Looking to learn more about rotary engines, or RX-7's, or both. Anyone got recommendations?

 

https://www.wright-here.net/cars/rx7/manuals.html has a good selection of FSMs.

For just reading when I'm bored, under the "Other Manuals" section is the "1993 RX-7 Service Highlights" which is an awesome book full of great diagrams and design explanations.

 

+1 on the '93 Service Highlights manual - that one comes in very handy when you need to do a little reverse engineering to integrate an aftermarket ECU into some of the OEM wiring & systems. It delves pretty deep into the how's & why's of Mazda's engineering of the '93/early USDM FDs.

 

*Street Rotary by Mark Warner. My personal fav. Informative with principals of the engine and ideas to optimize power and reliability while still being an easy read for my small (non-tech) brain. Author is an engineer. Well illustrated.

* RX-7 by Jack Yamaguchi. Only in hardcover and a bit pricey these days I bought mine years ago. It’s mostly history. Great photos.

* Mazda RX-7 Performance Handbook by Mike Ancas. I bought this toward the end of the Covid BS. Only got thru the first chapter. I don’t remember anything new but I need to finish it.

I’ve gotten all of them off Amazon

 

The Yamaguchi book that Sgtblue posted, the one in the middle, is a must have.

 

Yamaguchi book:

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-gene...mazda-1152887/

 

https://foxed.ca/rx7manual/manuals/R...amoto-1981.pdf

how about the one from the guy who was in charge of the Mazda effort? its a bit dry, but its ground zero

 

1971
Jan P. Norbye
"The Wankel Engine"

518 pages of rotary bliss

Each chapter covers rotary development by one of the major companies with lots of technical information.

You learn aluminum rotors, direct injection, ceramic apex seals, and more were all experimented with in the '60s.

 

I saw that street rotary book on amazon, considering buying it. Appreciate all the books ya'll will check em out.

 

A few more:

RX-7: Mazda's Rotary Engine Sports Car by Brian Long




Mazda Rotary-Engined Cars by Marc Cranswick

 

Exceedingly rare and probably the best book on Mazda's LeMans efforts imo. Full of info not shared anywhere else.

 

$190 + shipping on eBay. OUCH!

 

Mark used to post on here when he was writing that book back in the day.
https://www.rx7club.com/rotary-car-p...lished-838478/