Texas-wide Mazda Meet in Austin -- January 7, 2005 -- 50+ cars so far!
 

The Mazda6Club is having their Texas Statewide Meet at Mansfield Dam Park in Austin on January 7, 2006 at 1:00 PM.

Currently, the plan is to meet at Mansfield Dam Park off of Lake Travis at 1pm. We will have BBQ (for those who pre-pay) and then spend some time hangin' out and such. In the evening, we're planning to take a drive in the hill country or see the sights of Austin for those interested. Around 9 or 10, those interested will head to 6th Street and the Warehouse district.

Mazda South is currently planning to bring a Mazdaspeed6 out. If one is unavailable they will at least bring out an 06 for us. They also plan to bring some Mazda koozies, t-shirts, hats, etc. depending on what they have on hand at the time. As some of you may or not know, Mazda South runs mazdastuff.com which I mentioned so there is a possibility of them giving away something bigger lottery style. T-shirts are a possibility as well. We're currently researching the details.

Food:
$10 a person if you will be joining us for Rudy's BBQ. Money will be due Thursday January 5, 2006 so we can place the order on Friday. To reserve your food, CLICK HERE. If you have a meat preference (see below), specify it with your payment.

What the $10 will get you:
* 1/2 lb Sliced Meat Per Person *
(Brisket, Turkey, Pork Loin, Spicy Chopped or Sausage)
Chicken & Ribs may be added NOT substituted.
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3 Deli Side Dishes
(Spicy Beans, Potato Sasld, Cole Slaw, Cream Corn, or New Potatoes)
Sliced Pickles, Onions & Whole Jalapenos
Fresh Sliced White Bread
Rudy's Bar-B-Q "SAUSE"
Brewed Iced Tea
Bagged Ice
20 oz Rudy's Trophy Cups
Lemons
Sugar and Sweet & Low
Plastic Packs
(fork, knife, spoon, napkin, salt & pepper)
Plates
Serving Utensils & Tongs
Checkered Tablecloth

Now as far January and weather issues, there is a very good reason for the date we picked. It is fall break for college students! That allows some of the younger folks that aren't from Austin to attend. Otherwise it would be pushed to May. I would expect another meet from us in the summer but that is too far off to plan for now.

You can also view the full Mazda6Club thread HERE.

If you know anyone else who drives a Mazda and would like to come, please invite them here or reply for them.

Hope to see you there!

As of the time of this post, the following have expressed interest:

Mazda 6 Attendees
1) Austinhusker ( +2 )
2) Blue Solrac
3) Pololance6 ( +1 )
4) Axion
5) Spitts06
6) Jage ( +1 )
7) Chris7a6
8) Sigma
9) Phreex
10) Ambient_6
11) Brynden29
12) Lil_frog8
13) Wheelwatcher
14) wpip
15) MazdaDucky
16) Xardis ( +1 )
17) falcontx (+1)
18) lilabner
19) raptorX
20) hockeypaul

Mazda 3 Attendees
1) Scismic ( +1 )
2) Commie
3) Nightheir
4) E29
5) Kodiac 3
6) zachismisitok
7) fent16
8) sbmonkey
9) onewingedangel ( +1 )

Mazda Protege/MP3/MSP Attendees
1) apocman
2) LinuxRacr
3) gimpo2
4) DiscreetSpeed
5) Chiguy_2002
6) blakectx
7) pacmanmp5+
8) texasgirl1227
9) JDM Sam
10) Infexion
11) Ahester
12) Hughes412
13) FUNKYMONKEY1
14) Titanium-99
15) peepsalot
16) 4doors&atrunk
17) txmzdspd2gen
18) TheBryGuy
19) davens
20) Iamgoodyy
21) hellcat

Mazda RX7 Attendees
1) backfiring_bast
2) Sandi (+1)

Mazda Miata Attendees
1) Kristin
2) Ahester's friend

Total: 54 cars! ( +9 extra people )

so whose going??

count me in, add me to the RX8 list

I'm free that Saturday. Add me also.

cool, I'll make it out to that, if you guys send me the details I'll add it to the texasrxs.org site and all the other places I frequent.

