ReSpeed has some exciting news for 2011 and we wanted to make this
post to let you all know about it.

As of March 2011, Sam Hammoudeh (AKA dj55b on the forums) has taken
over operations of the manufacturing and shipping of the ReSpeed
product line. Sam’s manufacturing company is based in London, ON
Canada and will introduce the added benefit of a store front for the
ReSpeed line and the customers.

Sam and I have been working on this transformation for over six months
and feel it to be a huge positive for the ReSpeed line in all aspects.
More of the manufacturing can now be handled in house which allows for
increased prototyping and new product offerings. The store front
aspect allows for product installations and a broader group of
offerings by the brand. Strategically placing the shipping hub for the
manufactured items in London relieves the Canadian customers of
inbound duties while not increasing the cost for the USA nor overseas
customers. Many of the brand name items will still be shipped from our
USA warehouse.

Sam has many great ideas for increased products within the ReSpeed
line as well as additional vehicle coverage. Many of you have followed
Sam and his post throughout the years and understand he has the
dedication and forward thinking needed to build upon the product line.
Through heavy planning, the transition has been seamless to the
customers and has been fully completed. We strive for each and every
one of our customers to have a positive experience and you were the
highest priority.

I have enjoyed developing products and building a company that serves
the greatest group of automotive enthusiast around. When the ReSpeed
line started in 2004 it was in reaction to fill a need within a
forgotten set of unique vehicles. Thanks to a great group of customers
it is accomplishing that and has grown each and every year since. I
set out on a mission to offer top quality products with the respect
and honesty you guys and gals deserve. Introducing the standards and
methodologies from professional level motorsports into our products
was and will continue to be our flair.

As I have accepted a new position that requires my day to day
attention I will not be able to give to the ReSpeed line what it
deserves. The opportunity was simply too great to pass up and is
something I have been striving for and building up to for years. I
will still be involved with the product line and new part development.
You will still see me active on the forums as time permits and will
still be happy to answer any technical PMs . After all I have been a
rotorhead since the late eighties, and as we all know, that does not
subside easily.

A sincere and deep thank you to all the customers, past and future,
that have help build a truly unique company and product line. I know
that without you ReSpeed would not be alive.

See you at the track!
Billy Waits

 

Hey Guys,



I know its one of those things that may seem hard to believe because it sounds too good but it really is happening!


I'm still finishing up a few things at the shop but hope to be fully done by the end of the week. Until then, there won't be any real business hours or anything. When everything is finalized I would like to maybe hold a meet sometime shortly after that either right here at the shop or somewhere near by with a bigger parking lot. We will most likely also wait a bit till the weather warms up so more people show up. I'll post up some pictures of the shop when I'm done.


As Billy mentioned we have been working long and hard to make this happen as seamless as possible and I hope we have achieve that. I will be doing all the welding in house now and also most of the lathe work. I would like to bring in the mill work in here, just need to find a good machine at a good price to do it with. Having all the machines and welding in house will also enable us to make custom piece for customer that are bringing their cars here to be worked on and also should reduce the 2-3 week shipping time shipping time on the built to order RE-Speed parts


Also as mentioned, new product and car type coverages will be available. Some of the biggest RX-7 parts that I'll be working on are the Rotrex Supercharger that I have already started a thread for here somewhere, and secondly a direct replacement fuel cell / tank for first gens vehicles. The plans for the tanks are to have at least 2 version (direct stock replacement with no additional baffling than stock, and a race version to give you the best on the track without hopefully cutting out on fuel in turns). To make the tanks even more exciting and customizable, interchangeable tops will be available to give you the option to run in tank or external fuel pumps and barb or AN fittings. We will try to make them meet FIA standards for the people requiring that certification, but no promises until we start developing the tanks and seeing how things will turn out. Other vehicles will include the RX8, and possibly Mazda 2 parts but that may not run under the RE-Speed name as it doesn't apply well unless we toss a rotary in there!


Me and Billy will still be in touch (Probably mostly to help me learn a bit more of the RX2 and RX3 product line as they are the ones I'm not the most familiar with having never played around with them), and have become good friends over the years and I'm sure many more years ahead from now on.


