Mazda RX-3 Road Test & 85,000 Engine Teardown Bedtime Read
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The link will take you to the Mazda RX-3 Estate Test, the engine strip on a R-100 article is next.
I remember lots of mint Mazda rotaries going through the local auctions for £100-150 in the mid-late 1970s. Citroen GSAs also mint, but with shot camshafts (owners wrongly using the winter 'muffler' and cooking the engine oil) and blowing front exhausts. The 'book' time was ten hours, before they did a redesign, but mechanics were still scared of them. GSA & BXs paid for most of my adult life. Thanks Mr Citroen.
I did a few years working on Mazdas too. Absolutely jewel-like: automobile engineering perfection. A big jump in quality over the '70s Datsuns I served my time on. The 1981, 180B SSS Coupe 910 series was almost as nice as the comparable Mazda, though. Mazda parts prices were absollutely horrific, though. A full exhaust for an RX-7 was over £1,000...
An interesting bit about the RX-3 was the 'glycol injector' button that lit when it was cold enough (USA winters, UK never had them?) and a few cc's of the A/Freeze was injected into the chambers. I think this is to stop frozen condensation droplets damaging those fragile seals?
Enjoy your read.
The link will take you to the Mazda RX-3 Estate Test, the engine strip on a R-100 article is next.
I remember lots of mint Mazda rotaries going through the local auctions for £100-150 in the mid-late 1970s. Citroen GSAs also mint, but with shot camshafts (owners wrongly using the winter 'muffler' and cooking the engine oil) and blowing front exhausts. The 'book' time was ten hours, before they did a redesign, but mechanics were still scared of them. GSA & BXs paid for most of my adult life. Thanks Mr Citroen.
I did a few years working on Mazdas too. Absolutely jewel-like: automobile engineering perfection. A big jump in quality over the '70s Datsuns I served my time on. The 1981, 180B SSS Coupe 910 series was almost as nice as the comparable Mazda, though. Mazda parts prices were absollutely horrific, though. A full exhaust for an RX-7 was over £1,000...
An interesting bit about the RX-3 was the 'glycol injector' button that lit when it was cold enough (USA winters, UK never had them?) and a few cc's of the A/Freeze was injected into the chambers. I think this is to stop frozen condensation droplets damaging those fragile seals?
Enjoy your read.
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