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'83 GSL restoration

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Group Buy & Product Dev. FB RX-7

Post your possible group buys and product interests for the 1979-1985 models.

hid retrofit interest?

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1st, 81, carburetor, convert, fuseable, gen, jim, link, mazda, mods, page, performance, rothes, rx7, turbo

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THE 1st GEN RX-7 FAQ PAGE!

inittab on 11-01-03

03-25-08 05:32 AM
by vipernicus42

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car, club, copy, download, fox, foxes, fsm, rx7, rx7club, sgt, year

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Download a copy of your year fsm! Click on this thread to get the link!

Sgt Fox on 03-26-10

03-26-10 01:13 AM
by Sgt Fox

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Boost prepping Nikki secrets revealed

Jeff20B on 05-12-15

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Rx-7Doctor on 12-11-04

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by Rx-7Doctor

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wanklin on 01-14-07

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by wanklin

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hogged out vs boost prepped (Nikki)

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Jeff20B on 09-04-15

09-16-18 07:16 PM
by rx7singhs

830,765

adjustable, axle, fb, fora, gen, geometry, link, poor, problems, rear, rx7, suspension, trilink, video, watts

FB Rear Suspension Geometry Problems/Options/Solutions

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Electronblue on 12-03-09

11-05-18 07:19 AM
by Freeskier7791

363

166,302

0et, 13x8s, 15x8, accord, britelite, driver, dtd, konig, mesh, photos, pics, riken, sportmax, vw, wheels

Wheel Set Up On Your Fb

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Rx7_boss on 12-01-08

12-04-20 09:53 PM
by lsmazcrt

260

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1979 Barn Find - Unable to idle

alphawolff on 08-13-15

11-17-15 05:57 PM
by Oilonly

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12a, 4rotores, build, building, built, conversion, engine, fully, ghetto, home, make, rotor, tear, to, wankel

ghetto 4 rotor build

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Jeff20B on 04-01-07

12-23-08 09:19 PM
by Rx-7Doctor

328

145,149

3rd, angeles, diy, fb, gen, link, los, mazda, mini, minitub, rx7, supra, trans, tub, wagon

DIY: Minitub/4 Link

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Viking War Hammer on 12-21-08

07-23-18 06:12 PM
by KansasCityREPU

356

141,574

My new 1979 Rx7 GS

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Coochas on 09-27-15

11-05-19 11:08 PM
by 73JPS

141,029

12a, beat, bend, bullet, dynomax, exhaust, gain, gains, holley, intake, mandrel, power, presilencer, racing, rwhp, rx7club

Racing Beat exhaust dyno compairisons

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Hyper4mance2k on 02-28-09

08-13-16 12:19 PM
by rotaryB-2000

332

117,912

84, ae86, coilover, coilovers, face, front, gen, ground, kit, rear, rx7, rx7club, shocks, sleeve, supra

Front And Rear Coilovers Possible?

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High_Carb_Diet on 11-06-11

03-08-18 01:32 PM
by aeenox

142

111,632

12a, amount, i, idemitsu, mazda, need, pineapple, premix, premixin, proper, racing, ratio, rotary, rx7, saber

Premix Ratio??

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ray green on 08-26-10

03-06-15 07:49 AM
by ray green

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15x9, 17x75, 1st, 2055015, 4x110, 4x1143, epsilons, generation, mazda, offset, rb, rota, rx7, w, wheel, wheels

Request 1st gen Wheel Pic Comparisons - 15mm vs 20mm vs. 40mm offset, etc.

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Markusr2001 on 01-23-07

05-18-22 12:23 PM
by Alex Rodriguez

139

103,890

12a, 13b, 1984, brap, exhaust, idle, infiniti, issues, mazda, overlap, ports, q45, rotary, skipping, wont

What makes the rotary go "brap brap" instead of "hmmmm?"

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pjr on 07-03-08

06-28-20 05:43 AM
by Bumbel Bambel

95,111

1983, 1st, 82, bay, engine, fd, filler, gen, ignition, installation, rotary, rx7, shaved, switch, tuck, wire

wire tuck

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cshaw07 on 09-26-11

03-21-15 05:14 PM
by ioTus

272

94,693

car, dies, filling, gas, give, idle, idling, integra, move, rendezvous, rx7, start, tank, whens, wont

My car won't idle correctly and dies if I let go off the gas pedal.

tigermack on 06-23-07

07-16-07 11:28 PM
by tigermack

91,278

Tfidfis

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t_g_farrell on 03-25-10

07-18-21 03:31 PM
by midnight mechanic

238

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13b, 2gdf, 2nd, 6al, a1st, coil, coils, direct, dizzy, fire, gen, ignition, leading, mod, msd, tips, trick, whatdoesboschpartnumber9222067024fit, wiring

EASY 2nd gen direct fire install - 20 minutes

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Metallic_rock on 11-18-03

09-17-12 09:28 PM
by bumpstart

327

89,884

12a, 13b, 13bre, difference, differences, displacement, engines, fuel, mazda, nest, pressure, rats, reegi, removal, rxt

what is diff between 12A & 13B?

slathey on 10-21-03

06-28-15 07:17 AM
by peejay

87,573

coil, httpwwwpwcxrx7files, ignitor, j109, limiter, lm1815, megasquirt, mitsubishi, pack, pulse, reluctor, spice, testing, variable, width, zener

Transistor trick for 2GCDFIS.

