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Rotary Engine enthusiasts unite! Last Sunday 21st November was the inaugural
meeting of the RE Club, Malaysia where scores of rotary engine (RE) powered car
owners came together to meet, discuss and envy each other’s rides. Cars included
the 3rd generation RX-7 (or FD) and the earlier 2nd generation RX-7 (or FC),
ranging from generally stock to extensively modified engines and styling.
There were many examples of standard twin-turbo and single turbo conversions of FDs and seriously tuned FCs with one pumping out a claimed output in excess of 500RWHP! There was also an early RE powered Mazda RX-3 in attendance ****** back to the 1970s when the rotary engine revolution first began.
Sunday’s meeting clearly showed the enthusiastic support for the new club and revealed to those who attended the many other rotary engine enthusiasts out there in the Klang Valley. It was all about having fun, meeting new people, making new friends and appreciating each other’s cars.
For some time now RE owners have talked about starting a club, thus providing a forum to discuss, support & of course exploit the unique qualities of the rotary engine through high performance tuning & modification. This has long been lacking within the local scene where it has more often been dominated by the piston engine tuners. Too long has the rotary engine been misunderstood and quite frankly under rated resulting in an ill informed general public who have a misconception of rotary engines being unreliable, problematic and too complicated. However, the rotary engine fanatics amongst us know better.
This has been clearly proven their Aussie and American counterparts abroad who have enjoyed and fully exploited the unique qualities of the rotary engine namely the 13B turbo and twin-turbo variants wherein their engines are pumping out significant horsepower figures up to 1000RWHP whilst remaining a reliable daily driven car!
The newly elected interim president Glen, owner of a 1995 RX-7 Twin-turbo version comes from the land from down under and has always been a fan of the rotary engine, in part due to his Aussie mates being owners of RX2s to RX-7s all highly modified and tuned, yet being highly reliable. Glen is keen to strengthen the reputation of the RE engine whilst at the same time encourage current owners to fully explore and understand their rides better.
Official matters discussed included what members wanted from the club, planning of upcoming events, registration of owners and their rides, selection of the interim committee members and most importantly on how to maximise FUN. Once the formalities were out the way owners returned to their vehicles to show off each others’ engine modifications and customised bodykits.
The event ended with the owners driving their RX-7s down the Kesas highway and then onto Bukit Jelutong were they adjourned for numerous photo sessions with the local magazines and of course teh tarik. The attention received by other highway users was tremendous with many slowing down to check out the convoy of RX-7s with one girl (ok I know you’re curious…she was quite a looker) even taking photos of each RX-7 as she passed by in her little Honda Civic!
Persons from local magazines including Hypertune & Traffic were in attendance and thoroughly enthusiastic to capture this event and get the low down from rotary enthusiasts in this first of its kind gathering.
RE owners included both young and old and of course their female partners actively joining in on the fun, discussions & photo shoots.
All in all there were approximately 20 RX-7s in both FD and FC variants, one RX-3 and about 25 persons. The next official RE Club meet up is expected to be even bigger and better. Club organisers are also encouraging new owners of the RX-8 to attend and participate in the activities. According to Glen, so long as your ride is powered by Mazda’s rotary engine you are welcome to attend and join the new RE Club.
For more information about the new club, its benefits and how to become a member you may contact Joe aka RErider
RERider
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