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Aug 2, 2008 | 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by internal comsucktion engi

I agree 100% Gordon..... though, (to add) I believe the main cause of the "down fall" of the FD in the states was, incompetence and ignorance on the part of dealerships nation wide. Proper education and training was never accomplished thoroughly on the part of mazda/ford international.

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that is why we have the rx8 now.

although to be fair, if you didnt live in an area where FD's sold, do you expect a truck mechanic to fix the turbo system on a car he's only seen a pitcher of once?

those are the kind of tech who can find a vacuum leak on a chevy, but cant on a rotary.

Aug 2, 2008 | 03:28 PM

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Good point. Lord knows I ain't no rocket scientist either.

Aug 2, 2008 | 05:37 PM

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Anyone know how to post a video? I sure don't.

I would suggest that you upload it to YouTube then post a link to it here.

Aug 2, 2008 | 06:36 PM

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If I remember right mine was a silver 95 r2 and was titled in may of 96, or around there. I think it had a number of 455 but I could be off , as it has been awhile.

Aug 2, 2008 | 08:07 PM

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Gordon, you can e-mail the video to me and I can upload it to my youtube account.

PM me and I'll send you my e-mail address

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Aug 3, 2008 | 08:00 PM

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And by fear of read outs .. I too ment the car would need modifying at $$$. Many n/a cars went over to OBDII for just a few dollars cost of the system vs. going back to the drawing borad and developing the Renesis engine.

The car easily met the emission standards of the time. Massachusetts has the same standards as California and my car came in well under the limits at the smog test station.

The cost involved was putting in the OBD II system itself. One published report said it would have cost Mazda 5 million dollars to develop the software programming and the minor amount of hardware needed to put an OBD II system in the FD. That's not a big deal when you're selling 25,000 626's. But with only 500 '95 RX-7's selling slowly it added quite a bit to the cost.

Still, manufacturers are often willing to take losses on cars that are image leaders. When Ford took over Mazda one executive was quoted as saying they lost money on the 3rd Gen. And Ford reportedly lost money on every Ford GT sold.
But they figured the image building for the brand was worth it.

Aug 3, 2008 | 10:08 PM

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The car easily met the emission standards of the time. Massachusetts has the same standards as California and my car came in well under the limits at the smog test station.

I never claimed that the car didn't meet the emission standards of the time. Mazda meet and exceeded the full letter of the law, just as did all the other turbo cars of the time. Just that OBDII had the capability of giving the government access to the real driving conditions; for which the car manufacturer could be held accountable.Very few if any turbo cars of the day would meet the emission standards under a boost condition.

Aug 4, 2008 | 02:18 PM

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12/95 white PEP

Aug 4, 2008 | 04:48 PM

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Still, manufacturers are often willing to take losses on cars that are image leaders. When Ford took over Mazda one executive was quoted as saying they lost money on the 3rd Gen. And Ford reportedly lost money on every Ford GT sold.
But they figured the image building for the brand was worth it.

i bet in 1995 they had lost money, but i wonder if it balanced out by now? they have sold a lot of parts...