Greetings Gearheads and Rotary Club Alumni, My friends had RX7s in the 80s when I ran a successful motorcycle road racing shop, and I marveled at the RX7's handling, balance and endless rev motor. I always wanted a RX7 but had too many cycles in the garage and a Mustang GT 5.0 manual and truck provided my 4 wheel fun, as a former Ford mechanic in S.F. I was top of my class in advanced Auto technology and always loved cars but dirt bikes and road race motorcycles were cheaper and I was young (less concerned with risks). Now, in 2109> I have a bad back due to car accident where the tourist hit me head on and a few lingering issues from motorcycle induced injuries. So at 60, I decided I wanted to get back into the thrill of racing as a Bucket List goal and fulfill owning my own RX7, so I bought a Gen 1 racecar with podium success in Endurance road racing and it came with a spare car roller, and spares last year! But sadly, I am too tall to fit in the 6 pt AutoPower roll cage equiped car even after dropping the seat floor two plus inches on its 15" tires! So have had to build new roll cage and then I had a dirt bike foot injury and now, again have set backs from the recent wind and firestorms, last year a 80 ft tree totalled my Volvo S40, this Sunday a 40 ft branch sheared off and impaled my roof taking my power jack out, so lots of setbacks but the desire to further ahead is strong. I also plan to retire from 37 years of Aerospace Engineering work, previously a welder and have helped SAE competitors at Cornell and Santa Clara University, so plenty of experience just hoping my hands, body and mind hold out for a few years of myself racing.( I raced motorcycles amatuer and Pro but not near as long as I built, tuned engines, chassis and bikes for others and ran Pro race Teams).

Car racing safety and some of the technology has increased since I have been away (I was a consultant for Red Line Oil for 9 years in 80s and late 90s) and was lucky to get to know and see a lot of great race programs and cars.
I am here to learn from you all, share and enjoy the passion for this great car! Thanks for your time. Cliff

 

Welcome!! You will definitely being a lot of experience to the table here and we are glad to have you! The 7 looks like it could be very competitive!!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome! It's been a hard week and just now getting power back on. I appreciate the kind words and looking forward to hearing from those that know these cars so we'll.

Here is a photo of the 40 ft branch that sheared off and impaled my roof and broke the electrical power jack from last Sunday!

Thx Cliff

 

Sorry to hear about the damage Cliff. Glad everyone in the house is ok! Would love to see more pictures of your 7 whenever you get a chance. It looks like a great ride!