I signed up for one at the rally. I'll send you a check if you know that is the final price. Keep up the great work you are doing for the club.

 

Johny is still working with his shirt guy so don't have a final price yet. I think we have enough front money to begin the process with everyone's deposit. I just wanted to give anyone that had second thoughts that might not have stayed around for the food and door prizes to jump in on the shirts. We're good until Johny can stop writing poetry and get on with negotiating a shirt design and price. I hope he knows that now we're gonna be expecting a poem about the club for every holiday!

 

Bert, I would prefer the black with gray as the second choice. Hope everyone is well, I am out of town this week...again. Hope everything is going well for everyone.

 

Add me to the list for a shirt....If they're nice....I'll buy 2

 

i like the idea of black. you know, just incase one of the FD's break down at the meet we can help work on it without a major stain like oil or something... haha
MY 86 is driving!!!! ahh, its great, cant wait to open it up and hear it sing... 747 miles to go before i can even push it over 3 or so. haha.

 

Just a thought for the guys going to VIR on Friday. Any chance one of you can take pictures and/or be able to do video footage on/off the track for the rest of us who can't make it?

 

Have you read this?
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Regards,
--Ashraf

 

I read it. maybe I'm just old fashioned but I'll stick with what I have always done. Slow break in and it works for me.

 

I am sure we'll be doing some of that. Be gald to share pics with everyone. Just remember that pics are worth a thousand words but they don't do justice to actually being out on the track running laps on a beautiful road course. You need to get that turbo out on a track a run it well. Like Ashraf has said it ain't racing but for some of us less experienced rotarians it still a lot of fun.

Come one, come all to Holiday Laps at VIR.

 

I'm not as sure that information directly applies as much to Rotary motors (I was directing it at NCTII87 since he is talking about getting his Toyota AE86 running again - 4AGE, right).

What happened to breaking with tradition in this group? No one brave enough to try something different?

I like the "break it in like you intend to use it" ideal. I guess I expect a lot out of my cars and by and large, they deliver when asked (when maintained). Reminds me of the story about a guy that picked up his Porsche and asked the mechanics about the break-in. They just laughed: "Drive it now like you are going to drive it after break-in." (IIRC, though, Porsche does break-in on a dynamometer before handing it over to the customer). That's still worth a big grin, hearing your mechanic to tell you go enjoy it (you have to wonder if it is self-serving and the motor is going to go poof prematurely and keep Klaus rolling dough).

With a rotary, as long as the bearings are already used, "give it hell" is what I have heard, with the exception of NO drag race launches. Same goes for avoiding boost. Run what you intend to. If you don't ring them out, things don't want to seal up...hence why when I hear "never raced or autocrosses and driven on Sundays" referring to a Rotary I think: "carboned up, needs rebuild".

That rev buzzer is a shift reminder indicator, doesn't hurt to hear it chirp every once in a while (<grin> I really should quit tapping fuel cut on the Miata, but most of the Spec Racers do it without killing motors left and right).

--Ashraf

 

Breaking with tradition is fine, breaking a new rotary engine though is a little more disconcerting and whole lot more expensive. Besides traditions heal themselves or evolve with practice, rotary engines are the highest evolutionary rung of the internal combustion engine ladder and will not heal themselves without a lot money and labor. :0)

 

I have good news and bad news(at least for me, others may not care )
Good news is I just got a promotion at work, which means more $$$ for the FD.
The bad news is, it looks like my company is taking me out of town this week. I won't be able to make it up to the Holiday Laps at VIR. Actually it looks like I will be here and there for the rest of December. I was really looking forward to getting out there and familiarizing myself with the course, so when I came back for a full race weekend I wouldn't look like the newbie that I am, and would have at least some idea what the track feels like.

Good luck to everyone going and I look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday.

 

Josh

Congradulations on the promotion wish you could make it.

For those who don't make it. We have a saying up here in Va."IF YOU' ARE SCARED,SAY YOU'RE SCARED.

Johny

 

A promotion, What is a promotion? Anyway I hope it is something good, more money is always good, especially for an FD and Fiero owner. I am sorry you're gonna miss the VIR experience but that is the way of the world, they give you more money but they always want more of you. Word of advice, don't try and date the new bosses little girls just give him a ride in your FD when you get it rebuilt and moded.

We'll struggle along without you this coming Friday.

Bert

 

I hate to have to do this but, I won't be able to make the laps at VIR either. This week will be a "bear". Details later if all comes together. Sorry Bert.

 

It has to be said again

IF YOU'RE SCARED SAY YOU'RE SCARED"

I think we all need to run with Mazda Drivers in the spring it would be great to go as a club. Hopefully Josh and I will have our cars ready.

 

Are you looking at the March or June even? I'll plan to be at one of those. My sons and I are planning a spring trip to the mountains for a run at "Tail of the Dragon. Wanna come?

 

Heres a link. We will be going on a non event weekend.

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

 

Johny, I guess we're the only real men in this group. One of my sons bought him a Subaru WRX Sport Wagon with Turbo a few months ago and has been dying to try it out on a road course and he is coming along with me. It looks like it is down to you and me, Oh well, more open track for us, If you can't run with the big dogs . . . . :0)

If anyone is going from Raleigh we're gonna meet at the Super Walmart off Hwy 70 west of raleigh across from Briar Creek. Whoever shows up will be heading out to Bahama and up to Roxboro about 10:30 AM on Friday. All you big dogs are welcome to join us.

 

Lee
I see the Mazda Drivers have their dates up I f all goes well I hope to run both! I worked on my T2 today I just about have the whole engine bay gutted. Its going to be fun getting all those little pieces and connectors put back together.
Bert give me a call on thursday so we can meet up

Johny

 

If my FD isn't up by then I am going to shoot myself. It would be cool if we could get a good group to actually go up to VIR.

Lee, when about are you planning to do the tail of the dragon? i was going to suggest that the RRDI group went and did that. it sounds awesome.

Johny, how's the car coming along?

 

We plan to go in the spring. Not sure right now but looks like late April or early May. Looks like a real hoot. I should have my new intake in soon and cant wait to try it out.


I had to go back and edit my splleling it wass reel badd

 

Tail of the dragon would be fun... I can just see my GTU oversteering and sending me flying off the the mountain. Oh well, no risk=no fun .

 

"That rev buzzer is a shift reminder indicator, doesn't hurt to hear it chirp every once in a while ( I really should quit tapping fuel cut on the Miata, but most of the Spec Racers do it without killing motors left and right). "

In keeping with the concept of Spec Miata - i.e. keeping costs down - the rev limiter takes the place of a tachometer or shift light in the Miata.

 

What's a miata? Sounds like a spanish insect, swat that miata, or step on that miata before it bites you. You know?