I look forward to this great new opportunity to help out more rotor heads and I hope I can maintain my standard of knowledge of our cars as high as Billy has set the bar for me.


Sam Hammoudeh

 

Congratulations, you deserve it. Bill could not have chosen a better person.
Hat's off to you.
Looking forward in dealing with you in the very near future.

 

Congrats Sam!!! that will be sweet.
If you need a FC or FD to test parts on let me know HAHAHA
you should look into making some fuel surge/swirl tanks .
I'll be needing one eventually

 

Thanks Gabe, also look forward to doing more work for you!

 

Might take you up on the offer one day, never knew you bought a third gen though. When did that happen?

 

Awesome. Now I don't have to wait for my RE-Speed parts to arrive in the mail..... Oh wait, I already have them all.

Congrats Sam. Given the build quality of your car and your almost annoying attention to detail any new parts you come up with should be impressive to say the least. You ever need me or my car for anything, let me know.

 

This is awesome! I will be getting products from you for sure Sam. If you need an Rx-4 or an R100 for a test mule let me know.

 

Its a project, i got the chassis a month ago and the parts a week and a half,It's some assembly required lol I started a thread in the canadian section for the rebuild



My fiancee's step dad is retired, he worked as an electrician at the corunna powerplant all his life, he has a sweet Mill, electric feed, digital read out, that just sits in his garage, he spends most of his time at the bar now lol, I could see if he'd be interested in selling it
I think i've used it more than him in the 8 years i've known him

 

Ya wouldn't mind checking it out if the price is right. PM me what he says.

 

Make a Proper header for the 13B! lol I know I want one

 

Define proper? And what price range?

 

can't wait to see what's to come...

 

Cool stuff, congrats dj55b... I know you're good with N/A power and I don't plan on going turbo anytime soon! lol
What are you plans in regards to expanding more to the FC lineup ?

 

I believe that the racing beat Header is a compromise It was designed to be a bolt on

I'd want something with equal length and a Well designed collector with a scavenger

A header that would be 6 port specific and a 4 port specific header

price range realistically would be what you can honestly do it for and make money

Personally I don't really care if its a heavier gauge steel or Stainless For cost reasons I would Go with a Steel header

Hell you could even make the Header length slightly adjustable with slip joint connectors

If the header could follow the block and trans close enough it could fit the Fb and Fc?

Just my 2 cents Not many people stay n/a and try to make power that way

 

Very exciting news! I will be keeping my eyes constantly on respeed now that I can save a ton of money on shipping duty.

The fuel cell is also a very good idea! Looking forward to see what comes of this!!

 

Good Luck Sam....

 

Congarts Sam! Cant wait to see the new product line alongside all the great product RE-Speed has given us. Is the wed page staying the same with new contact info or you going to change it up a bit. A trip out to London is going to be a must to pick up some stuff very soon.

 

Build a street legal Tank / delivery setup for T2 swaps into SA's ...... sold !

 

The website will have the same look for now and things will added as seen fit for the moment. A new updated website is on the agenda but won't be till atleast 6 months away from now on before it all gets organized.

 

That is the plan . Although I will most likely need an SA tank to laser scan.

 

Thanks James,

I'll be contacting you soon actually to discuss a few things.

Sam

 

Not to pull business away from RE-Speed or Sam, but Defined Autoworks already has a no compromise 13B header. It's not cheap but has been extensively R&D'd and has been shown to make power. Although I do see some aftermarket rotary specific mufflers coming from RE-Speed. If you haven't seen the one on Sam's FB yet it is really well made and sounds good.

 

Thats the thing, to make a decent quality header you're normally in the 700$ and above range, for people owning most of cars now, its almost the price of a car. And at that range, there are already a couple people making headers. Logan of defined autowerks is currently selling a good header and would contact him if you're really serious and that price range fits in your budget.

We'll keep it in the back of our heads, but there are more things that are a bit more different that we would like to start off with.

 

You beat me to it as I was typing it