Might be able to make to down there for that.

alright...looks to be about five 8's now: ALWAZL8, DAZY, JENKINS, COOP....WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS DAY??

I'm not sure... I've got some work things going on that week, but I may be able to make it out for this. I'll have to check my calendar at work next week.

My first planned trip to Austin isn't till May 6. I will be recovering from hoiday spending :D:

had a question, I posted this on the texasrxs site and had a few folks pm me and ask if they don't pay the 10 bucks can they still come out? my assumption is the 10$ is if you want to eat correct?

Just an FYI for DFW owners, this is the same day as our monthly meet.

Yes, the $10 is for the food. Anyone is welcome to stop by. I beliece that Mansfield Dam Park may charge an entrance fee, but that would be all you would need to pay.

Can't make it to Austin, but definatly mcaurthur.

I'm going to try to make it also. It would be great if the Austin 8s can meet up and drive there together. Park entrance fee is $8/car.

I'm down, there's a Rudy's right before 2222 on 620 we could meet at and several other places as well :)

I'm in also. Just tell me where to meet.

Should be able to make it if someone could send me some directions that would be great.

If you check out this post on Mazda6Club, there's a map and a photo of the location. I'll also provide a Google Map link below:

Mazda6Club Thread: http://forum.mazda6club.com/index.ph...pic=42175&st=0

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mansfi...stin,+tx&hl=en

I won't make it! Sorry all. Wish I saw this thread earlier. I will be hitting the DFW meet that night. Maybe next time.

Have a good one!!

- Danny

For those DFW Mazdas interested in attending:

DFW Meet Location
Where: Hillsboro Prime Outlets
Address: 104 NE I-35 - Hillsboro, TX 76645
Time: 10AM (We will wait about 20 mins and then leave.)

Directions: Dallas and Ft. Worth - take I-35 E. South to Hillsboro, Exit 368B or if you prefer Mapquest.

We will park in a visible and open area.

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For current updates please check dfwmazdas.com.

Looks like I am not going to be able to make it due to Mazdaparts taking forever and a F'ing day to ship my front bumper, ordered it on Dec 22nd they billed me for it the 26th and did not ship it until the 29th finally showed up January 3rd. Its going into paint this weekend so hopefully it will be dry enough to install this Sunday. I was looking forward to making it down for this and partying with some friends in San Marcos that weekend.

A friendly reminder:

If you are coming, and you want to eat BBQ with us, please read this!

We're having Rudy's BBQ catered for $10 a person.

Money is due Thursday January 5, 2006 so we can place the order on Friday.

To reserve your food, CLICK HERE. If you have a meat preference (see below), specify it with your payment.

What the $10 will get you:
* 1/2 lb Sliced Meat Per Person *
(Brisket, Turkey, Pork Loin, Spicy Chopped or Sausage)
Chicken & Ribs may be added NOT substituted.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Deli Side Dishes
(Spicy Beans, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Cream Corn, or New Potatoes)
Sliced Pickles, Onions & Whole Jalapenos
Fresh Sliced White Bread
Rudy's Bar-B-Q "SAUSE"
Brewed Iced Tea
Bagged Ice
20 oz Rudy's Trophy Cups
Lemons
Sugar and Sweet & Low
Plastic Packs
(fork, knife, spoon, napkin, salt & pepper)
Plates
Serving Utensils & Tongs
Checkered Tablecloth

I'm in on the BBQ, already made my payment.

So are we going to do the meeting spot before heading down there?

I'll make the decision if no one objects. How about we meet at Rudy's on 2222/620 area at 12:30. I'm going to eat there instead (to forgo the crowd). We can head out around 1pm since it's not too far from there.

Don't forget to bring $8 for the park entrance.

dang, beat me to it lol That sounds great, I'll throw it up on the texasrxs site as well.

Sounds good. See y'all there.

I'm in! I just paid for my bbq, too. I'm up for meeting with the 8s at Rudy's on 620/2222 as well.

-Carl

1200 miles of driving for an event that will last a few hours? I will probably pass.

It was fun. Perfect weather.
We had 4 RX8's, 1 RX7 (LS1 swap), lots of Mazda6's, 3's, and protege's. Also, the Mazdaspeed6 was there.

