Hi guys just wondering if any of you know some good rotary shops down here. i wanted to get a rebuild and wanted to go to a really good shop. i am in the southern california/ orange county area. thanks for the help

 

Depends how much money you have. Probably the best rebuild (but the most expensive $5-$7,000) would be tri-point engineering talk to mark. They know what they are doing there.

 

What part of CA r u in? If your in socal the shop I go to is Great! It's Puresports and they are nothing but helpful and straitforward. PM me if you want there number.

 

I have heard good things about Jeff at Rotary Power. I usually go to Tri-Point Engineering in Canoga Park but will give Jeff a try the next time something goes wrong with my car.

He's at:
Rotary Power
18111 South Harvard Blvd.
Gardena, CA 90248

Phone: (310)516-9959
Fax: (310)516-9959
Hours: 10-6 Monday through Friday

Here's his website address:
http://www.rotarypowerusa.com/

 

mazdatirx is very good, they always do quality work, and have been around for a long time.

2730 Gundry Av,
Signal Hill CA, 90755

www.mazdatrix.com

(562) 426-4460

 

damn, we have like 2 of these threads per week...

 

summer tends to kill rotaries, so does winter... they only seem to run well in spring and fall..

 

i dont know about you guys, but mine runs well 24/7
but yeah, the heat isnt too good...i dont get winters around where i am that are anything BUT good for a rotary!

 

dimme see... you take everything north of bakersfield and i'll get the south side

 

ready......... BREAK!

 

i wish it was the simple, i just signed the lease for 6 months on a new shop so hopefully i can keep busy.

 

and that's in addition to your other job?

 

you know, if we lived closer, we could join forces. you're like the only other person that i've never heard people saying anything bad about

 

Rotary, Reliability & Racing is another good shop. =P Talk to Lou

2608 S HARBOR BLVD
SANTA ANA, CA 92704 - 5802
(714) 641-2980

 

yep, i still work full time(if you can even call it full time these days...) at the caddy dealer and do rotary work on the side, though these days it seems the majority of my work is on the sevens. at the moment though i don't have enough work to quit my job and do it full time as of yet.

 

happily, my job sucked. so i quit.

i'm poor but at least i get to spin triangles

 

hehe I'm glad Karack lives near me I "try" to work on my car and usually mess up :P

 

lol

i've already been there and done that, which is why the last line is in my sig, i still own my old business but i had to go back to work after about 9 months when i couldn't get enough work to keep busy with my business. this small town is tough to get a foot planted in with a small business, which is why i believe it will work out better this time around since i have customers from all around California and hopefully even out of state soon.

 

ROTARY RELIABILITY & RACING
2608 S. Harbor Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 641-2980

Nick Van Nugteren is the owner of Rotary Reliability & Racing. Here's a little of his racing history. There's more but keeping it short. He currently is campaigning the Tokiko FD road race car with good results.

1974 - Southeast Asia Grand Prix - Motorcycles Series Championship

1976 - Southeast Asia Grand Prix - Motorcycles Series Championship

1978 - Castrol Autocross Series - Southeast Asia Datsun National Championship

1978 - Formula II - March 75B 3rd overall for the year

1979 - Castrol Autocross Series - Southeast Asia Datsun National Championship

1980 - N.A.R.A. Rally Series - U.S. Mazda RX7 3rd overall for the year (John Buffum 1st, Rod Millen 2nd)

1980 - C.R.S. Rally Series - Mazda RX7 C.R.S. Champion 1980

1981 - C.R.S. Rally Series - Mazda RX3, 2nd overall for the year (only entered 8 of 12 events)


1982 - C.R.S. Rally Series - Mazda RX3, 3rd overall for the year (only entered 6 of 12 events)

1983 - C.R.S. Rally Series - Mazda RX3, 5th overall for the year (only entered 5 of 12 events)

1983 - El Mirage Land Speed Record - Class E-GT, RX7
(3) 1st
Fastest time for the year 160.308 mph

1984 - Bonneville
1st in class

1984 - SCCA Sanctioned ITS Road Races
(3) 1st, 2nd overall 4 races entered

1985 - SCCA Sanctioned ITS Road Races
(6) 1st, 1st overall 6 races entered

1985 - Bonneville
World Record standing mile
190.985 mph

1986 - SCCA Sanctioned ITS Road Races
(3) 1st, (2) 2nd, 5 races entered

1987 - Bonneville
1st place - New speed record
207 mph

1987 - West Indies Grand Prix
1st place - Lap Record
3 races entered

1989 - La Carrera Classic
1st place overall

1990 - IMSA Challenge
Long Beach Grand Prix

 

the only way i can do it is i'm not married, have no kids, virtually no "adult" responsibilities....i don't need that much money to get by.

 

R&R in Upland seems very knowledgeable, and fair. Not to be confused with R&R in Santa Ana... Don't know much about them... rotary power is VERY busy, and some have had difficulty with them, but I'm sure that can be said about any shop, person....

-DC

 

i have a $1500/mo mortgage so it definitely doesn't help with the equation.

 

Oh yeah and if you can't tell Karack and Guitarjunkie28 rebuild engines and do work on rx7s...I know Karack does an awsome job and he charges 1/2 of what most guys charge.

 

i think we're about the only guys that actually get along. when you mention other shops around certain people, they get a little....iffy.

 

you just havent been around long enough to make any enemies
wait...does andjew count?? last night he told me he wanted to marry you, but he thought you would turn him down...sounds like an enemy to me...