Book: RX-7 by Jack Yamaguchi
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Book: RX-7 by Jack Yamaguchi
RX-7: The Mazda RX-7: Mazda's Legendary Sports Car
Plus: Racing and Winning - Le Mans and IMSA GTO Championship, 1991
by Jack K. Yamaguchi (Author), John Dinkel (Author), Koichi Yazaki (Editor)
282 pages
Publisher: Ring Ltd.
ISBN 9784947659019
Has anybody read this book? I have Veloce Publishing's RX-7 book by Brian Long, which is superb and really hard to find.
I gather from the online reviews that it is a fairly lavish Engrish hardcover brochure with a lot of technical info.
Plus: Racing and Winning - Le Mans and IMSA GTO Championship, 1991
by Jack K. Yamaguchi (Author), John Dinkel (Author), Koichi Yazaki (Editor)
282 pages
Publisher: Ring Ltd.
ISBN 9784947659019
Has anybody read this book? I have Veloce Publishing's RX-7 book by Brian Long, which is superb and really hard to find.
I gather from the online reviews that it is a fairly lavish Engrish hardcover brochure with a lot of technical info.
Last edited by HiWire; 10-12-13 at 12:48 PM.
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Thanks! I'm glad it's still available for a reasonable price.
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The Yamaguchi book is a must-have. It really makes you appreciate the car and the engineering that went into it.
The Long book is also an excellent book, I think it's getting harder to find though.
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The Long book is also an excellent book, I think it's getting harder to find though.
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Thanks, I'm ordering it now.
I also like Street Rotary by Mark Warner (ISBN 9781557885494) and RX-7 Performance Handbook by Mike Ancas (ISBN 9780760308028). Both are a little dated, but still relevant.
I also like Street Rotary by Mark Warner (ISBN 9781557885494) and RX-7 Performance Handbook by Mike Ancas (ISBN 9780760308028). Both are a little dated, but still relevant.
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There are a couple of errors in Yamaguchi's book. Very small but I still picked them up. I have it, but its been a few years since I read it, and I dont exactly remember what the errors were. Might pull it out and re-read it again.
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I hope it's in English. Shipping from Texas and the photo showed English on the cover.
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So I received the book and I've read about half of it so far. It's pretty astounding when you look at the engineering analysis of the suspension, etc. and it's a pleasure to see the FD parts so clean and pretty in the gorgeous color plates. It does make me more interested in getting some Series 8 parts into my car... not sure how much work that would involve or how practical it would be, though.
I'm so glad that Mazda chose the body style that they did (designed by Wu-Huang Chin in Irvine, California) and I hope that they can make the same magic work in the next car.
Never Stop Challenging! is next on my list.
I'm so glad that Mazda chose the body style that they did (designed by Wu-Huang Chin in Irvine, California) and I hope that they can make the same magic work in the next car.
Never Stop Challenging! is next on my list.
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There's a couple books and cool documents here... Documents & Downloads - Freelance Motorsports LLC
Does anyone have any interesting PDF documents for us to share on the website? We'll host it for free and the site will never go down!
Does anyone have any interesting PDF documents for us to share on the website? We'll host it for free and the site will never go down!
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That's a great collection. I also have the factory service manual and Mazda RX-7 Performance Handbook by Mike Ancas, which is quite informative, in that it covers most of the basics, but it's slightly outdated.
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My copy of Never Stop Challenging finally arrived. Nobody told me how huge it is. I'm looking forward to reading everything.
Here's the book info for those who are looking (information on the web was pretty unclear - pick one up soon because they are getting hard to find):
Never Stop Challenging!
Mazda's Conquest of Le Mans
by Pierre Dieudonné
English adaptation by David Waldron
Publisher: Apach P&P (Belgium - APACH Editions)
ISBN: 978-2-93-035456-9
Copyright Date: June 2011
Here's the book info for those who are looking (information on the web was pretty unclear - pick one up soon because they are getting hard to find):
Never Stop Challenging!
Mazda's Conquest of Le Mans
by Pierre Dieudonné
English adaptation by David Waldron
Publisher: Apach P&P (Belgium - APACH Editions)
ISBN: 978-2-93-035456-9
Copyright Date: June 2011
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