Best Rotary Shop in GTA ?
 

I would like to say, in my opinion the Best Rotary Shop in the

Gta would be Mazdees Performance and Streetpower. I believe that they

are what you call, A True Rotary Mechanic Shop. The emphasis being on "rotary".

When you want to get a professional job done on your RX-7, from a qualified

rotary mechanic, who is trained in that field (not a LS1 mechanic) this is the place

to go. Streetpower performance's owner has worked at RX-7.com in Texas, so I

know this is where I would take my car. From what I have seen, the cars that

come out of that shop is, Track Ready, to kick ass. For sure there isn't any LS1

conversions done at this shop because he has the knowledge to sort out the

complications of a Rotary engine. I am happy with my FD since he worked on my

car from the beginning of his shop opening. Enough said :icon_tup: for reliable

rotary power .:argue:

Do you feel better now you got that off your chest?

Did someone ask for your opinion?

What is your definition of a qualified rotary mechanic?

FYI, a rotary engine is not that complicated, which is part of the reason people love them. They have far less moving parts when compared to piston engines.

Making subjective comments about shops has often resulted in threads being closed quite quickly in this section as it often turns ugly when people start speaking ill of any particular place.

I think the consensus has been that positive comments are helpful. Negative comments should be dealt with by the participants directly (shop and customer) or in the bad guy section.

Your comments are mostly positive but you chose to take issue with any shop that performs an LS1 swap. That type of comment is not helpful at all and will quickly lead to the thread going down hill and closing.

Just my 2 cents.

fiat
 

hey DOO ... dont mean to hijack this guys thread - but i saw in yur footer ... fiat x19 ...havent seen one of those in ages! and you are converting to rotary?! should be interesting - maybe in another thread you can post some pics of your set-up if you are in mid-change!:icon_tup:

STREETPOWER=Real power

lol ... sounds like someone is attacking RPM for doing an LS conversion into an FD ...

I'm monitoring this thread. And yes the first post seems to read like useless propaganda. If the poster was stating "I just had this and this done at such and such and experienced great service" then I'd be cooler with it. Very few shops can survive on rotary work alone especially when their in less populated areas.

I likely know every owner of every "rotary" shop in Ontario and am comfortable doing business of some fashion with each of them. And finally just because a shop is rotary only doesn't mean they're reputable, think MRU... I know, I'm dating myself lol

Not really, my experience with you was terrible. And when I say YOU, you know who I am referring to since YOU are Streetpower.

Looks to me that this member was put up to posting this thread and did a POOR job In representing his or theirs wishes...

Why post your title In a question format than go on to big these shops up?!

Your attention to this thread Is highly encouraged....

I have heard the same!!

lmfao

All I can say is WOW! Must be the dead of winter or something!

Wow...like John Denver trying to get laid in a Strip Joint..

Dudez A-spec is the 1 tru rotax-in-est shp in the wurld

The is the le33tezt of teh R0x0rz!!!!!!!!11!!!11111!!!!!

+1 for A-spec. Steve is the man!

I want that 20 seconds of my life back. I'll see you in Judge Judy's courtroom.

Rx-7 Heaven = #1 shop

Piranha Brothers are the people you want to see.

The hilarity of it all! lol

the best shop is walmart. they can make ur car fast.

Yup, their plastic spinners give you +80 HP because of how light and aerodynamic they are.

thewird

you get another 100hp from those plastic hood scoop. Get 2 of them you might actually get another 200hp if you put the stickers on properly.

Also, was the original post an attempt at haiku, or sonet? The use of carriage return is... creative.

+1 on that...

Looks like someone scanned a fax in:rolleyes:

No fix! No Politics. Just a happy customer voiceing my opinion. Had lots of experience with rotary (20+ years). I stand by my opinion. Mazdees & Streetpower still rule.

Stock FD
Stock twins
340 rwhp
Everyday driven HARD
Just tuned right

^ My RX-7 makes 1,000 horsepower. Just don't ask me to provide a dyno graph to back it up. It also gets 45 mpg on the highway. The secret is the trailing split.

What dyno ^_^

-180 split works wonders

thewird

you just had to spill the beans about the secret trailing split ... now everyone is going to make crazy horsepower :wallbash:

Wow, I think you must really have the best tuner working on your car. Stock FDs make 210 to 220 rwhp and you've picked up an extra 120 - 130 rwhp by just tuning.

