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    1985 Mazda RX-7

    Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've had a real Mazda shortage around these parts, probably because the early rotaries tended to blow out the apex seals and/or suck gas and thus didn't weather the decades quite as well as their piston-engine competition. There's been an '81 RX-7 (plus one non-Wankel '82 Mazda) and that's been it until today. I've decided to go deeper into the 80s to enable more RX-7s to qualify for this series, because they were great cars on the street (and on the racetrack) and deserve our respect.
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    9:00 AM on Fri Aug 22 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    2,670 views, 51 comments

    Most discussed Adamskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy: @16X4ME: That was and is my second car too, with the same grey interior and 5-speed: more »

  • choose your eternity

    PCH, Diesel Dilemma Edition: Diesel RX-7 or Diesel Lynx?

    We had another close race down the highway to the Lake of Fire yesterday, with the so-called win going to the triple helping of '55 Austin FX3 cabs in the Choose Your Eternity poll. Today, however, I'm inspired by the big drums of used tempura-frying oil I saw waiting for disposal behind the Japanese take-out joint near my house; think of all that potential carbon-neutral fuel just sitting there, waiting for some enterprising sort to put together a veggie-oil diesel machine to burn it up! Actually, what we really want is a diesel that runs on liposuction fat harvested from cosmetic surgeons- imagine the sheer coolness of driving a car that runs on human flesh- but the next best thing is a project fueled by your soul!
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    5:20 PM on Tue May 20 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    3,316 views, 66 comments

    Latest by lews9146: I'm curently installing a VW 1.9l turbo diesel into a beater 88 rx7. With close to 100hp and more torque more »

  • around the block

    Taking A Spin In A JDM Nissan Skyline

    The new Nissan GT-R may be stirring up a lot of hype, but before the R35, Skyline lovers on this continent had to have their cars independently imported. The problem is, since the gray-market heyday of the '80s, the American import laws have been pretty dang strict. So, we decided to make our way up to Toronto, to check out how hoons in great white north do things. This particular operation, ONI JDM, has brought in everything from kei cars to fully-modded RX-7s, Supras, and of course Skylines. They offered to take us for a ride in their drift-spec R32 Nissan Skyline, so we bolted down the video camera and strapped ourselves in.

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    12:30 PM on Fri May 9 2008
    By Mark Arnold
    5,889 views, 58 comments

    Latest by mr.chophoppers: Oh lawd I want the Subaru Vivio RS-R on kei-cars.com It's been a dream since 1992, knowing that one is available more »

  • mazda

    Buzzing Mazdas Return to Hive: SevenStock 9


    Before SEMA overwhelmed us all with gadget trickery and booty shaking, the ninth annual SevenStock enveloped Mazda USA's HQ in sheer rotary madness. Along with the faithful rolling in rotary-powered rides from around the world, Mazda rolled out some historical race machines from its museum into the rabid crowd. This RX-2 won the first race of any Mazda in the US and was a project car for Car and Driver magazine. Former Chrysler engineer and then C&D editor Pat Bedard piloted the little Mazda in the IMSA "Baby Grand" series as a key part of the project. Rules for the running dictated very limited mods and required the compact and subcompact cars to run on street tires! And no, we still don't know Jay Leno even though he does have a Cosmo. Behold the full SevenStock 9 spread in the [Gallery] – Mike Bumbeck More »

    1:09 PM on Wed Nov 8 2006
    By Mike Bumbeck
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    Latest by Al in Texas: It has a Wankel engine. Anytime you have a car where you can say, "I have to crank my more »

  • required riding

    Required Riding: The 1978 Mazda RX7

    Check this out. The original Mazda RX7's air conditioning unit seriously sapped power. Remember, this little Japanese sports car had a Wankel rotary engine up front, a handbag-sized three-piece Wearing Blender that stumped-up just 135 hp (or, with the chiller engaged, less). That meant, if you happened to encounter a late '70's Yank tank spoiling for a fight, you'd reach-up and press the little button that turned the AC off. The RX7 bucked slightly, as the engine regained lost vigor. You kinda felt like Mad Max, spooling-up his supercharger on the last of the great V8 Interceptors, only you know, in reverse. More »

    2:30 PM on Fri Jun 16 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    2,796 views, 7 comments

    Latest by mazdaboy: I suppose I'm a bit late to the party here, by about 17 months, but just couldn't resist. Firstly, my more »

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