First of all, thank you Kevin for creating this outstanding resource for the community. I will definitely be referring to this when I begin my first rebuild!




No, no, no, no, no, no, NO.

First of all, as micaheli and others have pointed out, it's pointless. Someone will be able to copy it (I guarantee I will) and on the Internet, all it takes is one.

More importantly, as most of us probably don't have computers down in the garage, you don't want to do anything that's going to make this a pain in the *** to print! I for one am going to have this in a binder on my workbench. (FLASH!? Hell no.)

What I would strongly suggest is that Kevin slap '©Rotary Resurrection' on every single one of the images, so there isn't any doubt about where this came from, and he can more easily assert his rights to send a takedown notice if copies appear.

He might also check the referrer on this page in his web logs from time to time, to make sure that it doesn't have hits from anywhere but rx7club.com.


Lastly, I have a technical question:

Kevin, you mention sending housings to JHB for cermet coating.

I have an S4 vert, and my wife will probably have her own S4 vert next year. I was planning to get a 3rd engine, so that I always have one rebuilt and ready to drop in. If I have the budget, is there any reason not to have everything cermet coated—even if the housings/irons were otherwise in great shape?

Thanks again for the awesome writeup!

 

Very nicely done sir! <---that's understated

 

Great writeup! I'll put a link to it in the FAQ, and this thread will get cleaned up and archived once it dies down.

Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to protect a HTML document from being copied. Even if you go through all the trouble of scrambling the source, tagging images, killing the right click and any of other tricks mentioned in this thread, all someone would have to do is select "File, Save As" in their browser. Even Flash objects are very easy to save.

That said, it's unlikely that anyone will ever post the content to another forum as it would take HOURS to copy the text, translate it to UBB code and then repost.

It's easy to check if someone has grabbed the whole page and posted it to their site as you can just Google a few key phrases from the text that are not likely to be repeated anywhere else.

It would be better to split the writeup into several pages. It took me several attempts to get the whole thing and was a major drain on my browser. I would expect that dial up user simply wouldn't be able to see the images unless they downloaded each on individually. Also the repeated attempts will cost you a lot in terms of bandwidth. I've not checked the size of the writeup (I need to set aside a few hours to read it ) but it's gotta' be several megabytes.

There's no JavaScript that can stop PrtScr. It's a function of the operating system. The script that blocks right clicks and copy/paste is just kid stuff, easy to get around as well.

 

Yeah, Prnt Scrn is basically invincible.

 

Yep, and wget -m "http://www.rotaryresurrection.com"

Hehe.

 

I love how this is the only picture thread without 15 pictures of the guy doing the work trying to be funny with a turbo, air-want, or humping something. Or a picture of them greasy and somewhat gay.

But holy **** thats a good thread.

 

WOW!! this is an amazing write up!

 

when i decide to print this out, i think im gonna get killed for using up all the ink... lol...
but props to you man. I was looking to pick up this other engine for cheap and was skeptial but now im deff gonna get it thanks to a lil of the info i grabbed from reading the first few pages... I love you.

 

great read.. very informative.. your hard work will make many grateful..

thank you

 

That is a really good write up. Thank you for writing it.

 

A rebuild video is now in order. LOL

 

awesome write up...

but i still dont have the guts to diy...

 

Totally awesome writeup! Read it with great enthusiasm... Looking to diy my wankel sometime soon, so this helps a LOT! Not so nervous anymore . Thanks!

 

Atkins Rotary and Mazdatrix both have their own rebuild videos

 

beautiful write up kevin and just in time for my first rebuild this is going to be a godly reference

 

goes to show we still have some of the good ones left....

 

Excellent writeup. Far more hands-on than the videos I have seen. Real-world issues dealt with, tons of useful factual info. You should consider making a video including all of your thoughts and opinions. This thread belongs in the Archives.

 

i have rebuild my fair share of piston engines, but never a rotary!! this is a must have went it comes time to rebuild the rex. thanks alot for taking the time to do such a good job

 

So this is it? I post up what is arguably the most valuable information that an rx7 owner could know, and it nets 2 days of posts, no sticky, no archive, that's it? I have 50 gigs of data transfer left this month and the worst you guys could do is 14.5 gigs?

 

You want I should make that number bigger?

 

Awesome post, i wish i had this when i did my rebuild. I addresses all the little issues that i had trouble with because i had never messed around on cars before. You should have this printed and bound so people can have it handy as they are doing their rebuild. Saves a lot of time running inside to check something out.

Thank you

 

Didn't Aaron say that the thread would be archived once it dies?

 

Hows that number looking now Kevin?

 

Thankyou

 

My thoughts exactly. Its nice to see someone working on a car thats not acting like a retard.

Thanks for the write up!