CALGARY MEET: May 14 2005, @ 2pm
 

Starting real early this year so we can have the BEST ever!

Day: May 14 2005.

Time: 2:00 pm

Place: North Glenmore Park

I will Bring a BBQ, Hot Dogs, marshmallows and pop. Anybody would like to bring anything else, go hard! There is also BBQ pits there so if you want to be hick enough, ill give wieners out for that. Make me spend at least $100. i want to see lots of us out there! If people are concerned about getting a city permit to do this in a park, it is not needed.. we'll just have to fight for parkin :) Attached is the location. The poll can be posted more than once if you can go on more than one weekend. I've also expanded this to our RX-8 friends.

Why not CRUISE to the mountains and do a BBQ in Kananaskis?

i was thinking that too.. but i think this will be good... no one says we cant take off afterwards and go to mckays or something :) would be fun to go to kanaskis too though.

Make sure you don't back into the stall if its at North Glenmore park.... :rlaugh:

we could make it a potluck, everyone brings something simple.

When was our dyno day Max? Im all done and want to put her on there.

I say later in May, the gravel will be gone by then. This sounds like a good plan! The budget minded and time contrained can join because it's close & cheap, then a cruise afterwards would be great as well for those who wanna drive. Count me in!

See if we can get this a sticky so it doesn't have to be bumped all the time.

Agreed

Hey Gary I threw some 94 in the tank and turned the distributor back. It runs great now, Im still not too sure about the secondaries. Its fine for now but it still doesnt feel right.

i sure hope its not in may.7, i am in edmonton.............

On May 27-29 some people from BC are planning a big meet in Kelona, its a bit of a strech, but it could work if anyone wants to go and meet some new guys. There aren't any details right now but they will come. Anyone interested?

I am down for anything , sounds like a good idea.

Sean, I think I have a lighter spring we can try. Work on replacing the distributor bolt, then we'll adjust the timing split between leading and trailing.

any suggestions to get out that bolt? I think a little bit is sticking out so maybe we can get plyers around it or something. I really dont know.

Can we just remove the spring? I might be going to a shop today or tomorrow and I'll get a different cam and spring maybe.......

Sounds good on the surface, but experience has proven that the farther people have to drive and the more time is involved the fewer people who turn out.

The problem is time and money: Many can't get the necessary time off, even with adequate notice. And the very fact that 1st and 2nd gen RX7s are affordable even to those who are students means that many owners of these cars (there are considerably fewer 3rd gens) don't have much in the way of funds. Three tanks of gas + food at restaurants + hotel rooms + lost time from work = a net loss of between $200 and $400--- a lot of money for a kid sharing an apartment with room mates at $400 each and having a hard time scraping even that much together.

We planned an Alberta meet two summers ago for Red Deer and Sylvan Lake, thinking the central location would bring members from both Calgary and Edmonton. A total of FIVE cars showed up. This was in spite of over two months' notice.

The most successful meets tend to be local ones: Somewhere in Calgary at a specific location on a Sunday, which is a day off for most people. Saturdays suck because too many have jobs to go to on that day. This could be followed by a cruise afterward. Ed's idea of a cruise to Kananaskis sounds like the best idea so far. Only consumes one tank of gas and the scenery is 2nd to none. Lots of stops along the way are possible as well, and those pressed for time can at least join us for part of the cruise.

Count me in. But we need to nail down a date because it's impossible to get everyone to agree on a specific day. A rain date should also be selected. :cool:

Ya a backup plan is always good. Kananaskis sounds awesome. Senery would prove awesome for photos. I volunteer to film the experience with my DVD-CAM That I've been itching to get some real use out of.

I saw a white TII on John Laurie today, was that anyones?
Ya, that kelowna trip is too far for me most likely, I'm a student and it would cost alot. But when I get my car I'll start going to more and more. I might have to share a passenger seat with someone if there is an opening for the mean time. I'd love to come to a meet

ya sounds great! i'm excited to see other RX7s in the area! :bigthumb:

would you guys allow the 7s younger brother to show up at the meet, we over at mx6.com here in calgary are planning a meet around the same time as well.

Cheers

um... how many people you thinkin? from your mx6 club?

A joint meet would be a good Idea, that way we are garunteed a large crowd. Just because the cars are different doesn't mean we can't use some tips. And Swapping stories would be grand.

I say bring the masses. Mazda Madness.

I just came back from Kelowna last night, there are alot of Rx-7s out there for a 100,000 person city, I saw 5 or 6 on monday and another 4 or 5 the next day, most in good shape, a really butchered v-8 converted s5 that was so nose heavy a pathfinder out cornered it down the hill to the bridge...Saw the mintest gold coloured SA I have ever seen, it was like show room new, but alot of s5's out there mostly n/a, but one red turbo s5 was parked in westbank at the "mall"...
I would love to drive to Kelowna for a meet, but don't know if I could swing the time off at that time..max

Yeah, let's. With any luck we can convince them to get true religion and convert their MX6s to rotary power. :D

Not sure if I can make that one since by then I hope to be working on airplanes for a living (having graduated from SAIT by the end of April), and therefore I have no idea what shift I'll be on, or if I'll even have that weekend off.

However, I've just posted a new thread on the BC RX7 forum in the Okanagan section inviting them to our meet in May. :cool:

i would go but my car would probaly blow up on the drive there....

What the hell, go for it. I've had my 1st gen, which has the equivalent of 240,000 kilometers on the odometer (that I know of anyway), to Vancouver and back numerous times. No problems except for a flat tire. The aged and crumbling space-saver spare took me from Revelstoke to Vancouver on that trip.

