Hello from the home of the rotary!

[soldave]

Or at least the home of Mazda! Dave, aka soldave here from Okinawa in Southern Japan. Have been told this is a very good place to come for good solid information, which is just what I need for my first step into rotaries.

Picked up a non-starting 1991 S5 TII FC back in February, and have been working through a bunch of problems it had, learning plenty along the way. Prior to having this car I had a daily driver/drag racing 1992 Mitsubishi Evo I, which I loved but which met a very untimely death (more on that another time).

Today my FC went to my garage to get inspected and registering for tags so it will be legal on the roads and I can drive it around. It needs some work, along with some love & care, but for the price I paid for it I'm pretty damn pleased with the results so far. Haven't even got it over 3,000rpm yet though as today was the first time it had actually been driven above 2nd gear in over a year, so I was wanting to baby it as much as I can for the first few hundred clicks. That way any potential problems will come up before I start putting my foot down.

Brakes & tires are shot from being stood for a year, but I have some Star Specs ordered, as well as some new rotors and pads. Other than that it's got solid motor mounts (I think, installed by the previous owner), coilovers (JIC on the front and Tein at the back), and a few other bits.