Anyone Know any information on Carlos Lopez Rotary shop located in miami(or possibly Naples i have been told) i believe. If anyone could give me a phone number to contact him or directions to his shop, that would be nice. He did work on my car before it was mine and upgraded the ECU and a few other things and i have a few questions to ask him. THanks.
-quik

 

His number is 305 235 3696. As far as getting there, I went to yahoo maps and typed in 10890 sw 186 street #31 miami FL 33157. He is VERY knowledgeable on any rx-7 but he has a bad ego problem. About 3 years ago I used to take it to him until he told me "Big name racers fly me all around the world to work on their cars so I don't have time to look at street racers cars, its not worth my time" With a comment like that you would think he has a nice shop, but he doesn't it is a complete P.O.S. I 've never been back since. I he had any clue on customer service ethics he would be far more sucessful because he does no his stuff. Sorry I had to vent a little. Good luck man.

 

thanks bro. I might not even bring my car there, i just hafta ask him a few questions about my car, he reprogrammed the ecu to what i can tell (says CL upgrade 3 on it) and he street ported the motor.

 

if ya need work done go to Luis at Dragon Motorsports, he is da bomb, he had my engine done in less than a week cuz it was my daily driver. Prices are pretty decent too.

 

forget that! go to pettit!

 

Hell, no dude if I lived in south Fl I'd be going to Chris Anderson (Chrispeed on the forum). I forgot the name of the shop he's at but I'm sure you can find out or either PM him.

He's bad *** and knows whats going on with the rotary engine. Well I guess that obvious with his personal unsponsered 9.2 1/4 mile car in full street trim, and he'll be faster this year!!!!

Later,
STEPHEN

 

Luis knows his $hit (all gens) and has no attitudes. Just wants customers to be happy. He was Pettit's lead tech and left because (what I have heard) he had his own ideas about how a shop should be run, and how jobs should be handled. He has been very helpful on the Florida email list.

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all the dude wants is to talk to carlos himself.

 

i still havent gotten around to callin lopez, but does anyone know where these other shops are or have a number? Im not leavin my car at pettit because its so far away now and i hear they wont work on a car if it has something other than a stock or pettit ecu.

 

Dragon Mortorsports (Luis)
9550 N.W. 79th Avenue (right off 826/Palmetto Expwy)
Hialeah Gardens Tele: 305-820-8710

 

Crispeed's shop is attached to SFP - South Florida Perfomance. They have a dyno in house as well. I can tell you Chris is a guru, and a nice guy. A difficult combination to find. If you need a good rotary shop - Chris is the lman, as he is a young guy who has worked on rotaries over 13 years. Trust me, he is the Lead dog, everybody else just follows his lead.

 

anybody got a number for chris??? Sounds like i might be taking the car there for any major work. Peace.

 

ChriSpeed
Rotary Mechanic
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Work: 305-232-5875

Address: 18730 SW 107th Avenue
Miami, FL 33157

Mazda RX-7 Turbo Builder
South Florida Performance
Haltech Tuner

www.sfp.net

 

If you ask those guys if they ever heard of a jamican guy by the name of RAUL. They will know exactly who you are talking about... this is my guy... i have looked into many people w/ rotary building... this guy is the ****.... i'm gonna post a pic of my motor on here you you guys to check... he is in the process of building my car... it's gonna be quite a few ponies over 500. he is in ft. lauderdale he has his own warehouse... he doesn't work for n e 1.... he does all private work... and he is good priced... and a straight up guy.... have seen him build som really phat ****... i'll be posting pics of the car when it's all done. but for now here is a little motor shot
notice the extra support pins and the 3mm seals...

 

here is a pic of the center plate port

 

guess what. I come to find out luis plays paintball where i play, and he knows some of my friends, small world....

 

This is good to know shops but, does anybody know a shop that can tune a power fc?. I'll be installing my pfc pretty soon.
thanks

 

Dim, what happened to your engine? How did he fix it? What kind of car? How much did he charge? I need some internal engine work done.

 

i gave him the Dragon R engine

 

rofl Dragon R

 

I went over to lopez racing and he was a nice guy. Yeah his shop is small but that doesn't mean anything. He was a 600hp 1 first gen and he had no problem working on my car. His shop is hard to find. The best way to find it is to locate the Home Depot. Its on the same road as the entrance. I guess after getting really big you don't work on small things anymore. Hell...most people don't even look at second gens...they are basically the same engine design. Petit is over priced and I hard people with major problems with them.

Its the only place in Miami that I would take my car.

1st 2nd and 3rg gen expericence is hard to find.

 

Just out of the blue, I was driving through that area just reminising about an old shop some buddies use to own with a dyno, and then I see a bunch of RX-7s parked in front of a bay so I decide to drive by....

It was Lopez Racing. It's funny about all the things people say about him and his ego, and let me tell you. with the face that this guy has, I can truly believe it. But I'm not going to judge someone I never met.

Anyways..............
He had about 4 FDs parked in front ready for service. A couple FCs and some 1st gens. The guy is most certainly getting business, so he must be worthwhile.

Then again, one of those FDs had a Type R emblem in the front where it replaced the mazda emblem, so I don't know.......
Oh, and every car looked downright dirty and nasty.
And with the area this place is in, unless he can fit my car in his bay, I would NEVER leave it overnight. Assuming I'd ever take my car there to begin with....

 

Some of you guys are confusing

Carlos Lopez Racing / CLR
and
Alex Lopez Racing

Both shops are 1 minute from each other.

 

Does it matter.

 

It's personal preference.