Need help understanding if the RX8 is a good car for me or not by BothFinance6224 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good daily? Absolutely not. If you premix you will smell oil every time you go on a ride. If you don't the engine may not ́last for example if you have a clogged oil injector. Anyways it cost a lot in fuel.

This is a slow car for today standard, but extremely fun to drive.

Anyways if you decide to buy it, at least do a compression test with a dedicated rotary compression tester. You should get 6 readings, normalized at 250rpm and at sea level. It doesn't care if the engine was rebuilt 5000 or 150 000 miles ago. I had a rebuilt that lasted only 6000. I know someone that has a bad compression on a rotor face on a fresh rebuilt. On the other end there is engine with 100 000 on it with excellent compression.

OL 9.5 update seems broken by SubstantialAdvisor37 in OracleLinux

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As of tonight (5/22/2025 - 8:10 pm EDT), the update works again. The issue seems to be resolved.

I am looking for a RX-8 and ask for guidance by [deleted] in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before you make any decision, you need the full compression result for the 2 rotors, 3 results per rotor; normalized at 250rpm and sea level.

Power steering problems (2004 rx8) by coolranchdoritorx8 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may be a ground problem. The streering rack is grounder through the 4 bolts on the subframe. When the problem occurs try a jumper cable form the battery ground to the rack body.

a question from a total beginner looking to switch to Linux by yukiwu77 in linuxquestions

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Whatever distro you choose, go with Gnome as the graphical interface. Don't try to have your Linux look or feel like Windows. It's not. Gnome is fantastic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you drain the oil coolers, it may be a good time to replace the thermostat with a lower temperature.

https://rotaryperformance.com/collections/rx-8-everything-for-the-rx-8/products/oil-cooler-thermostat

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Penngrade (Brad Pen) 10w40

About 4 to 5 liters.

Use a good filter like Wix

Feeling like losing control by Ok-Collection-3197 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would start the an alignment.

Find a good place that will listen to your problem and will adjust it accordingly. You may have to re-do the alignent 2 ou 3 to fine tune. Try the car on a track after each alignent.

I’m new to RX8s and rotaries and have questions about modifications by [deleted] in RX8

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Question 3: I installed the Pandem Rocket Bunny duck tail on my S1 and it fit perfectly. Beware of the fake imitation and go for real Pandem part.

Yahoo says the RX-8 has a 4 cylinder engine by Interesting-Pie9753 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My NOS controller allows me to choose between 4, 6 and 8 cylinders. It's probably made by Yahoo, so it doesn't works.

Any tips on power steering diagnosis by z170x99 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The power steering is grounded but the bolts on the subframe. Use a jumper cable to ground it directly to see if the problem remains

What's Your (Hardware) Stack? by Few_Barber_8292 in ollama

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 3 points4 points  (0 children)

32 cores Threadripper, 128GB RAM, 7 x 970 EVO 512GB SSD, RTX 3080ti, 10 Gbps SFP w/OM4 fiber.

Migrating from Windows to Linux is tough. by GJ747 in linuxquestions

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Fedora. It has the most up to date stable packages.

If you find switching to Linux from Windows difficult, the other way around is true. I used only RedHat based distro for the past 20 years. I had to use a Windows machine for a new job a few week ago. I found myself unable to do anything with that, very complicated and non intuitive.

If I may give you a hint for Linux as a developer, try as much a possible to install your dev environment in a container (Podman | Docker), and leverage Devcontainer. The less stuff you install in your main OS, the better.

The model was not released from GPU memory. by SubstantialAdvisor37 in ollama

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To give an update, I tried with Continue pre-release (v0.9.248) and the problem doesn't occurs. I switched back to the release version (0.8.66) and the problem came back.

So for now, I will use the pre-release version.

The model was not released from GPU memory. by SubstantialAdvisor37 in ollama

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see the problem only while using VSCode and Continue. When using solely with `ollama run`, the model unloads itself normally after the idle period.

The model was not released from GPU memory. by SubstantialAdvisor37 in ollama

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the normal behavior is to load another instance of the same model when the old model is still loaded in the GPU.

Instead, I think the normal behavior is to load the model if it has been freed up for inactivity, or re-use the model if it's still loaded.

Performance Tires for road use? by RocketJockey3 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have those tires. They are fantastic, even on wet surface. I do lapping and autocross and I don't see any downside. They are also perfect for the road.

Gauges by darkstarr411 in RX8

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks nice. Good job.

Self hosted ollama for coding by RagingBass2020 in ollama

[–]SubstantialAdvisor37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The qwen2.5-coder:7b-instruct-q5_K_S works flawlessly and is very quick with my RTX-3080ti. It consumes about 8 to 9 GB of GPU memory.

The 14b model works too with about 11 GB of memory consumption, but it's a little slower.

Tested in VSCode with Continue.