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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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reasonable rebuild shops in indiana?

Anybody know of any rx7/rotary engine 3 rd gen rebuild shops in the indiana area that are cheaper than the usual mazda remanfacutured?

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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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rx7store in columbus, oh. rx7store.net. Jason is on the forum.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:56 PM
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thanks

do they do the work to there or just sell the engines?Im looking for an all in one shop that can rebuild the motor at one shop, dont want to deal with shipping parts

thanks again in advance for your help
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 11:17 PM
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Yes we can do the rebuild and install. Right now we are backed up for about a month. Give me a call if you have any questions.

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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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my car was done at aimtuning in indianapolis before i bought it. a couple of them seemed to know what they were doing. might try rx7store tho. theyre in columbus ohio, which cant be too far away. if you want someone working on your car that knows the rotary engine theyre probably your best bet around here.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 12:35 AM
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check out bonzai racing in piercton indiana
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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I second Banzai Racing.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 09:53 AM
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A-Spec Tuning is just across the border in Chicago as well. Might want to drop them a line.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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We can remove, rebuild and install your engine at a fraction of the cost of the Mazda dealer.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bigcox_03
my car was done at aimtuning in indianapolis before i bought it. a couple of them seemed to know what they were doing. might try rx7store tho. theyre in columbus ohio, which cant be too far away. if you want someone working on your car that knows the rotary engine theyre probably your best bet around here.
Paul at Aim tuning is excellent.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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im gonna have to third Banzai real nice people just dropped off my engine yesterday and there not to busy right now might take a week and a half if your wanting it done quicker fair price too
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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know the guys at AIM, they did my personal engine as well. top notch stuff so definately my rec.
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Old Jul 27, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by MyRoTaRmOtOr
im gonna have to third Banzai real nice people just dropped off my engine yesterday and there not to busy right now might take a week and a half if your wanting it done quicker fair price too
I wouldn't say we were "not too bust right now" as we are in the midst of two major projects (one of which is a single turbo Miata 13B-REW rebuild & conversion). We're just good at scheduling

You are correct though, a short block rebuild usually takes us 1 - 2 weeks, dependent upon replacement parts.
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 08:41 AM
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one of which is a single turbo Miata 13B-REW rebuild & conversion
Ah, nice, i've wanted to do one of these. I may have to cruise up there and check it out sometime.
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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Ah, nice, i've wanted to do one of these. I may have to cruise up there and check it out sometime.
It won't be here for too much longer. We're 85% complete. But just in case you don't get a chance to swing by, here's a link to the project:

http://www.banzairacing.net/thorson_rebuild.htm
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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Chris is a rotary wizard. Big props...
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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i would also like to put 4ths or 5ths or whatever on Chris and Elaine at BanzaiRacing.net. they built my motor and also did my AT to MT conversion. the only bad thing about the conversion was the NA transmissions suck... cant handle any power. i bought it used and it was my fault. no one has any clue it was an auto... i love it. i would choose Banzai Racing above any shop in the midwest.

Brian
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