Rx7/ Books
05-22-2003, 12:17 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by Jerk_Racer' date='May 22 2003, 09:13 AM
I need to take a picture of my RX-7 library to show the world what a dork I truly am. 
Every year I probably bring back about 6~8 RX-7 specific books/magazines/videos to add to the bookcase. I have almost every RX-7 book in English except for that steaming pile of crap (the RX7 performance book) and the new one that just came out. It's $50 at Borders so I think I'll pass on it for now.
mike
05-22-2003, 03:23 PM
#14
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The official title of the FD book by Yamaguchi is
RX-7
The Mazda RX-7:Mazda's Legendary Sports Car
Plus: Racing and Winning - Le Mans and GTO Championship, 1991
Currently out of print. I found mine by shopping through used book outlets. Finally found one on Borders in store system. There's usually a few on Amazon too. But, when buying through Borders, it gets delivered to the store you ordered it at, and you can go inspect it before you buy.
I found the FC book on eBay for $28. That was a steal. Paid around $50 for the FD book.
RX-7
The Mazda RX-7:Mazda's Legendary Sports Car
Plus: Racing and Winning - Le Mans and GTO Championship, 1991
Currently out of print. I found mine by shopping through used book outlets. Finally found one on Borders in store system. There's usually a few on Amazon too. But, when buying through Borders, it gets delivered to the store you ordered it at, and you can go inspect it before you buy.
I found the FC book on eBay for $28. That was a steal. Paid around $50 for the FD book.
05-23-2003, 03:51 AM
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Here's a list of just my RX-7 books. This doesn't include the 200# of car magazines and books I have. I can't even fit them all in one bookcase.
The ones in English (mostly useless info in them for the most part) -
RX-7 : The new Mazda RX-7 and Mazda Rotary Engine Sports Car (by J. Yamaguchi) (it's the FC one)
RX-7 - The Mazda RX-7 : Mazda's Legendary Sports Car (by J. yamaguchi and J. Dinkel) (it's the FD one)
Sports Car Color History : Mazda RX-7 (by J. Matras)
Haynes Mazda RX-7 '86 thru '91 (hey, it was $3 at Half Price Books)
The ones in Japanese (damn good info in them, stuff you'll never find in the English language) -
HyperRev Vol. 6 (Mazda RX-7 #1)
HyperRev Vol. 23 (Mazda RX-7 #2)
HyperRev Vol. 54 (Mazda RX-7 #3)
HyperRev Vol. 72 (Mazda RX-7 #4)
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2000 No.007
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.009
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.010
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.011
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.013
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.015
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.016
CarBoy Mazda RX-7 Tuning Bible FD3S & FC3S #2 (Tuning Bible Series vol.9)
RX-7 Owners Book FC3S/FD3S
RE Rotary Magazine 2002 Vol. 03
Mazda RX-7 FC3S & FD3S Street Perfect Tuning vol. 2
It's more than just a collection, it's a cry for help.
The ones in English (mostly useless info in them for the most part) -
RX-7 : The new Mazda RX-7 and Mazda Rotary Engine Sports Car (by J. Yamaguchi) (it's the FC one)
RX-7 - The Mazda RX-7 : Mazda's Legendary Sports Car (by J. yamaguchi and J. Dinkel) (it's the FD one)
Sports Car Color History : Mazda RX-7 (by J. Matras)
Haynes Mazda RX-7 '86 thru '91 (hey, it was $3 at Half Price Books)
The ones in Japanese (damn good info in them, stuff you'll never find in the English language) -
HyperRev Vol. 6 (Mazda RX-7 #1)
HyperRev Vol. 23 (Mazda RX-7 #2)
HyperRev Vol. 54 (Mazda RX-7 #3)
HyperRev Vol. 72 (Mazda RX-7 #4)
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2000 No.007
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.009
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.010
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2001 No.011
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.013
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.015
HyperRev RX-7 Magazine 2002 No.016
CarBoy Mazda RX-7 Tuning Bible FD3S & FC3S #2 (Tuning Bible Series vol.9)
RX-7 Owners Book FC3S/FD3S
RE Rotary Magazine 2002 Vol. 03
Mazda RX-7 FC3S & FD3S Street Perfect Tuning vol. 2
It's more than just a collection, it's a cry for help.
05-23-2003, 06:17 PM
#19
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I bought the service manual and printed out the parts catalog. That was a lot of pages, but it comes in handy when I'm looking something up and I'm not near the .pdf files on the computer.
My "English" rotary collection is bigger than yours.
In addition to what you have I have
RX-7 Mazda's Rotary Engine Sports Car by Brian Long
RX-7 Gold Portfolio 1978-1991 (collection of magazine articles into a book - it's by Brooklands Books, they make some good stuff)
and that crappy Mazda RX-7 Performance Handbook
My "English" rotary collection is bigger than yours.
In addition to what you have I have
RX-7 Mazda's Rotary Engine Sports Car by Brian Long
RX-7 Gold Portfolio 1978-1991 (collection of magazine articles into a book - it's by Brooklands Books, they make some good stuff)
and that crappy Mazda RX-7 Performance Handbook