Fuck Em, we'll kick some ass if that happens!

5 days to go bitches...

Anyway, I took the 8 down to get it cleaned and they did an awesome job.
I'll be a regular customer with both our cars.

Damn right! They did an awsome job on the 7. See you guys there.

I'll have to see what I've got going on tomorrow. If I'm good I'll definitely be there with the 7.

Goin to Tennspeed meet in Nashville instead :(

Nice to see everyone, next time I'll bring some chow. Also, I'll work on not sucking at impromptu burnout contests... baked clutch anyone?

I totally forgot about this. I was prepping the car for this weekend. Next time.

Zach, Here is the link to the RE5 for sale thread with pictures. Sad day when she sells.
http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=842852

We need to pick a day for June to all meet back up.
Better to plan in advance.

I'll be out of town for the last week leading up to the 4th.
(going to Florida)

Im in for a meet.. let me know.

Well I officially got a job in Murfreesboro so I'll be somewhat moving in a couple weeks. It's only part-time so I'll be working there and Knoxville until I get a full-time job in the Nashville area. It'll be nice to have a good local rotary group to hang out with, as opposed to the dumbass Knoxville guys (ugh, don't get me started...). My only current problem is that I'll have nowhere to work on the 7 besides my parent's (near Knoxville). Hopefully I'll find somewhere to store/work on the car.

Anyways, add another 7 to the local group (soon enough).

Sweet, another rotorhead in the Boro!!

When are you moving here? Try to do so by July 4th ;)

I meet with the HR guy tomorrow and they have to do a background check (usually about a week) so I'm not sure when I'm starting. Probably the week of the 6th.

Moving is a tricky situation. One of my friends rents out 3 rooms at his house. Currently they're all full, but one is opening in August and possibly another around that time. He's currently checking if another guy still wants to move there (he asked a while ago), and if he doesn't I'm in. Until then I'm crashing at his house and waiting to see what happens. I'm hoping that will work out since it's super cheap and I hate dealing with leases...

Awesome man, we could set up a meet at one of the car shows here in the Boro when you get here and settled. We haven't done anything here in a while.

Sounds good. Hopefully the 7 will make it to Nashville without imploding. I haven't drove it more than 2 miles in about 6 months... :(

Pretty sure the 8 just popped...

Well, we'll see how long it takes Mazda to replace the reni...

In a way I wish it wasn't under warranty. Then I could justify an RE block swap or something....

Got the 7 moving thanks to DJ and Charles. :icon_tup: Driving it for the first time in a while was fun. It's pretty sweet when a car literally gives you goose bumps. :driving:

Now to finish up a few more things, find somewhere to put it in Nashville/Murfreesboro, and hope it makes the trip...

How did you pop it?

Just coming back from lunch, nothing special.
you know that feeling... where it feels like the power is all the sudden cut in half and it just limps along. So I'm pretty sure it's toast. I should hear back from Mazda today.

In brighter news, I have exhaust coming for it.

UPDATE:
It's not blown...
The coils, plug wires, plugs, and downstream O2 sensor are all fried.
Ended up costing me more than just having the engine replaced...

Exhaust ships today...

Did they give you an estimate, or just fix it?

The reason I ask is that all those items can he had cheap, and the ignition could have been upgraded with a BHR kit.

If they just fixed it without your approval, they are on the hook for the bill.

coils etc are under warranty.
most of the expense is from the plugs (50~60 each)
and the $200 service fee...

I'll have it back this afternoon.
I'm going to start saving for an RE block and rebuild.
I don't think I'll be keeping the reni forever. I may trade it in if the new RX7 comes out... ever...

Alright. The wife says she wants to keep the FC. So I guess I have to hang with you retards again ;)

Any of you remember Josh? He was at the first Gar-B-Q in a red S4 TII. We actually gave him a fender from that red S4 that was parted out. Anyway, he will be back from Afghanistan in November, and just picked up a clean 10AE.

He wants to meet up sometime around then. We haven't had a really GOOD meet in a while, so maybe we should start getting our shit together again!

Thoughts?

Fri. afternoons, anywhere. Having the meets on Thur. nights was inconvenient since I work nights, I would always have to rush things. Thats just my two pennies, whatever is better for the majority.

Crap, this means I have to get the 7 to the Boro... :rofl:

I'll kick your ass if you hurt my car.

A friend of mine (Jess) in Manchester forwarded me the e-mail below and called me today to let me know how my RE5 was going. He also says once the new warehouse is open he would like to host some type of rotary get together. I'll keep you guys updated on this, it'll be a few more months. Let me know what you all think.

Friends,

As most of you know, I have had a love of rotary engine (wankel) motorcycles for many years. Over the last ten years, I have restored and repaired them for folks around the world. My friend, Sam Costanzo, the world’s leading expert has decided to retire, and released this statement today.

I will continue to work at my day job and for the last several months have been working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week in preparation for this announcement. I hope to be moved in and open for operation by September 1, 2009 at my 22,000 square foot facility in Tullahoma TN.

I may be difficult to reach for a while, so I ask for your patience and understanding.

Best regards,
Jess Stockwell


From Sam Costanzo To The Rotary Community:

There comes a time in everyone's life when major decisions must be made. I have reached that point in life and have made just such a decision.

