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Old 08-17-01, 11:41 PM
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pics - rotary rocket - all 56 pages

Myself and Evil Aviator have been working to get the rotary rocket mags online.

These have some great stuff in them. Clickable thumbnails and highlights below.


NOTE - if the picture seems too small it's an IE bug. Try this link instead:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...317&a=13642986

Sep. 1998 - Volume 10 #3
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6 7 8 9 - More pics to follow

HIGHLIGHTS:

OEM 3 rotor rx-7s concepts test driven
- de-tuned to 250HP - but TONS of low end torque
- quieter & smoother due to balancing

Cup holder / armrest replacement page 14

Porting gives a ruffer feal - page 15

Glass moonroof - page 17 (I gotta find one of these)

Microlon engine treatment - teflon poor filler - increases performance - page 18

Complete car cleaning guide - engine bay, interior, exterior

Non wind-tunnel Areo/bodykits cause your car to fly - and crash. - page 24

10th AE Mazda Part - page 31

Funny comparison between porshe and mazda - page 33

Custom rear cargo covers & mud flaps - page 43

Lexan Hard Nose covers with real pictures - page 44
(if it was painted, it would look sweet)
Carpet dash covers as well
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Here you go:

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Did the thumbnails expand to fullscreen or did you have to use the URL below to get around the 1/2 screen bug?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Albu...7317&a=13642986
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Yeah,

I gotta check some Japanese places for the glass sunroof. That would be a killer upgrade.

Probably could have one made too for the same price.

How do you get banded from rx7forum? Was he the dude posting the ****
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One of my friends from the SOCal7's has a glass moonroof in his 89 GXL. he got it from Mazdatrix. Maybe they can get another one for you?

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Excellent post. Perhaps you can get these transfered to, say, Dave's fc3s.org site for posterity.

As to glass moonroof, I have one for 1st Gen '79 (its different) and couple for '80-'85. Mazdatrix usually obtains theirs from wrecked cars as I don't think they make them anymore (I might be wrong here) as is how I got mine.

I drive a Vert as well as a '85 SE so haven't been looking for these for 2nd Gen's. I'll start looking as those definitly should be rebirthed to fellow rotor heads.


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Excellet post!
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We'll try to get the source files (5 MB each) on a shared photopoint albumn for you to transfer.

Once we get all the mags online, I'll get the sources on cd-r for any major sites to use.

The ones in the current photopoint albumn are 150K each at 800x1280 (magazine size). I tried to max the compression/quality as best I could and would recommend those if you want to use them on any site.

I'll give aerodyne a call and see if they can find any glass moonroofs in Japan. I'll also check with victoria british as this is right up there alley. We might can backtrack those adds (page 17) and see if they had any extra stock or who they sold them to.
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Great job putting the images up. Cool Stuff. Does anyone have a price range on the glass moon roof? I love the look, but i'm a cheapskate.

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Originally posted by IdentiD FC


No, all the moderators and administrators picked on him for no reason because they're rednecks, and then they banned him because they have bad tempers, and didn't like it when he spoke back to them. **** if you ask me, but he goes by rxstyle I believe.
Riiiiight...

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Great info...did anyone see the "RX-7 Fashions" on page #5.

Oh...a nice bump to the top.
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Originally posted by IdentiD FC
No, all the moderators and administrators picked on him for no reason because they're rednecks, and then they banned him because they have bad tempers, and didn't like it when he spoke back to them. **** if you ask me, but he goes by rxstyle I believe.
You got it all figured out...

Hey vaughnc, would you possibly mind zipping all those images up into one file and sending it to turbo@nothnbut.net? I'll stick them in the gallery here if you do.

Thanks! nice work
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It will be a while. Once if get all the FB, FC, and FD (if they exist) volumes scanned, I was planning on sending the major rx-7 sites a cd with the source and resized/compressed pics.

Should have another edition for the FCs up soon.

The BMP files are 10MB uncompressed and 150K jpg files compressed.

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Originally posted by vaughnc
It will be a while. Once if get all the FB, FC, and FD (if they exist) volumes scanned, I was planning on sending the major rx-7 sites a cd with the source and resized/compressed pics.

Should have another edition for the FCs up soon.

The BMP files are 10MB uncompressed and 150K jpg files compressed.
I'd pay money for a copy of that CD, should you ever get it together.
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Ahh - my life as a media pirate begins. I can post them online for you, but can't sell them sorry

Feel free to rip them from the link above. The actual photopoint albumn has full page 800x1200 pictures whereas the thumbnails above are 640x860.
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