RX7 LS1 video clip

Ms6

I'm sorry about sounding negative, but I cant possibly be the only one that thinks having "Corvette" written on the inside of an RX7 is pretty stupid.

...and is that a frickin' GTO sticker on the side?!

It was a nice turn out. Weather was perfect for.....January! All of my pictures are pretty much the same as Adrian's.

I personally think it's neat to fit another engine in any car..piston or rotary. I have to say that it does sound mean.

The sticker is "GTU".

purists might agree with you, but I surely don't after seeing and hearing the swap first hand. The LS1 is not much different size and weight wise from a comparable rotary powerplant, not to mention parts availability, ease of maintenance, loud ass exhaust note that is pure sex, etc etc etc. I'd be willing to bet homedude probably had just about everyone there wanting his car after he started it up and left as well lol

Actually the weight difference is quite different. I believe he commented on it being 100lbs heavier.

really?!? I've read elsewhere that it's not but oh well, must be the "corvette" valve covers that add the extra weight :D:

I wanted to say it was great meeting all of you yesterday. The event was fun; it was very cool to see all the Mazda enthusiasts that came out. It could have been much larger if the Miata and RX-7 communities were better represented.

This is true, but I should have explained myself a little better. The LS1 is about 100lbs heavier then the original N/A motor that came in the GTU model. The car is actually still about 100lbs lighter than a stock TurboII. What most people do not realize is the weight difference on the turbo cars.

1990 Weights

*GTU - 2800lbs
*TurboII - 3003lbs
*Vert - 3045lbs
*LS1 Swapped GTU - ~2900lbs

The weight on the swap is also distributed behind the front axle. I would say my car, if it is slightly skewed from the 50/50 balance, would be slightly rear heavy due to the cage. I am taking it to be corner balanced once the final bugs are worked out.

Anyone interested in finding out more information on the swap can either PM me or check out the following links.

Granny's Speed Shop
V8RX-7
Torque Central Forums

I'm sorry you feel this way, they obviously don't make covers that say Mazda. I imagine custom covers would get expensive. I'll move that ahead of my new heads and cam for you in the priority list. ;)

I'd be happy to take you for a ride if you ever make it to Austin.

I hope to be out to the majority of the TEXASRX's meets and drives. If any of you guys would like to go for a ride or take it for a quick spin just let me know.

Adrian - The pictures and video came out great, thanks for doing that. I want a ride in your turbo'd car next time.

Once again, it was great meeting all of you and I hope to see you guys at future events. I should be attending the TEXASRX's drive this Saturday. Hope to see you there.

Brian

LMAO - They are pretty damn heavy!

dude! I know your name now! (I'm Randall by the way) Glad you made it out as well, too bad you couldn't have someone bring out the REPU as well as that would have been pretty sweet having all the rotaries lined up and so forth. I still think we had a decent presence out there, but dang there were a lot of Protege's!! That was a fun time meeting all the other Mazda owners and seeing the MSpeed 6 up close, nice job on the swap by the way, engine looked right at home in there.

I posted some pictures I took here:

http://www.samos.org/RX-8/2006-01-07/

-Carl

The REPU is about to have it's engine pulled and rebuilt. It smokes like crazy on startup right now. Once I rebuild the motor, I'll be driving it around more.

I've been thinking about heading down to the dealer and taking the MazdaSpeed 6 for a drive. I could always use a new daily driver... :)

The GTU was a factory designation. Nothing rice there.


I bet that thing is fast. I may have seen it riding around Austin. Maybe on 1431.

Yeah, I have a small garage off of 1431 and 183. I also frequent the Home Depot show on Saturday nights, stop by and introduce yourself if you see me out there.

Brian

That is where I saw you. Near 1431 and Bagdad road. I often take Bagdad up north to avoid 183 traffic.

What is this Home Depot show on Saturday nights? Sounds interesting.

it's a weekly gathering of cars every saturday night at the home depot parking lot right there at parmer and 1431, usually has a pretty decent turn out and a pretty decent variety of vehicles, haven't been in a while myself however, maybe next weekend I might plan on going.