You mean this guy?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/...2e46c630_z.jpg

:rofl:

Best part... Talking engine tech with Chuck Westbrook and Kyle Krutilek.

Then with Logan, Peter and Matt from Defined Autoworks.

But the highlight was when Holley introduced us to Jim Downing and Rick Engman at Road Atlanta.

We (Jonathan, Jack, Matt, and I) picked Rick's brain for an hour! What a wealth of info.

Part of his info has us designing a new engine cooling project to try and solve the number 1 and "root cause" for rotary failures.

Nice seeing old friends like Steven and his wife Anna, Dale, G, Rich, (and his Posse) and new guys Jose, Chris and Brian.

Worst Part.... Bottoming out on hard "G" outs on the Dragon and rolling a fender lip. What is the best street adjustable shock compromise?

Barry

Ok... I need to see and meet this Celica guy. I been wanting to check this car out for 2 years. I don't know if you guys knew this, but I started out modifying my 88 Celica.. which was my baby for about 10 years.... until wife made me get rid of it :(

I will definitely find you next year. I seem to have a knack for tracking that guy down.

He pulled in behind all the FC's in the gravel lot Saturday. He said he was only staying for a few hours though. I did catch his name, but I caught a lot of names I don't quite remember. He was gonna scrap the sway bars, but brought them by in case anyone wanted them first.

I think Evil Aviator may know who he is. The three of us were chatting back there for a bit.

Here is Rick Engman. And can anyone identify who this jack-leg is that slowing down the parade.

That's the man, in the meat sandwich.

Best part: Attending DGRR in my new car!
Worst: Service @ Pizza Hut in Bryson City and my Sweetwater IPA freezing in the refrigerator. Lmao!

Good: 6 V8ed rx-7s showed up!!!

Bad: all the damn rotary cars!!!! haha... jk... bad part is that it is only 2-3 days long...

May have to start "Deals Gap Former Rotaries Rally" for us dark siders...

that guy? i wouldn't worry about that little guy...

Good: driving the Tail of the Dragon, and meeting people.
Bad:
(1) driving the one lane trail up 800 feet higher than the main road to our cabin in the sky in the dark.
(2) while refueling in northern Alabama, a drunk lady in a one piece dress, barefoot with orange toenails, tried to solicit Kyle and I.

So you guys were why the managers came out and made double sure that our servers had given us good service?

I guess we owe you a thanks for bitchin' them out 'cause they were fairly on point for us... for a Pizza Hut anyway. Then again we were about the only people in there.

Great... Meeting all the screen names and getting to spend time. Seeing some people I hadn't seen in 10 years.

Good... Driving with a bunch of great guys.

Bad... Motor breaking right at the start of the Dragon.

Worst... No coffee in the morning.

G

agreed!

There was a wonderful coffee shop in Bryson city and they sold the coffee at the general store across from the end.

best thing was that i made it, met some cool people, got to ride shotgun in some cool rides including defined's 3rotor fd and a couple from the darkside. Went to my first official race t
rack and got to set foot on it.

worst is that my trani fluid was overheated on the way there and i thought it was gonna die on those mountain roads, i had to go in a mustang since i been being rotorless, and last but not least i didn't get to go anywhere near the dragon:(

Thanx to those that gave the new guy a ride in some nice rotary and v8 powered machines

Gordon...i had some kick ass Korean coffee we made back in our cabin, should I have known you were craving coffee =) next time....

Glad your first experience in all those things was a good one.

Hello everyone, this was my first year but won't be the last attending this awesome event. While I don't drive a rotary car I'm still in the Mazda family and have always been a fan of Mazda and their rotary cars.

Best part was how the group welcomed me even though I was not driving a rotary car and entrusted me to lead the Friday morning big loop drive.

Worst part was having to take my car up a "Jeep trail" to get to my cabin.

Sir, I tell you what, rotary or not, you were SERIOUSLY quick in that thing. I was part of the leading group (white rx8, no spoiler, no-pistons stickers in the back window) and you were just simply GONE most of the time. I have said countless bad things about turbo'ed FWD cars in my time, and I take them all back (ok, maybe not ALL of them, lol). It was cool you sharing the story about having a motor blow in a car in front of you then showing me the marks the chunks of motor left on your car.
Look forward to seeing you next year!

