the TA win!! Awesome!

 

Brady,

I don't know if it will help or NOT, but I've got some Krank Vents that I'm NOT using if you want them. They're attached to hoses that should slap right on to your intake.

 

Are you the same Brady from Hondaprelude.com that had the 92Si?
Same name, same location in Arizona...just curious.

 

yes! i got lazy on saturday and rather than trying to fit all four tires in the S2000 or drive them separately to the track in my truck, i just drove there on the hoosiers. it's about 70 miles round trip, all freeway.

 

i've had about 16 cars since my last prelude, but that's me.

 

Cool, I'd like to try them. My E36 had fuel starvation which is what this felt like, but I was experiencing the cutting out with 3/4 tank. The RSX I drove had VTEC cutting out issues due to oil pressure, which felt the same! Anyways, I sent you a PM.. I'd like to try those parts and see if they help. Thanks

 

On my way home from the track, I get a call from my friend Brian who also has an S2000, and was out at the track on Sunday watching all the action. First thing he says on the phone is "Well if you've ever wondered how your car will hold up in a collision, check out the accident before the I-17 interchange." Uh oh..

I-10 in Phoenix.. well, any road in Phoenix for that matter, is plagued with accidents. Phoenix is a melting pot of people from all around the country, probably seeking out the 75deg weather we get eight months of the year. And the two NASCAR races. j/k. Summed up, Phoenix has the worst drivers. It's quite common to see the 6-lane I-10 freeway completely stopped at 2 o'clock on a Sunday, because everyone is rubber-necking some guy who is changing his tire on the side of the road.. it's pathetic. 99% of the freeway jams are not necessary, and caused simply due to everyone slowing and checking out "the scene" (which is usually one guy getting a ticket, and five cops stopped to assist). Then of course the traffic jams cause the accidents and it's a huge mess. Phoenix has more horrible drivers per capita than anywhere else.

On the way home from the track, Brian was in the most unfortunate location - right behind an accident. As he put it, "cars were sliding across lanes of traffic in front of me - I was looking at the door of a Pontiac." Brian swerves, a Semi-truck driver (more on him later) doesn't see, Brian gets run over.

Custom rear-end body work on Brian's S2000


I was about 30-minutes behind brian on the road, so I pulled over and waited to assist in the needed his car wouldn't drive home, or anything else for that matter.

About five minutes after I pulled up, some lady in a blue Monte Carlo stops, walks up and introduces herself as the "Safety Rep from Fry's Grocery". The truck that hit the S2000 was a Fry's grocery truck, which was on its way to Tucson to make a delivery. The lady walks up, takes a bunch of pics, writes some notes and from my best guess, is there on behalf of the driver (like a Union Rep, even though we don't have Unions in AZ) to protect him and Fry's. I noticed she was taking pictures with a camera phone.. seriously. So I say "Fry's grocery store huh? They send you out here to document the accident with a camera phone? Doesn't Fry's sell cameras?" I laughed a bit, as I have nothing to lose in all this.. "Well, we can upload pics faster this way." Yeah, ok.

Mini S2000 meet on the side of Interstate 10 - this freeway goes non-stop from LA to northern Florida.


The best part in all this was the *lack* of interest the cops had for our situation.

1. The lady shows up with the camera, 45 minutes after the accident. Keep in mind that Brian swerved to avoid another accident, so there were like 20 cops less than a mile down the road tending to that.. but not us.

2. 15 minutes after the lady shows up, another Fry's semi-truck shows up. His job was to pickup the load from the truck that was in the accident and get the delivery on its way down to Tucson. Must be perishables in the truck! lol

3. Cops show up a little over an hour after the accident. When Brian called the DPS, they said "all of our officers are out on that big accident scene right now, so it'll be a while." Yeah obviously, we could see all the officers down the road. When the cop shows up, first thing he says.. "Yeah, I was just chillin back at the office when this call came in, so I'm not familiar with the other accident down the road." huh?

Once the cops get there, they ask questions, survey the scene and immediately decide we need to gather up the show and get off the freeway. Everyone jumps in their cars and we drive a mile down the freeway, exit and finish the paperwork in a hotel parking lot. Little did we know that we moved, simply so the Fry's truck could unhook from the trailer, then the new truck could hookup the trailer and finish delivering the load. "It seems the cops are more interested in getting that Fry's truck down to tucson, than actually dealing with this accident", Brian said.

The "accident victim" pulling away from the trailer so the new truck could hook up


Brian and I just sat there for about 30-40 minutes while the lady with the camera phone negotiates and guides the new truck onto the trailer. The cops all stand around and watch like city construction workers, totally not worried about the fact that Brian's S2000 has a bunch of damage, or he could possibly be hurt, or that we actually have $hit to do and need to get the hell out of here!

One thing that I learned from being part of an accident scene, is you're instantly a local celebrity. People were coming out of the woodwork to check this out. We were merely two S2000s, a semi truck and two cop cars, but for some very interested tourists, apparently this was a big deal. 5-6 people came out with cameras and were *video taping* everything. We were just *standing there*, waiting for the cop to fill out the paperwork... i guess it's more interesting than whatever's on TV in the hotel.

Two people checking out the scene


Another guy, filming us. He even asked if it was OK to film everything. wtf?


All finished, no one got a ticket. The truck driver was either drunk, or incredibly un-coordinated. When the cop called him to walk over to the car and fill out some form, he nearly tripped by himself on the sidewalk. The he was slurring words, having trouble just standing still.. it was weird. A few minutes later (a total of a couple hours for the whole thing) we got the paperwork and were on our way.

 

Dang that looks like some pretty bad damage on the S. Could have been worse if it was hit at that angle while moving.

I thought Brian drove a Suzuka in DE3? Must not be the same Brian.

Just to show how dumb/stupid/drunk the AZ drivers are, my neighbor's dad backed into my parked car a couple of weeks ago. Killed my track weekend.

 

and for what happened to your buddy's car.

Funny chain of events however.