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1st Annual Rotary Performance Pumpkin Carving Contest

Posted by Chris Ott on

   OK Rotarian's, it's time for a good 'ole Texas throw down. We carved our Jack-o-Lantern and we'd like to see your skills. You're probably wondering "what do we win". Well, most importantly is pride, but pride only goes so far. We're sweetening the deal with a swag bag of fun goodies. Expect a Rotary Performance tee-shirt, a rotor key-chain, stickers and a mystery gift as well. Do you have what it takes? We'll just have to see. Of course there are always rules so here they are: It must be an actual real formerly live pumpkin used to carve upon Turn...

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Diagnosing the Right Problem.

Posted by Matthew Schroeder on

Not every bad part is noticeably broken under normal circumstances. Today's post focuses on a performance complaint which the customer described as a fuel injection problem. Everything was fine at idle, but there was a distinct miss under load. Proper diagnoses is critical to fixing cars quickly and economically. There are plenty of explanations that would have accounted for the customer's descriptions. The right one, however, had nothing to do with the fuel system. The spark plug wire set was several years old, but the car was cleaned regularly. So, they didn't look suspicious. At idle when vacuum is high...

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Rotary Performance FD Differential Brace

Posted by Matthew Schroeder on

New FD product available soon! Got a serious race car that had broken a differential case? Afraid of the day it will happen? We've been asked about them and they are now being made available to you! A frequent customer and nationally competitive SCCA Solo 1 racer came in with a broken differential housing; Instead of making a one-off brace for him, we made a new product. Our Texas made differential brace is CNC cut and fully TIG welded in-house. Our production model will be plated in an attractive zinc coating. If the plating isn't your style, the plating will...

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The Beginning of a New Barn Find Restoration: A Greek Tragedy

Posted by Chris Ott on

It's certain to raise eyebrows when tragedy is combined with restoration. Unfortunately, that is commonly the case when projects begin with a rope, a tow chain or  a buddy's truck and trailer. Let us begin with the "Greekly Tragic" proper prologue. Enter one 1986 RX-7 Sport model. A worthy candidate stored lovingly in a garage for 15+ years. Being a Sport model, this steed possesses the simplicity and lightness of a base model combined with the brakes and wheel diameter of a GXL. Having an undented aluminum hood and straight body without corrosion, worthiness of resurrection is obvious. May we introduce the catalyst of the tragic, the innocent...

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Save Money and Time On Maintenance and Repairs.

Posted by Matthew Schroeder on

We have had a rash of cars this week getting repairs which were more expensive than they needed to be. Customers often want to know how long they have before a costly service becomes imminent. While we understand the desire to get the most service life from parts, consideration must be given to additional damage that may be done by stretching the life of worn parts. The most common example is a worn clutch. A customer comes in for other work and we notice that their clutch slips fairly easily. Knowing that replacing their clutch is a pretty expensive periodic...

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