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Jeff20B on 04-04-05

08-10-16 01:54 PM
by GSLSEforme

1,218

81,358

body, count, da, escort, ford, fox, h22, kit, mazda, rack, respeed, rx7, skidtron, spline, steering

RE-Speed steering kit! It's here!

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Skidtron on 12-20-07

11-24-16 08:12 PM
by gzfqy6

304

81,083

84SE Engine Swap Success! Surge at idle, clutch out.

LongDuck on 09-27-15

10-07-15 08:12 PM
by LongDuck

80,393

48ida, adjust, carbs, chart, dcoe, design, drilling, emulsion, hole, rx7, tube, tubes, tunecom, weber, wiki, wwwhow

Weber Emulsion tubes

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Hyper4mance2k on 12-10-08

03-29-22 04:51 PM
by mustanghammer

103

79,561

625, cleaner, diagram, engine, gsl, high, hose, idle, ktm, mazda, plug, rotary, rx7, rx8, se, seafoam, smc, spark, vacuum

Anybody use seafoam on a rotary?

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Patman07 on 05-31-06

08-20-19 11:53 AM
by ircorva

111

77,858

54, acv, beat, bit, body, butterfly, carb, drill, holley, metering, mods, nikki, primary, racing, strip

Nikki carb modding

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Tri-Angles on 07-31-11

08-26-11 05:54 PM
by LizardFC

77,732

acetone, car, damage, damaging, defroster, defrosters, peal, removal, remove, removed, ruined, tint, window, windows, wires

Is it possible to remove ancient window tint without ruining the rear defroster?

rx7lives on 04-30-13

05-07-13 10:29 PM
by ray green

77,264

3d, build, forum, inside, make, making, muffler, mufflers, racing, slide, straight, stuck, wool, woolen, wwwhow

How to: Make you're own muffler.

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dj55b on 08-22-08

03-17-11 05:16 PM
by j9fd3s

121

76,186

2626, 3d, autolite, b8eix, br7eq14, br8eq14, br9, bur7eq, diamond, lawn, leading, mower, ngk, part, plug, plugs, rx7, spark, trailing

whats the best spark plugs

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TheTwinTurboRX-7 on 03-11-03

03-06-11 02:09 PM
by StumpDrummer

122

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1984, 1985, datsun, fb, fender, flaers, flare, flares, kit, mazda, metal, offset, rx7, wheels, zg

ZG Fender Flares on a FB!

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TAS on 01-08-08

02-06-13 08:17 PM
by revunlimited114@hotmail.com

149

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1987, 50, additional, bar, fb, fc, rx7, spacers, subframe, swap, sway, track, verts, width, writeup

Write up - FC subframe swap (how I did it)

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82transam on 08-31-11

01-08-16 12:54 AM
by Jon_Valjean

71,789

1984, advertising, blend, corvette, divisionsynthetc, kendall, klze, mazda, national, oil, percentage, power, resivour, steering, synthetic

OIL which brands burn good and which don't?

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CHUCKCAT on 09-02-03

05-04-19 05:09 PM
by snova

198

70,925

240sx, brake, break, breaker, breaking, car, deactivating, disable, lock, mechanism, set, steering, taurus, wheel, wheellock

URGENT How to break my steering wheel lock / My car almost killed me twice URGENT

jutny on 10-27-04

10-27-04 11:28 PM
by RotaryRyan

70,691

coil, coilover, coilovers, cx, diy, fb, fitting, racing, rear, review, reviews, rx7, rx7club, techno, technotoy, toy, tuning

Techno Toy Tuning front and rear coilovers who's got um?

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PK_12A on 05-09-13

11-28-17 04:01 PM
by aeenox

105

67,863

13b, 13beef, 1993, 64, challenger, enfearnomsncom, fb3, hatch, indianapolis, mariah, mgb, mode, reegi, rob, rx7, stolz

post pics of your rx

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Turbo II-FB on 02-12-05

01-23-13 08:40 AM
by JIM82RX7

386

66,688

45, adjust, carb, chevy, choke, dell, dellorto, drla, idle, operation, orto, principle, stacks, turns, velocity

DEllorto carbs

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installer67 on 04-02-10

06-03-18 05:12 PM
by tommyeflight89

66,140

carb, carbs, idle, mixture, modified, return, rx7club, tune

How do you tune a carb?

