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body, bushing, carb, carburetor, drag, install, leaks, mazda, nikki, primary, race, rings, seals, shaft, throttle

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(Carb) How to seal nikki carb throttle shaft

cshaw07 on 03-24-12

06-23-12 06:50 PM
by Oneiros

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14,139

1st, 20mm, camry, coolant, expansion, freez, freeze, gen, install, intake, plug, plugs, rubber, rx7, rx7club, tool

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(Coolant) Installing freeze/expansion plugs in the coolant ports to the intake.

flight_of_pain on 03-10-12

07-25-12 06:22 PM
by ClineStine

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10,690

13b, aaron, aarron, assembly, cake, engine, engines, pictures, positive, rebuild, rotary, rx7, sale, things, video, videos

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(Engine) Video: 13B Rotary Engine Rebuild

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Aaron Cake on 03-12-11

06-11-12 12:57 AM
by Harmfulerik

41

20,295

2002, 2011, air, aka, celica, charging, conditioning, diflouroethane, difluoroethane, due, duster, electronics, high, humidity, power, r134a, r152a, refrigerant, spray, toyota

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A/C Charging with Easy Cheap Safe Alternative Refrigerant

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jackhild59 on 08-04-11

04-30-12 10:28 PM
by jackhild59

80

85,158

1985, 81, coasting, david, fuseable, gen, jim, lane, link, overrev, page, position, rothes, rx7, shifter, short, surging, valve

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THE 1st GEN RX-7 FAQ PAGE!

inittab on 11-01-03

11-01-03 02:58 PM
by inittab

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915racing, complaints, hatley, kits, machine, mazda, motor, performance, ralph, rebuild, rockauto, rx7club, shocks, speed, tikiko

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Performance Parts Suppliers...

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$100T2 on 11-08-05

10-29-07 09:00 PM
by Rx-7Doctor

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39,703

Normal Threads

18, 35mm, 5pin, adapter, audio, clarion, connector, davidson, deck, din, harley, linein, pin, port, stereo, tape, tpdt

(AUDIO) Building a stereo line-in port on an S1/S2 stock Clarion

innertwist on 07-31-07

04-02-08 08:07 PM
by sevens4me

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12,297

car, cloudy, lights, refurbish, tail, taillights

(BODY) Cloudy Rear Taillights (Can you refurbish????)

gruuv247 on 01-27-05

01-28-05 06:20 AM
by Rotofire

4

3,141

(BODY) Fiberglass Scooped Hood: Help me find it!

Directfreak on 02-27-06

02-28-06 11:31 AM
by vipernicus42

9

3,073

2004, camry, channel, drivers, explorer, felt, ford, glass, replace, replaced, run, seal, window, wore

(BODY) Has anyone replaced the glass run channels?

brownmound on 09-30-05

10-01-05 02:58 AM
by FB II

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4,295

85, attachment, body, bumber, bumper, fix, front, hamer, molded, molding, nuts, removing, repair, rx7, sa

(BODY) How to repair Sa front bumper molding attachment.

Rx-7Doctor on 03-09-07

03-10-07 10:59 AM
by Naegleria_Fowleri

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4,275

13b, 240z, body, colorado, datsun, fender, fiberglass, flare, flares, how, install, racing, sale, to, zg

(BODY) How To: Datsun 240Z fender flares on an FB!

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TAS on 01-08-08

02-26-08 03:34 PM
by Dysfnctnl85

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46,561

datsun, fender, flares, folding, guards, liner, liners, lip, modify, overfender, tutorial, weld, weldon, wells, wheel

(BODY) How To: Modify wheel wells for fender flares

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trochoid on 01-14-08

01-30-08 07:25 PM
by trochoid

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1st, assembly, gen, glued, google, lens, light, panel, rear, removal, remove, removing, rx7, rx7club, tail, taillight, weatherstripping

(BODY) Removing tail light assembly

Cascadia on 04-16-06

04-18-06 04:56 PM
by Cascadia

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6,152

1985, 1st, american, bumper, gen, mazda, racing, rear, rx7, spoiler, spoilers, spoke, tail, wheel, wing

(BODY) What is the prettiest rear spoiler for a first gen?

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WanKeL FD RX-7 on 12-23-02

12-26-02 10:34 AM
by WanKeL FD RX-7

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11,632

50watt, 6ohm, bulb, burned, led, lights, saskatoon, tail

(BODY/ELECTRICAL) LED tail lights

Manntis on 03-28-06

03-28-06 08:02 PM
by FirebirdSlayer666

7

4,108

1st, center, gen, glue, lens, lense, light, lights, mazda, rear, remove, removing, renew, rx7, tail, taking

(BODY/ELECTRICAL) Removing the rear light lens?

ioTus on 09-06-02

09-06-02 06:49 PM
by Acuspeed

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1st, big, brake, brakes, conversions, fc3s, fd, front, gen, generation, gforcengineeringyahoocom, mazda, rx7, seattle, swap, upgrade

(BRAKES) BRAKE upgrade MUST READ!!!