I am now reaching close to 70 years of age and have over 45 years
involvement in the Rotary field and also as an attached factory liaison to
the Suzuki RE5 and Sachs W2000 Rotary. At this time, I have decided to
retire and am proud to pass the "Rotary Torch" on to my good, long-time
friend Jess Stockwell, a name well known and well respected within the
Rotary Community.

Jess is a very knowledgeable collector and enthusiast of the RE5, he has
been a contributor to RE5 questions and problems throughout the years and is well versed on these bikes. Jess has acquired all of my NOS RE5 and W2000 Rotary inventory plus all quality refurbished parts, along with my indoor salvage inventory of over 150 RE5 and W2000 motorcycles and 4-1/2 tons of parts, plus the internationally-known " Rotary Recycle USA" trade name. Jess and his staff will continue where I leave off in serving the Rotary Community with parts, service, and technical information from the new Rotary Recycle facility located at 1000 Davidson Street , Tullahoma , Tennessee 37388 .

My staff and I will continue to give Jess all the support necessary
to make this massive transition of parts and bikes as smooth as possible.

Please be patient. Jess will post his new Rotary Recycle contact
information when he's set up and ready to serve the Rotary Community.

In parting, I enjoyed sharing many of my behind-the-scenes Rotary history and information with the Community throughout the years. I have immensely enjoyed the friendships I have made over the course of my journey.

Enthusiasts such as Wayne, Kim, Terry, David, Roland, and many, many others have become near and dear to me.

Look forward to the new opening of Jess Stockwell's Rotary Recycle USA!

Thank you to everyone. "The Rotary torch is now passed!"


Best regards,
Sam Costanzo

You'll watch and like it!

Naaa, I've been talking to Brian Cain in Texas...
When I'm ready to rebuild the reni, he's going to bridge port it.
We talked for a while on reliability etc and he's come to the conclusion that it should be very reliable due to the fact that even with the added overlap of the BP setup, it's still not even close to the overlap of the old stock 13b's.

BRAP BRAP BRAP... here I come... XD

DJ,
Yea, we need to start seriously trying to plan actual events. I'll poke chad again about getting the website access. I'm more than happy to keep it updated and make it more useful for us. If I have to, I'll make us a new domain. I can even integrate automated texts to your phone for event reminders etc. There's not a lot I can't do with a website.

My GF offered to be a sort of secretary for the club, but it's pointless if we're not really committed to anything.

Zach,
I'm cool with Fridays. Any day works for me as long as I know in advance.

Brian I got first dibbs on it if your tired of it.

NEVA... it's mine till it can't be fixed, or a new car with the 16X motor comes out. Then I might trade it in.

Hey guys names Josh like DJ said i came to the first Gar-b-q with my t2 but the army had me bouncing all over the place and i ended up selling the car before this deployment due to motor issues and storage problems but found a nice 10th AE recently and will be home late Nov early Dec and deffinatly want to start coming to some meets again. Trying to also decide how stock to keep this 10th AE as some stuff is already changed, exhaust, seats, intake, wheels, prior to me picking it up. Any suggestions i realize not many were made but id still like to do some stuff with her. Look foward to being back in the states working on a never ending project lol.

Sweet man, hope to see you at the next event when your in town. I would like to see the car, sounds nice.

Yea i cant wait to get back getting to take 30 days of leave so im going home to NC planing on driving out to Deals Gap just to enjoy for a day.

Dont go to Atlanta Zoo
 

Well thought we would have a nice day at the Atlanta zoo with the kids but some stupid ass thought he could break into my truck with a screw driver.

Man, where did all the good thieves go? Why are these kids not learning the correct methods? Now I have a damaged truck and he still did not get shit!
Man am I so glad I did not catch him in the act.
So the $900 car I sold and took to atlanta is now going to fix my truck. That sucks.


So I wonder who is the best shop in middle tn for body work?
Man, I don't want bondo in my truck, and hope when they paint the whole door it matches the rest of the truck

Damn Chad, sorry but I guarantee they will have to use some Bondo to smooth it. Body shops do not spend the time to straighten metal like they used to. Its easier to get it as good as possible, then use putty to smooth it out.

Did this happen at your house or in ATL?

Call your insurance company, no need to drop the $900 on the truck.

I will call the insurance company tomorrow but if I remember right I bumped my deductible up to $500 or $1000 so I could keep all 4 cars insured and have a cost savings. So if the bill is under 1K it would be easier for me to just pay. I think it will cost more than that though.

It happened at the Atlanta Zoo

Damn that sucks and looking at it id say it probably will have bondo on it as well thats what they did to my suburban when somebody tried basically the same thing and when that failed they left it alone but ended up costing me to 700 to get kinda the same repair fixed.

So were is everybody at? I am bored over here and am always scaning the threads for new news in the rotary world so whats new :)

friday night cruise in

Murfreesboro TN

or

Saturday night cruise in

Spring hill TN

I'm just chillin, weighing my options incase I need a rebuild. I need to get her back on the road and hopefully repainted before DGRR '10. I really need suspension as well.

Shouldn't be a problem though :)

LOL i would love to come to the cruse in's just gotta get outta afganistan first man :). yea ive decided ima go ahead and have mine rebuilt once i get home she should be nice and ready for DGRR lol and even if shes not quite ready ill put her on the trailer and bring her to the meeting place. Its only bout an hour and a half from my house depending on how fast you drive lol.