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Chamele03 on 05-27-04

02-11-18 02:54 PM
by KansasCityREPU

65,442

110, 1999, 425, 4x110, 626, 83, application, bolt, gslse, pattern, rim, rx7, se, wheel, wheels

what other cars have the 4x110 rim bolt pattern?

whofarzed on 11-27-01

11-30-01 09:29 PM
by APT CSVT

65,099

dynamat, extreem, extreme, extremegreek, greece, greek, greekcom, greekextreeme, greeks, grek, number, password, tube, wwwextreme, xstreme, xtream

Extreme Greek Seven

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ΝΙΚΟΣ on 12-07-06

01-08-19 05:57 AM
by erevos

527

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34, carb, carbuator, carburetor, carburetors, clean, jet, main, nikki, plate, rx7, strip, throttle, unstick, varnish

How To: Strip Down A Nikki Carb

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Glazedham42 on 07-07-10

10-07-14 08:42 PM
by 350xfire

62,632

1984, 1st, arm, bushings, caliper, control, diy, fb, front, gen, picture, procedures, remove, repair, rx7, step, suspension

DIY : 1st Gen Front Suspension (w/ lots of pics)

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legokcen on 06-29-06

11-19-21 07:22 PM
by Frogman

62,554

30 mpg highway??!

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Tylerx7fb on 08-20-15

05-27-19 12:45 PM
by Taefc3s88

62,536

buffing, butter, car, clean, compound, dried, dry, nails, on, peanut, polish, polishing, remove, removing, rubbing, rx7

How to remove dried on polishing/buffing compound!

Scott1982 on 06-30-10

07-09-16 10:22 PM
by frankyjoe

61,657

air, bleed, bleeder, bleeding, brake, brakes, bubbles, camino, comimg, coming, el, lines, opening, out, pump

Air keeps coming out while brake bleeding

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twinkletoes on 02-12-09

02-18-09 05:28 PM
by t_g_farrell

61,352

1984, alternator, fc, front, install, mazda, removal, rx7, s4, s5, sa, shock, swap, upgrade, wiring

"Economical" Alternator Upgrade

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mar3 on 11-06-03

07-22-08 11:18 PM
by mar3

61,057

17, car, exhaust, gsl, header, mesh, perfect, reverse, rx7, sa22c, se, ssr, stance, stretch, wheels

Perfect Stance SA22C

sam86 on 06-23-10

07-05-10 09:18 PM
by purple82

60,189

4x110, alikes, carroll, cobra, concept, dynamics, epsilon, lenso, mm, motoform, rims, sa22c, shelby, sportmax, team, wheels

Fb's look best with _____ wheels

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joecoolly14 on 07-19-06

06-16-14 03:53 PM
by Arcolithe

154

58,496

12a, 82, 83, atkins, difference, engine, flywheel, heavy, housing, mazda, ports, rotor, rx7, rx7club, teardown

How to tear down a 12A without a shop

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ray green on 11-22-12

05-31-17 09:18 PM
by raffer

128

58,257

1982, 1983, 1st, 83, aero, body, final, gen, japanese, kit, kits, konection, rear, rx7, trim, wide

New 1st Gen Body kit. Comments?

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HOZZMANRX7 on 05-23-07

12-27-08 07:20 AM
by warwickben

220

57,369

160, 36mm, 3c, 40, af, auxiliary, carrier, choke, datsun, dcoe, ida, jet, main, ratio, sizes, venturi, weber

45 DCOE info and references

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installer67 on 01-17-10

01-29-16 07:25 AM
by t_g_farrell

57,341

1984, 1985, catalytic, converter, diagram, download, gsl, gslse, manual, mazda, microtech, replace, rx7, se, thermostat

1984 GSL-SE S4 13b Project

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live2drive15 on 04-12-09

10-25-14 03:43 AM
by petex

57,337

12a, 1988, 79, 83, body, camber, car, cell, decals, engine, fuel, gtu, imsa, kit, plates, rx7

Pictures : 1979 Akai RX-7 IMSA GTU

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legokcen on 03-20-08

12-14-12 09:07 AM
by Simon Tibbett

125

56,253

1984, 80, 85, body, custom, fb, fender, flares, japan, kit, kits, rx7, wide, widebody, wing, yahoo

Widebody Kit Were to buy

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DarkDrakeX on 06-24-13

08-06-20 11:38 PM
by Oaky8

55,255

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