haha..i was excited too..but i forgot and starting taking my car apart;-)

 

anybody have hookups for good fireworks?
i might go to nags head sumtime before but i was just woindering

 

I'll have my 7 back friday. So possabillity of a meet on the 4TH?
Carl

 

its on a sunday we could probly do it the 3rd. just so we could be with our families on the 4th

 

anyone intersted in an fc for 3 grand? im selling mine

 

when's the next get together...i just got my 90 gxl auto a few weeks ago...
and i wanna take it to a public autocrossing event....i'm mad i just missed the 12 hours race

 

yeah who won the lemans

and screwed anyway you couldd post pictures?

 

audi team goh won lemans. did you all hear that Dragon's Ridge has approval to be built Click here to read about it Could be good news for the area. Anyone going to the USGP this weekend? I'll be there.

Cameron

 

I'm baaaack.

Travel and things have kept me away. I could not go last week. This week is busy too. I have my daughter's High School graduation tonite. Some other things the rest of the week.

I still want to see the freshly painted car. How about wednesday the 23rd of June. Pick the Hooters on General Booth? That is fine with me, even though I don't like the parking lot. About 7:00 PM? is that good with anyone else?

Ilesha, It is great to hear anyone save an early RX7. I know a few things about 79-80's. I gave one to a friend of mine. I think he still has the engine core from his car. He put a later engine in his car.

The early cars have different rotor housings with 2 exhaust ports in each housing. One is the main exhaust, and the other is some sort of heat riser thing that is used for emissions purposes. So unless you change the exhaust parts, you can't interchange engines between a 79 and 81-85 cars.

If you don't have the tools or don't want to do the rebuild yourself I'd sugges Hayes Rotary ( http://www.hayesrotary.com/ ) or Atkins Rotary ( http://www.atkinsrotary.com/ ) for rebuilt engines. I know people have had good success with RP-Performance which happens to be in Virginia, so it might save on shipping a whole engine ( http://www.rp-performance.com/ ).

But rebuilding a rotary is not all that hard to do. Atkins makes a helpful video tape that shows pretty much all you need. There are also some sources on how to take measurements etc available on the web. They are pretty simple actually. Rebuilding one can be fun I think. Granted it helps having a knowledgable person with you as you do it. There is also the pride factor of having done it yourself.

As far as collectibility.... Well RX7's don't bring large amounts of money right now. I think that might change some day, but don't count on it soon. But when they do, your car will be one of the most collectible. So maybe having matching numbers (it is only stamped on one of the engine plates) might add a little to the value.

If it were me, I would probably get the right rebuilt engine and replace the original one, but keep the original. Drive and enjoy the car as I wanted, and if it becomes highly valuable later you can sell the car with the original engine either in it, or with it, either rebuilt or not, and probably keep all the value you would have had. This is just my opinion, your mileage may vary.

 

woah is dragon ridge gunna be around here or sumwhere else i dont wanna travel far

 

its in new kent....i have seen plans and met a couple of the investors....it gogint o be awesome!

 

slammin
when is it supposed to be done

 

Thanks Calvin! I realize the car only has value to me right now but she is my baby. I am going to try to salvage the original engine if I can and go from there. I'll keep you all posted on our progress. Hope to have pics up soon(My daughters graduation is over, yippee!) I can't wait to get my hands in there and see what we come up with.
Ilesha

 

well from what i have heard/talked about is hopefully once they break ground the shifter cart track will be done within a year and then the road course in about 2-3 max and then housing etc to follow. But i think the goal is 2 years once started for the road course!

 

awesome

 

i cant get the pics to post on here, anyone wanna help me?

 

email or the good ol aol

 

dp

 

I understand about being valuable to you. That is all the reason to do it in my opinion. I also had a daughter graduate this past wednesday. Her first car was an '85 that was a project between her and I. We got 2 free non-running cars and sorta merged the best parts to the one she had. She has much sweat equity in the car.

Get the video tape from Atkins. It is a huge help if you want to do the engine yourself. They are simple engines, there is just not much inside of them. Also got to MazdaTrix.com web site. Look in their FAQ and how-to section. They have several pages with helpful info on what can be used and what needs to be replaced. This page gives you info about how to identify good rotor housings from ones that need to be replaced.

http://mazdatrix.com/faq/rotorhsg.htm

Good luck with it.

 

calvin were u on va beach blvd earlier?
with license plate smpr fi or sumthin
grey 1st gen with back left corner discolored

 

Nope, not me. I have a normal number license plate with the lighthouses on it. My car is sorta all one color now. This pic is of my previous car that did have a red RF fender.

 

Here is the most current list I have of things going on


June 26-27 IRL SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond Interntaioal Raceway
July 4th - ODR SCCA Solo II (Autocross) at Pungo Fairgrounds http://www.odr-scca.org/
July 10th. Hyperfest Weekend, Washington D.C. - http://www.hyper-fest.com
July 9th-11th. Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) at VIR. www.virclub.com for information.
July 10th. Francis Butler Showdown, VMP.
July 17th. Super Tuner Show, Pavilion, Va. Beach. http://www.supertunershow.com/about.html
July 18th - VMSC Autocross at VMP http://vmsc.org/schedule.html
July 30-August 1. Car Wars-Soundfest. Discount Auto Sound, S. Lynnhaven Rd., Virginia Beach, VA. info@mecacaraudio.com

Given all of that, what is a good date for us to get together. July 3rd has been suggested. I think that is good. We could go to the autocross the next day at Pungo, or go to the autocross and hook up somewhere afterwards with the people who don't want to autocross.

 

DragonsRidge map for any of you interested...



Notice that is I-64 that borders the facility on the left edge of the pictures.

 

That's a nice track. I'd love to get my FD on there....LOL

Carl

 

Holy Jesus Calvin ever thought of setteling down and relaxing @ home some time?
Nah!! Me Neather, Sit still too long I start to feel Old!
Hopefully see You @ Hyper Fest We should make a rotary deal Jimmdog Out