apneablue

Yes, we are going to BBQ some rotors! Actually, as of today the planning of our next huge BBQ is underway.

Date: Not yet specified but will be Mid to late May 2005.
Time: All day on the day we choose.
Place: Haikey Creek, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Food & Drink will be provided.

Stay tuned to this thread for more info.

Here are some photos of the last BBQ..(Full Album Here)







Will be hosted by ApneaBlue, Benzalee, 94touring, & Cyan

BenzaLee

Its gonna be sweet, come one, come all!

ProjectD

iTrader: (15)

It's that time again, hope you all can make it. It's always cool to meet other rotary nuts.
be sure to check back to this thread for updates.

marix1521

i'll be there unless my motor is being rebuilt at the time... which is a good excuse, no?

94touring

Be there, or you'll be cursed with a blown engine?

Rogue_Wulff

New to owning an RX7, but I will certainly try to attend, since I am in the Tulsa area.
I have not yet gotten to take delivery of my car, as the paperwork is still pending. I purchased it from an impound yard sale just a few days ago.

94touring

What year is the car? Defenitly gotta show up, gona be a great time with lots of cars to check out.

BenzaLee

Cool, what are you getting?

Rogue_Wulff

Red '83, with red interior. Car has 15" alloy wheels with 205/50-15, and an aftermarket exhaust.
Was actually an accidental purchase. I was looking for a Nissan SX or Z-ZX (I have a Nissan truck) for a builder. Could not pass up the sweet little RX7

BenzaLee

Sweet, post some pics when you get it

Rogue_Wulff

how do you post pics? I have a couple already.

BenzaLee

When you post a reply there is a button below the place where you enter text that says "manage attachments". Click this and you can browse and upload photos off your comp.

Ben

DocMazda

sweet. this guy that lives in tulsa named carlos (owns Performance Rotary) was telling me and this guy that goes to okla state university (Russel) about the bar-b-que. let me know about the date, will TRY to show up. if i stay with my current job, i may have to work all day everyday for about a month since i will be the only manager there...oh well. anyway, just giving you guys a heads-up. dont mind bringing food either!! just let us know whats crackin' off.

Ry.

DamonB

Is the bbq itself good enough to actually be worth my driving the 250 miles from Dallas?

apneablue

Damon,
Last time we had little over 22 cars with a cosmo and rx3..it was a good turnout. That BBQ we only gave them about 6 weeks notice and they all showed up. This time they will have over 10 weeks to get their **** together. We had weenies and burgers last time. Probably can do chicken, pork, and steak if people will be willing to pitch in a few bucks. And really 3-4 bucks would be all it would take.

Also, Dallas is just a short sprint from Tulsa. I did that trip about 15 times last year getting little things sorted out on my car going back and forth to Gotham. And another thing is we are going to have t-shirts made. But some funny stuff like "You Got Stallown3d" and crap like that. I would like to pick a night where it's test & tune night at the drag so we can go do a few passes. Either way, it will be a good time.

Rogue_Wulff

Pick the right weekend, and it could be held in conjuction with hallett's High Speed Touring, for those who want to get out on a road course. Costs about $75 to get on the track. They hold this once a month, towards the end. Track time is on a Sunday, 5 sesions, 15 minutes each, driver plus one passenger. That is, if anyone is interested. Street legal cars are all that is required, but race prepped cars can also be used.
I plan on taking my car out for this at least 2 or 3 times, depending on how well it runs along with what I can afford. This was what I bought the car to do, along with general driving.
More info can be found at www.hallettracing.com

earthisflat

I might want to go on this endevor, you said it was all day?

94touring

Thats right, gona be an all day event with our rotaries and grilling. I can already tell its gona be a good turnout, so come on out and have a good time.

ROTARY RESOURCE

I would like to know when this happens.I will throw in $60 to help out with food etc.Btw I own rotory resource a local RX-7 shop we have over 10,000 used/new RX-7 parts in stock.we rebuild 18-25 rotary motor cores a year 3 fd3s motors already ths year.We have customers that come from Kan,ark,tex,okc,etc.Would love to here from some more 7 owners.fd3s motor rebuilds from 1500 carry out and from 2500 installed.We get whole sale prices from rotary performance ,atkins.Let me know when this goes down I have 2 real nice fd3s I could bring. ROB
ROTARY RESOURCE

ProjectD

iTrader: (15)

Sweet, This will be a good chance to show what your shop is capable of and maybe help get your name out to the local 7 owners. ..looking foward to seeing your FDs.

Cyan

apneablue

Holy Crap...That's great. I know there is a local Rotary Performance (or something like this) and the guys name is Carlos (or something like this) and his shop is at 1-44 and Sheridan...Is that you?

Not to hijack our own thread, but you have more information? Will be great for you to be there to represent.

See you there.

Dave

DamonB

If you guys go to Hallet I'll certainly come, track tires in tow

Rogue_Wulff

Someone else who thinks the race should not require slowing waaaaaaaaaay down before the first turn?