The Good: The event in general, the roads, and the folks.

The Bad: The 12 hour run home Sunday on seriously short sleep after our "neighbors" kept us up til 2 AM yelling like idiots. Thanks to all of those who put a bitter ending on an otherwise sweet weekend.

Me too despite the V8 swap...I joke that I was driving rotary before some of these "kids" knew what a rotary was. Got to meet some guys that could say the same about me lol.


Same, overall a warm reception with the expected ribbing on my swap. Rotary community is still tops in my book for friendliness and openness to other vehicles/engines/etc.

Thanks for leading us on our Friday drive and for taking Gringo (Kevin) and I to Robbinsville for lunch.


You gotta expect people partying on the last night...neighbors are the luck of the draw..hope that doesn't deter you from next year.

HA! Now That was an AWESOME Time!
Best - EVERYTHING!
Worst - Non-Pulling Over Bitches on the Dragon...

Best = Never saw one cop. Survivor of 4 events for me and plan on going to every single event there will be at the DG! Hope Phil plans on doing this next year (Thanks phil!!). I just cannot type here how enjoyable this event is each year.

Worst = Sitting at the US border waiting to go into canada and a person decides to switch lanes and backs into my car pushing the bumper under the hood. Also I never seem to have enough time to meet everyone, do the little things like sit at one of the corners video taping all of the rx7s flying throughout the gap, do the skyway etc.

Had an overall great time again, this being my 2nd time at DGRR, 1st time was last year. If I had to pick the "Best" part of this year's trip, it would be driving the skyway/dragon loop Friday AM. The Sunday excursion to the Mitty and the parade laps at Road Atlanta was pretty awsome too.

The bad? Not much, just the tree pollen making a mess of my car & lungs, and the lack of coffee first thing in the AM at Nantahala village.

Best: No tickets! And we still have both rotors (unlike last year)! A little different being in a RHD. It was awesome when Kevin (ZGN) glanced over and said, "I don't remember the dropoff being that far down!"
Worst: No AC. But then again, in the 10 or so years we've had an RX-7, I think we've only had AC for a total of one month.

Rotarys have ac?

:grouphug:

I've heard rumors that AC actually exists. :dunno: In our case, AC consisted of a batter-powered necklace fan that quickly ran out of battery power. :chillpill:

Haaa yea. People are always amazed that my AC works.

:rofl:

When I read "neighbours" and yelling, I knew you'd be involved.

I will post nothing else since I missed this year:o10::o10::o10:

:redface1::icon_tdown::o10::troll:

Best: driving my twincharged setup for the first time

Worst: Oil pan getting a massive leak

Yeah not even the spare car we brought has ac. The silver 06 xB.

:smilielol5:

I was involved, but not the leader. In fact, I do believe the GA crew started it!

IAN... Ah, ha! How long was trip back for you and John and Brian? Good meeting you guys.

Pete89T2... Good meeting you. Love the car.

Rx Se7evn... Heard you had to stop every few hundred miles? But it got home under its own power unlike mine. Think I spun a bearing.

Supernaut... Were you with Collin on the way back? And, what's the deal on air conditioning?

Gordon

I lost count. Two days probable over 16hours of driving. The trip back seems so long. Especially every year its to rain and no leaves on the tree lol. Nice meeting all of you.... (John got stuck in traffic/construction for hours, Bryon probable cannot hear due to traveling with the windows up and the RX4 is a little loud)

We had a great time again this year, and I think our fellow Nova Scotians enjoyed it too!

Best: Driving the dragon, going to The Mitty, hearing the angels sing when the four-rotor went by on the front straight. Great weather, lots of cool cars, dinner at our cabin and meeting some new friends and seeing some folks we met last year.

Worst: The long drive home - 3 full days, over 1700 miles. Ugh.

By the way, I am writing a story for my local paper about this (I work for the paper in marketing and also freelance for them). I will post a link when it's available.