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BadAssRX-7 on 10-23-01

11-24-01 04:08 PM
by peejay

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2002, anti, brake, brakes, clip, hardware, hawk, number, pads, part, protege, purpose, put, rattle, spring, springs

(BRAKES) Front brakes - anti-rattle spring

64mgb on 02-27-05

10-09-07 07:51 AM
by 64mgb

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21,466

(BRAKES) How to: Front Brakes

Eriks85Rx7 on 01-16-06

01-17-06 11:00 AM
by rbf41182gt

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4,281

99, back, brake, brakes, drum, no, noise, replace, rx7, shoes, side, star, toyota, wheel, wrong

(BRAKES) How To: Replace rear brake shoes

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legokcen on 07-23-06

03-25-08 05:48 PM
by impulsive-rx7

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29,236

2000, brake, caliper, calipers, clip, contract, fc3s, grit, parts, rear, rebuild, rebuilding, rebuildpiston, retaining, seal

(BRAKES) How-to: Rebuilding the SE rear calipers

AGreen on 07-11-09

07-30-09 07:42 PM
by AGreen

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21,425

1980, autocross, car, cross, drilled, glowing, plain, rally, rotor, rotors, rx7, slot, slotted, stronger, vs

(BRAKES) Slotted or Cross Drilled rotors?

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SSpyderX on 07-18-05

07-29-05 12:13 AM
by mar3

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9,851

0107, 2002, bleed, bleeder, bleeding, brake, brakes, device, handpump, mazda, motive, rendezvous, rx7, speedibleed, type, vacuum

(BRAKES) Tip for bleeding brakes

Rx-7Doctor on 09-02-04

04-04-06 12:09 PM
by vipernicus42

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10,242

applied, blow, blows, brake, break, fuse, light, lights, pedal, problems, step, switches, tail, troubleshoot, troubleshooting

(BRAKES) Troubleshooting Brake Lites...

zookeeper on 03-23-04

03-23-04 09:30 PM
by zookeeper

0

8,686

1st, booster, brake, fb, fc, fc3s, gen, mazda, pic, rx7, s4, servo, tii, upgrade, vacuum

(BRAKES) Upgrading my brake booster

gonzz on 04-08-06

04-11-06 01:05 AM
by gonzz

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2nd, clutch, cylinder, gen, master, moved, replacement, rx7

(BRAKES/CLUTCH) Can the clutch master cylinder be moved over 1/2 inch?

jay85gs on 10-09-07

10-11-07 02:01 AM
by steve84GS TII

6

3,237

australia, carb, hotmail, msn, oneiros, rx7carls, stripping, tutorial

(Carb) Long Lost Carb Stripping Tutorial

vipernicus42 on 09-20-10

03-15-13 11:15 PM
by vipernicus42

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10,602

adjusting, carb, carburetor, case, floods, fuel, idle, mixture, needle, nikki, problem, setting, spacer, sterling, vac

(CARB) Nikki Idle Problems

Rotarywall on 12-19-07

12-24-07 01:52 PM
by vipernicus42

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(CLUTCH) Clutch Problems. Need Help...

GreG36 on 01-22-05

01-22-05 09:58 AM
by vipernicus42

3

2,736

1st, 91, bleed, bleeding, clutch, dot, firebird, floor, fluid, gen, hose, hydraulic, mazda, pontiac, rx7, slave, sticking

(CLUTCH) How to bleed clutch?

killam on 09-02-07

09-08-07 09:54 PM
by BLKTOPTRVL

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52,575

1985, 1st, 79, change, clutch, crush, cylinder, gen, master, replace, rx7, rx7club, slave, transmission, washer, write

(CLUTCH) How To: Change your Clutch Master and Clutch slave

dj55b on 11-12-09

11-17-09 12:47 PM
by Jeff20B

4

43,175

1978, 280z, battle, beaters, camaro, car, corvette, cost, dealer, driver, memphis, retail, rx7, sit, time

(CONTENT) Information on when the RX-7 was new.

RotarMotor on 02-17-02

09-25-07 10:33 PM
by Rx-7Doctor

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5,324

(CONTENT) Owner's Manual in Spanish

-xlr8planet- on 08-02-07

08-02-07 11:52 PM
by -xlr8planet-

8

2,467

1st, cooling, cut, electric, fan, fit, fo, gen, generation, gslse, mazda, rx7, rx7club, shroud, taurus

(COOlING) Electric Fans

GSL-SE on 08-30-01

09-06-01 12:13 PM
by SilverRocket

18

6,342

13b, aluminum, cooled, difference, fc, housing, impellers, iron, long, made, pump, rx7, s4, s5, tapping, water, waterpump

(COOLING) FC aluminum water pump housing on a FB

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80's old school on 02-28-11

03-03-11 06:46 AM
by vipernicus42

35

31,176

(COOLING) My $150.00 Thermostat

P.O.S. Racing on 08-25-01

08-27-01 11:21 AM
by jimmyv13

7

4,716

13b, honda, radiator, repu, rx7club, sideways, upgrade

(COOLING) Radiator Info

sa22see on 07-15-07

07-17-07 07:42 AM
by Dan_s_young

15

4,410

(COOLING) Temp guage quit

Bob Holton on 04-28-06

05-17-06 11:59 AM
by vipernicus42

7

3,067

cluch, clutch, clutches, cooling, fan, long, older, pickup, radiator, replacing, rx7, supposed, turbo, work, works

(COOLING)How does the Fan Clutch Work?

