The New Guy

[Jack The Dog]

Hello Everyone

I may be new to posting on the forum, but I am not new to the RX7 enthusiast world. I have been in the car business almost my entire business life. I was once the Regional Sales Manager for Mazda Motors of America. I had the first RX7 ever to hit the roads in 1992 Minnesota even before they went on sale. It was service training car that I trained the dealerships in on. Between my son and I we have owned multiple RX7's. We have had FB, FC's and FD's. All of which we have either built up or blew up playing with. I am currently modifying a Pettit built Banzai. I will be at about 550 RWHP. It is a three rotor with AC and power steering in tact. I am wrestling with a transmission, clutch, rear end conversion, in search of street car manners with race car attitude. It looks like I will be able to run a Tremac 6060 magnum 6 speed with an automatic bell housing that should be capable of housing a LS9 clutch set up. We are going to have to custom make the flywheel. For the rear end I am putting in a Ford 8.8 normally found in a ford explorer to take the abuse that 550 HP and 14 inch wide rear meat dish out. This will require welding in a cradle to fit that configuration. I am waiting on the new Haltech Elite as a tuner and plan on running E85 for fuel. Once I am allowed to post, I will keep you all abreast of the progress. My son is also playing with an NA Turbo, thinking about swapping in a 13B single turbo. The best to all of you.

Cris