Rotary Power Northwest (RPNW.ORG) is holding a tech day at Pineapple Racing, in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, February 11th, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. There is no cost to attend and membership in the club is not required. This is your opportunity to ask Rob Golden (Pineapple Racing's owner, expert engine rebuilder and a Mazda Master Technician) whatever technical questions you can think up. If you've ever attended an RPNW tech day or one of his annual lectures at Sevenstock, you'll know what to expect...a 3+ hour brain dump by one of the most experienced rotary gurus on the planet.

Pineapple Racing is at 12838 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97230, halfway between NE 122nd and NE 138th on the south side of Airport Way in the Columbia Pacific business complex. This is directly across Airport Way from Horsepower Freaks and Torque Freaks. We don't have a big sign on the building, but our next door neighbors, Gasket Specialties, does. There is a map at Pinappleracing.com in the "Contact" section.

RPNW does not normally post events on the forum, so I thought I'd do it for them.

 

just like i allways say... all the good places r in portland X_x

 

COOL. this sounds like a great time. would you mind if i posted on another forum? or could you post on nopistons.com?

 

Go right ahead. Just remind people that it's an RPNW event (like Apple Blossom Festival).

 

BTW, are there people in the Seattle area who might like to drive down for the event if it were to start a bit later, so they wouldn't have to get up at the crack of dawn? We might be able to push it back to noon...

 

Well, no one has said they want a later start time, so I guess we'll keep it at 10:00 a.m.

 

Noon!!! Please!!!!

 

If any of you North enders want to meet at our typical N end spot, the federal way P&R, at 8 am and drive down I'm down! There it's official If Blake changes the time to noon, we will meet at te P&R at 8am and leave nolater than 8:15am. With speed limits abserved this we should make it there by noon, maybe a little early to ge some 7-11 breakfast.

 

bump bump bump

 

No need to bump...we're an official sticky now. Thanks Bstrange.

I'll go to the RPNW meeting tonight* and see if I can make the noon start time official.

--
Blake


*Rotary Power Northwest (RPNW) RX-7 Club meets the first Wednesday of every month at Round Table Pizza located at SW Capitol and Barbur (10070 SW Barbur, Portland, Oregon 97219). The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and is open to non-members. We've been meeting monthly for over 9 years. RPNW is the largest and most active Rotary Engine club in the Northwest. Our biggest event is the Apple Blossom Festival gathering, called the Northwest Rotor Rally, but we do many other events too.

 

even the beaverton people want noon

 

I'd like to go, but I'll have to check what time my cousin's bday party is at... [hopefully evening ^_-] if that's ok I should be there..

 

Okay, the start time is officially noon.

BTW, the following Saturday (Feb 18th, also at noon) RPNW is having a get-together as Sykart, in Tigard, for a little karting action. 8205 SW Hunziker St, Tigard, OR 97223.

 

Is everybody ready? The tech day is this Saturday, at noon, at Pineapple Racing. Don't forget.

 

Sweet, we got noon! Soit's official I'm going to orginize the drive down. We'll meet at he Federal Way Park and Ride at 8:30 am and Leave at 9am sharp. I'm going so are you! want info hit me up everyone needs to go!

 

hopefully i can make it! but i most likely will seeing as how a chance at gaining knowledge of this type isnt aviable very often! and it would be cool to meet some of you RPNW guys.

-Jared

 

I won't be able to make it, but prepare for your brain to go into info overload mode. :P Rob is a one hell of a guy with *alot* of knowledge. If its going to be anything like past tech days, bring a chair to sit in guys. CJ

 

WTF am I the only one going?

 

hmm.. you rotory guys have all the fun try to get 10 twin turbo cars in one place. Perhaps i will buy a rotory car....

 

We usually have a pretty reasonable turnout. But the fewer people that show up, the better it is for those who do come...you can ask him more questions!

 

I'll be there

 

i think i might attend........

 

I'd love to, but my wife has route inspections on Saterday.....I need to be close so when (Not if....but when.) her mail jeep breaks down, I can fix it. Can you blame me?

 

I'm really interested in going. First off, I've never attended a tech session but I have heard so many good things about Rob & Pineapple. I may be in the market for a motor really soon and would like to get as much information as possible in order to make a decision. Pineapple seems to be a highly sought after resource, but if there is time to answer questions on custom work I'm interested in I'll make sure to be there.

 

Blake I'll be there, Well atleast for an hour than off to work!