Rx7UnitOne on 08-24-07

08-24-07 04:19 PM
by Rx7UnitOne

7

13,265

14mm, 20mm, block, engine, freeze, frost, install, installation, ka24e, plug, plugs, remove, sizes, stuck, welding

(COOLING/INTAKE) How to install Freeze Plugs

vipernicus42 on 04-20-06

04-22-06 09:28 AM
by vipernicus42

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23,640

air, car, coolant, coolent, cooling, engine, injection, light, line, oil, pocket, pockets, radiator, rid, system

(COOLING/OIL) Coolent air pockets?

Myc1972 on 10-17-04

10-19-04 06:22 PM
by onepointone

8

5,153

12a, cooler, fb, fc, install, line, lines, mazda, mount, oil, oilcooler, routing, rx7, rx7club, swap, ways

(COOLING/OIL) How to install an FC oil cooler in a 1st gen. Write-up, with pics.

trochoid on 09-12-05

09-13-05 05:46 PM
by trochoid

15

42,475

12a, 85, bee, beehive, climate, control, cooler, filter, hive, leaks, oil, oring, replace, rings, rx7, time

(COOLING/OIL) O ring replace, 85 12a (Beehive) Cooler – how many bolts?

MACH7 on 05-09-05

05-10-05 02:48 PM
by vipernicus42

21

16,199

cooling, fill, injection, injector, length, lines, oil, rx7different

(COOLING/OIL) Rebuilding the OMP oil injection lines

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Racer X-8 on 09-13-04

03-20-05 10:43 AM
by Aaron Cake

37

15,141

ace, cooling, filter, hardware, made, material, materials, oil, oring, orings, pedestal, plug, removing, replacement, ring, rx7

(COOLING/OIL) Replacement O-Ring material for Beehive and Filter Pedestal

hammmy on 04-15-05

05-04-05 03:17 PM
by hammmy

11

5,082

(COOLING/OIL) Source for OMP lines

thunderpup on 03-18-05

03-19-05 09:52 AM
by vipernicus42

9

2,908

1993, 1st, electric, fan, fans, gen, shroud, shrouds, stock, taurus

(COOLING/OIL) Taurus Electric Fan In Stock Shroud

Matty's first 1st Gen on 01-27-05

01-28-05 10:42 AM
by nevarmore

1

4,563

castrol, engines, marvel, mazda, mixing, mystery, oil, pre, premix, rotary, rx7, stoke, stroke, supposed, throw

(COOLING/OIL) The MMO vs. Two Stroke for Premixing Thread

hornbm on 10-19-04

10-20-04 10:18 PM
by vipernicus42

18

15,312

1993, 93, bleed, bleeding, canton, car, coolant, cooling, flush, mark, mazda, proper, radiator, rx7, system, tx, viii

(COOLING/OIL) Ways to bleed cooling system

cmcgreger on 05-02-05

05-02-05 01:13 PM
by Pele

4

8,421

3rd, axle, count, diff, differential, hub, limited, member, rear, rebuild, rebuilding, slip, spline, supra, toyota

(Differential) Toyota 8" in FB

elwood on 03-27-12

04-11-12 09:13 PM
by vipernicus42

24

25,598

13b, 1985, 2nd, auto, automatic, conversion, difference, flywheel, gen, manual, manuel, mazda, motor, mounts, rx7, standard, swap, transmission, trnas

(DRIVETRAIN) 84-85 Automatic to Manual transmission conversion question

firstgen689 on 11-03-07

11-04-07 02:14 PM
by firstgen689

16

14,596

1985, 85, driveshaft, gslse, joint, joints, replacing, rx7, ujoints

(DRIVETRAIN) 84-85 replacement U joints

blazer1313 on 02-15-07

02-15-07 07:48 AM
by vipernicus42

2

3,555

(DRIVETRAIN) Another Differential Swap Question

wildstar1063 on 01-06-05

01-08-05 02:15 AM
by hornbm

7

3,826

control, drivetrain, end, extension, fb, fc, front, internal, lever, rx7, shifter, steve84gstii, swapping, trannys, trans, transmission

(DRIVETRAIN) does anybody know about swapping trannys?

adrenaline-junky on 08-05-06

09-07-07 12:46 PM
by chiquirx7

10

9,971

1979, 291, 88, differential, drive, end, f250, fb, grannys, inch, mazda, ratio, rear, rearend, rx7, train

(DRIVETRAIN) Ford 8.8 rear end from grannys

boriqua51371 on 02-11-06

03-15-06 12:13 PM
by Jose Feliciano

13

5,926