I've been to great falls in my beat up SA22C. At the time I had my old 12A in it and my suspension is so stiff that I spent more time looking in the mirror for dropped parts than looking where I was going.

Trip went fine with no problems.


A joint meet would be good because them there more heads if other RX-7 fanatics can't make it. Maybe we should extend an invitation to the RX-8 club, you know, just throw it out there.

Hey Aviator 902S I'm also going to SAIT. I'm taking the HET (Heavy Equipment Tech) program just across from your building. Cool to see another 7 owner at SAIT.
I just saw a dude with a 10th AE in the AST course working on his car the other day.
If you see a black S5 give me a wave. :)

Black S5--- ok, I'll keep an eye out. Mine's a silver '85 GSL. Is yours a two year program? BTW, the aircraft building on the main campus is no longer the aircraft building. We moved to our new hangar at Calgary International Airport last September. It's huge, and WestJet was kind enough to donate a Boeing 737-200 to us. It actually fits inside the hangar even with all the other planes and helis we have. :cool:

Oddly enough, I've yet to see a 10th AE in our parking lot. The only other 7 in our lot is a basket case 87 N/A and occasionally a beat-up black S2 1st gen. Does your AST friend store his 7 during the winter months? See you at the meet in May.

Oh yeah, almost forgot:

1000 POSTS!! And it only took a shade under two years! Now I can go to bed...:D

Whore

That's Shameless Whore to you, peasant. :D

haha i might swing down

Well, I picked the 2nd Saturday.
I HATE Sunday drivers.

I have absolutely no way of knowing which continent I'll be on in May, so it's probably a moot point.

In what?? Did you ever find a frame to wrap your FD onto?

that was prolly me..in the morn... like 8? i had a massive itch i had to scratch :) goin to 6 week aprentice course.. where i get to drive my personal vehical to and from somewhere. i have a work truck at my job so i dont usually get the chance. too bad its still shit weather out though.

After the april/may meet, what does everyone think about a weekend trip to edmonton for the Molson Indy on July 15/16/17???

Just thought I would bring up the idea...I'm going for sure, and I thought it would be cool to pull up to the track on race day with a train of 7's.

P.S. I'm not trying to hijack the thread..just figured it would be the best place to post for opinions.

It might not be that simple. I've never been to an Edmonton Indy race, in fact if they've ever had one in the past it's news to me since I've never really followed events in Edmonton.

But I have been to Vancouver Indy. If the experience in Edmonton resembles that in Vancouver, good luck finding parking at all, let alone 7 or 8 spots in a row just waiting for us to pull into them in our RX7s. Even if such a stroke of luck were to exist, you can bet the cost to park there would require a 2nd mortgage. As long as they don't have routes around the track blocked off to traffic you might be able to drive by it, but why cruise all the way to Edmonton just for that?

Yeah...was a vancouver last year...it was great. This is the first year for edmonton so I figured why not check it out. I'm still going either way...just trying to see what kind of interest I could spark.

It would certainly be interesting. Even if you're no a huge desciple-type race fan. Engine noise, beer, scantilly-clad women, beer, cars, beer... no argument there. But best bet would be to get there early and find the closest free parking available, then walk the rest of the way. How much are tickets?

Prices range from $50 (general admission) to $200 (gold grandstand-- this allows you to go everywhere on the track (pit pass, best view of the track, and also the paddock area where all of the team trailers are)). I got the golg tickets at vancouver...well worth the price if you're going for all three or four days.

Ya me and my buddy picked up a gold pass. I'll be there probably all weekend and maybe the week before. I hate edmonton, but I love the mall.


Back on track: So mid may seems to be the day everyone wants to gather. Sounds good to me, I'll book it off work if we can decide an exact date AND a backup date incase of weather.

ditto...firm up a date and I can book it off from work

Man I'd love to come. Do you know how many people I know that are into a rotary or the seven? NOBODY! My other friend mike knows just a little, and likes the seven, but I can't talk to him about ideas and mods and shit.. It'd be nice to talk to anyone at a place to find that they drive and love the same car as you ;)

If I do come, I'll bring a shitload of hamburgers, buns and other shit. Good buns too, not those shitty ass package types ;) heh..

I'd like to see a good set of buns attached firmly to a female.

Thats what we need. More female RX-7 enthusiats. The ones we have are awesome, now alls we need is more.

Men. Assemble. We've got some work to do........

lol ^^^ see the problem with that is then they want to drive your car.. i dunno about you, but i like the fact my wife would rather be a passenger than a driver!
good on the ones that own them though :)

well I voted for the first weekend since I am off that weekend and the third weekend...but looks like I'm gettin out voted...I am already headin up to edmonton for the indy...should be fun, drove the 7 out to vancouver for the indy last year too. damn it's a pain in the ass to pass on the highway with rhd...

How about Saturday, May 14th with Sunday, May 15th as a rain date?

Hmm that may sound like a good Idea. LOL. That way we can all book that weekend off with minimal confusion. I suggest we keep bumping this thread until May since a sticky doesnt seem present. Drill it into our minds!

So the 14/15th it is then. See you all then.:cool:

not that my opinion matters much, but I work that weekend...

Now you see why I usually pick the date and whoever shows shows. Even with a poll you can't get a clear winner. Sigggggggggggggggggggggh

(Patiently wating for Gary to choose a date... "99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer...") :D