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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:14 PM
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I rebuild rx-7/8 motors for mazda corporation. So far so good, they flew in there master(TT as I call him) from hiroshima to train me/10 others to build rotary motors since they dont allow dealerships to touch rotary motors(top secret stuff), they gave us there special designed tools and 4 weeks paid training. All in all I turned down a few jobs becuase this one interested me, glad I stuck to it since it turned into rebuilding rotary motors. It aint cali but at least I found a cool job although I would love to work for nissan doing Z motors but I settled. Sorry for the quality, I used TT's camera.









TT(Yoshi), he has been bulding the rx-7/8 motors for 15 years now, I made him pose and hold a rotor for me
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Sleepy-z
I rebuild rx-7/8 motors for mazda corporation

Talk about job stability!

Kidding aside, that's pretty cool work. I've always loved FD's and wouldn't mind picking one up.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 10 TIL 4
Talk about job stability!

QFT!!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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I wont touch the job security thing, ha, but in a year or so we will do transmissions also.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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Welcome to Richmond.

I had a '81 RX-7 and loved it. ...Had kids and had to sell it. I always loved the sound of the engine at high RPM.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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you need a better camera...dude!

and stop drinking...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 10 TIL 4
Talk about job stability!

Kidding aside, that's pretty cool work. I've always loved FD's and wouldn't mind picking one up.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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Sounds like a pretty cool job to me.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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Wow you're gonna be my new best friend
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Old May 10, 2008 | 04:41 AM
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Camera belonged to Yoshii not me, the flash shots looked terrible so I had to try to have a steady hand and failed.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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Interesting intro, welcome to the area! Sounds like a fun job you have!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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Cool!

What kind of pistons does a rotary motor use

{/stupid sarchasm}
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Old May 11, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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nice! sounds like a cool job!!! enjoy it!
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