I have not found any Rotory specialty shops listed in the phone book around here. How do we contact Rotory Resource?

apneablue

Hey Damon, As much fun as that sounds it would turn into a Hallet day instead of a BBQ Hallet is about 45 min away from tulsa...Call it an hour both ways after traffic and such. So then we would stay there about 4-5 hours...So that would be about 7 hours out of the day for Hallet and would leave no time for mingling / BBQ. However, the Tulsa International Raceway (drag) is only 10 min away form the BBQ location I would much rather be on a course than at the drag but just trying to think logical. But this is an option...Maybe we can plan it on the same day they have a highspeed touring at Hallet and whoever wants to blast out there can, and who wants to hang can. But then this would split up the group and that's no fun either

Rogue_Wulff

Hallett runs on a Sunday, if the main "Meet and mingle" was held on Saturday, that would allow those who wish to go out for the Hallett event to do so, without interupting the rest of the social event. I just thought I would mention the ability to get a street legal car on a road course, with only a few safety restrictions. (No passing in the corners, as that is one of the riskiest areas)
Just a thought, I have no idea what day(s) the event was being planned for.
Also, the Hallett event runs all day, as they have open wheel, closed wheel, spec Miata, and possibly another class or 2, along with the HST. The 5 track sessions are spread out over the course of the day.
Either way, I will try to attend whatever the final event turns out to be.

ROTARY RESOURCE

I have not found any Rotory specialty shops listed in the phone book around here. How do we contact Rotory Resource?
Hello contact us at 918- 280- 8895 we also have a ad in the Tulsa metro pages. The other rotary SHOP RUN BY CARLOS HAS CLOSED.Idont like to dis peoples work however I have rebuilt 4 motors that customers brought to us after they had problems with their rebuilt motors by carlos and ray all 4 motors failed due to incompatant rebuild work.Our are engines are glass bead blasted so they look as well as they run.THANKS ROB

earthisflat

was that drag strip 1/8th, or a 1/4 mile?

apneablue

It's a 1/4 mile...And you think that people would want to make this a whole weekend deal? I don't mind but I don't know how many people would drive up and stay over...But that would be a good deal. I will check on the High Speed Touring days at hallett and try to make it on the same day...Also, sundays the Drag opens to whoever on sundays and is called Test N Tune. That runs from 6-10pm.

earthisflat

what time should people show up?

earthisflat

what time should people show up for the bbq?

apneablue

Hey Dude,
we will announce a data and a tentative schedule early to mid next week. Just need to get the guys together and discuss everything.

stay tuned!

David

DamonB

I for one would consider a bbq on Saturday and Hallet on Sunday, that's a good idea. The group stays together and those that want to run can.

For me it just depends on which specific weekend it is. If I have an event here in town that weekend I wouldn't be able to come

apneablue

You will have to excuse me. I was boiling over with a fever lastnight and was typing all sorts of whacked out ****.

Anyway, Damon. Would be great to have you there and it is noted that you can't come on the last weekend. You have any others in the DFW area you would bring up?

DamonB

We have a big group here, it would just come down to who is interested in coming. If everybody comes to just our local events we have a couple dozen cars.

I have events on May 15 and May 22 and get married June 4. The earlier in May the better for me.

Rogue_Wulff

Just for the record, the Hallett event for May is on the 28th and 29th. Saturday is just practice, and Sunday is the actual track day.
In the event that the main meet and mingle is set for the 29th, I may be unable to attend, due to other obligations with folks that will be at Hallett anyways.
As noted before, I was just adding this as a possible bonus event. For those who would not run HST more than one time, it would be a little costly, as they require a $35 annual membership along with the $75 to run. Not a great deal for just one day, but worth it for those who would be running more often. They hold this HST once a month, from March till October.

Rogue_Wulff

Looks like they have raised the cost from $75 to $95. Bummer.
Guess that will help to rule out adding this as an additional option.
No worries, I still would like to attend the BBQ, if at all possible.

TulsaTurbo

For those interested, here is the link for T-Shirts and stuff...

http://www.cafepress.com/tulsaturbo

apneablue

John,
Thanks, you're the man!

David

DocMazda

actually, carlos' shop did not close, he moved to a larger shop on 71st and 145th (broken Arrow--across from the super wal-mart). he rents his space from my friends step-dad. carlos is a real nice guy. i havent had my engine rebuilt by him, but he did bring my car back from the dead for me. i transplanted the engine in my car with a friend. but that was our first big tuning expedition, and we screwed up on some vacuum lines and stuff. i brought it to him, and he fixed the leaks, told me what was wrong, how to fix certain things, what the check for in the future, and even took out my rats nest for me! i suppose he could have had an engine blow after he rebuilt it. i do know of a few stories of people getting their engine rebuilt, and not breaking them in properly by revving the **** out of them. i would assume that any engine rebuilder would have a few of them go after being rebuilt. i know he has been doing this for at LEAST 3 years now. so, i guess 4 out of 3 years would be pretty good. he also does piston work. his rates are fairly reasonable as well. since he is an american airlines electrician, this is kind of his side passion job. so, his rates are really good and also he is somewhat lax with them. great guy and very courteous in my opinion. maybe you should give an explanation of why the engines went instead of just saying, "4 engines blew that he rebuilt." i am sure that if an engine that you rebuilt had blown by a person that didnt know how to break them in you wouldnt want some one saying, "they blew after being rebuilt by xx". ive just had experience with his mechanical skills, and have not had a problem with them yet. also, he helped fix my friends sil-80 sr20det conversion as well. if you ask for advice or help, he gladly helps. very nice. hopefully if my work schedule permits, i will be attending the bbq!
im not flaming, just saying you should state a reason why they blew or some thing happened, instead of just saying some thing happened. kind of reminds me of movies/shows where the attorney is trying to purposely grill a witness and not give a reason why some thing happened, so it looks like a more grave matter than it actually is. but it is nice to know that we have a couple rotary places in town. just wish there wasnt always friction among the rotary places. really gets annoying.

earthisflat

i didn't realize that it posted twice, it was only supposed to be one