Please tell us more about your fantastic experience. Was it Mazdees or Streetpower that performed this miracle?

it was walmart...i told you!

You guys are all wrong. The best shop period is my backyard. With only two small tool boxes of tools, a space saver jack, a schedule that keeps me away from home for nearly 2 weeks at a time, and an interest in only working on my own car as much as possible, I gaurantee you will get what you pay for. That gaurantee comes with a punch in the face and a blown engine if you are unhappy with my services. Chances are, the engine will blow even if you are happy.

I've never heard of Streetpower, but I've seen the work of Mazdees, and I won't say they are the best, because I have only bought parts from them, but they seem to know what they are doing, even if Dave is an old curmudgeon.

lol, old man but knows his shit :)

Anyway, I just wanted to add... The 340 rwhp figure isn't all that hard to believe. I was pretty surprised when I tuned this near stock car. The only thing the car had was a full 3" exhaust with a big catback, HKS intakes, and an RE-Amemiya intercooler. The motor is still the original stock motor with ~76,000 km on it. Initially the car wanted to boost to 16 PSi and was backfiring like crazy under WOT because of a weak leading coil which was then replaced and fixed. It also had some exhaust leaks pre-turbo. Anyway, that was all fixed after Dave spotted it and the wastegate was ported to try to keep the boost creep down as well as bleed off some of the wastegate lines to bring the boost down. It needs a boost controller to fully eliminate it and bring the low-end boost up but its in safe levels now at least.

Cutting this all short, the car made 300 rwhp stock with just exhaust, intake, and intercooler at just under 14 PSi. It could have made more power with a more aggressive tune but thats no good. This was on a Mustang dyno so on another dyno, it would probably make a little more power. Also, if you didn't care about turbo life, you could take the boost up further (with bigger injectors) and make even more. Anyway, I don't know what the conditions of the 340 rwhp are but it isn't totally out of the realm of possibility.

Also, something that I think really helped was that fact that this motor pulled 18 inches of vacuum at idle. The compression on this motor is really really good. I think its because its still the stock original motor and its been well taken care of.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1237489764

thewird

Marco,

The dude said stock FD with just tuning. My definition of stock does not include:

"a full 3" exhaust with a big catback, HKS intakes, and an RE-Amemiya intercooler"

People work their way up to the above changes. With an EMS system you are talking about 3k worth of parts alone. Add labour to that and you've got more significant expenditure. Add to that fuel system costs to get to high horsepower numbers as well as boost control costs. (We don't all have your commitment to investment in our FDs:icon_tup:)

And even with the above parts you mention I still don't think you could get to 340rwhp. Maybe if you are running some ungodly amount of boost through the twins you may get lucky. But how long will you be lucky at high boost levels with the stock twins?

And anybody that recommends running their car in the above fashion is a tool.

What I have considered stock up to now has been anything with stock turbos. stock injectors, stock ignition, stock ports and anything else wouldn't matter since all your doing is removing airflow restriction. But your right, that is already far from stock specs and is some work/money to begin wtih. I have been told my commitment is unique hehe.

Well like I said in the example above the car put down 300 rwhp at just under 14 PSi with the mentioned parts. If the same car went to a Dynopack or Dynojet, it would make 5-10% more with nothing changed. That's 315-330 rwhp. It's not 340 rwhp but I'm sure with a leaner AFR and more aggressive timing, would bring it close.

Then again, you could upgrade the injectors and run ungodly boost like you mentioned. If your tracking the car, thats like the worst thing you could do on stock twins. However, if you just do the occasional pull on the weekend, they might last longer then you'd expect them too. Of course I wouldn't recommend anyone run more then 12-13 PSi on stock twins for reliability of the turbo's (its not like the motor can't take it).

Anyway, thats my input on the numbers. I don't know what the poster actually ment by stock FD hehe.

thewird

I out ran you at cayuga..... Come on... Stock FD's RULE!

Yah, because my car wasn't there :P. And you drive like a woman :lol:, kidding :)

thewird

Shop advice
 

I likely know every owner of every "rotary" shop in Ontario and am comfortable doing business of some fashion with each of them. And finally just because a shop is rotary only doesn't mean they're reputable

Ok so I just read through idk how many post and so far all I’ve seen for shops is...

Mazdees performance
Rx7 heaven
Piranha Brothers

Is there any others ppl would recommend if so please list and pls keep it to just FACTS

Holy thread revival batman. None of those shops are around anymore and I have my own shop now lol, RX-Tuning.

thewird