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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 04:00 AM
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socal rotary shops?

hey guys...im a norcal guy....my dad in socal has an 88 gtu that recently went doodoo on him due to hitting a large rock on the highway that caused his oil cooler to rupture...he had nowhere to pull over at the time, so he drove another 4 miles (insert slap in face here) to the nearest gas station where he called for a tow...1 week later, he was then telling me over the phone, that white smoke was now coming from his exhaust....i was figuring blown coolant seals...which = rebuild....

so...if you guys could hook me up with any local rotary shops in socal with good reputation, that rebuild rotaries for a fair price, it would be greatly appreciated. names of shops, numbers, addresses maybe, or websites...thx guys...
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 05:03 AM
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Lucky 7 is where i take my car. Good service and prices. google their website for more info.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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oil starvation=destroyed bearings... it's going to be a costly battle with many casualties.
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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check out rotary power in gardena ca ask for jeff. great work!
also got tri point i think somewhere in the valley never been here tho.
dont know of any other shops around here....
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Lucky7 is where it's at! Ask for Fris

Also try RMS in LA (Rene's Motorsports) ask for Rene

Both shops are very friendly and knowledgeable
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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+1 for Rotary Power in Gardena.

There's also Rotary Reliability & Racing in Santa Ana. Talk to Louie.

Where in socal is your dad?
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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I can vouche personally for LUCKY 7 RACING IN Duarte(they just built my motor)

and for RRR in santa ana,

or Neptune Speed in Huntington beach..

or Rotarypower in Gardena
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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^^ +1
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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It would be helpful to know what city your dad's car is marooned in as the good shop that is nearest to it is probably what you're looking for.

TriPoint is up near Simi Valley, RR&R (aka Triple R or Fast Freddies and is my personal favorite) is the other far end loction in Santa Ana.

The rest, in no particular order, are basically in between such as Mazdatrix near Long Beach, Lucky7 near Irwindale, Rotary Power Gardenia, and so on.
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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lucky 7 or jrx is good i go to both but i have more history with lucky 7 also rotary relaibility and racing and mazdatrix is good as well
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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rotaryshack in chatsworth builds some beasts!
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 03:31 AM
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Go to JRX no BS there, my FC 20B took 2nd place at Spocom very honest people, also heard good thing's about lucky7
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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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I recommend JRX, Juni does great work and is honest. No problems there.
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Old Jun 20, 2009 | 04:16 AM
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damn lucky7 seems like thats where its at wish i lived in socal i want to get my engine built up or rebuilt. i would go to ben up here in norcal but hes very busy i heard.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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i gotta go with RRR they do all my work i can't and my tuning...
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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^+1 soon to get an afc neo and have them tune my 7 :]
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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+1 regarding a good place to get your AFC tuned.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by iLikeEatPoo
oil starvation=destroyed bearings... it's going to be a costly battle with many casualties.
once again...he eats poop. he know nothing.

its just dry ice build up in the exhaust...get the car up to normal op temp, then take off the radiator cap.

that should fix it.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jonesfromindia
once again...he eats poop. he know nothing.

its just dry ice build up in the exhaust...get the car up to normal op temp, then take off the radiator cap.

that should fix it.
Oh let it go!!! Hahaha
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by TheAbsence
Oh let it go!!! Hahaha
nevar!
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