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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Friday, July 23rd, 2010, 2:42:20pm |
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I'm sure we've all found them already, but just in the off-chance that some of us have missed something: post up some links to AZ-1 sites.
I'll start with this:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nisyasan/dougubako.htm
This site could put me in the poorhouse in a hurry! |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 2:39:50am |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 3:10:25am |
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Ross,
download "google Chrome" and it will do the translating for you! It's how I look at all the Japanese sites for the AZ-1, works like a charm!
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| brett |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 7:07:00am |
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| brett |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 7:14:58am |
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Oh and if you use firefox there are addons that help too. Search under tools, addons, and try "translator" to get you started.
I've found that installing the Japanese language pack in windows also helps a bit as you see the kanji (japanese characters - I think) instead of ascii type codes. Then you can do a search a little easier in japanese. |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 2:25:35pm |
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Thanks! I really should be using Chrome - I find Safari irksome at times...
Here is an AZ-1 that has been extensively modified. I don't agree with a lot of what he has done, for example, the headlights, but there are some great pictures of parts and things. Plus, he shares a garage with a Diablo and a Testarossa! I do like the rear LED taillights he installed - I should try and find out where he got them. Anyhow, happy browsing!
http://www.autogiano.com/AZ/AZ.html |
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| fxdlidon |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 4:38:37pm |
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and there's this one - I think it's the major japanese owners site. Make sure you check out the japanese as well as the english sections. There's enough info and ideas here to keep you busy browsing for a week 
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~LE9S-ICKW/e/e_index.html
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 5:08:41pm |
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| Yeah Don - that was one of the first sites I bookmarked! Thanks to the information contained therein, I know now that my oil cooler hose is the one that is leaking. To change it, it looks as though I am going to have to take the filter off. -sigh- |
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| brett |
| Posted on: Monday, July 26th, 2010, 1:22:40am |
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http://a.hatena.ne.jp/az1/
This site is a linking blog as it were that updates quite often when other az-1 sites update their info - quite handy. If you follow the links there is quite a depth of info
Ross - if you get a claw type filter wrench that attaches to a ratchet removing the oil filter is quite easy and can be done from inside the car. Getting your hand in there to tighten the filter up is the fiddly bit. Sometimes I find it easier to simply remove the drivers seat before I attempt anything. |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Monday, July 26th, 2010, 2:21:43am |
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Wow - great site! I'll be spending some good quality time going through that one...
Yeah, I've found that the seat pretty well has to come out for almost everything. Thank god it's only 4 bolts and out it comes! It must look pretty funny from the outside to see us kneeling inside the car facing backwards with the seat out as we curse our height! |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010, 9:46:48pm |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Monday, August 2nd, 2010, 5:49:50am |
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| AZ-1 |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 21st, 2010, 9:55:16pm |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010, 10:12:41pm |
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| Good finds, Sean! There are some great looking cars on that Minkara site. |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 17th, 2011, 4:54:01am |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, January 15th, 2012, 4:46:12pm |
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Here is a really nice outfit selling a dual exhaust setup:
http://www.arms-eng.com/
Now how much is that 1st-born child worth? |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Sunday, April 15th, 2012, 4:34:01pm |
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| brett |
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Quoted from rossbruinsma, posted Sunday, January 15th, 2012, 4:46:12pm at here |
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Here is a really nice outfit selling a dual exhaust setup:
http://www.arms-eng.com/
Now how much is that 1st-born child worth?
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Hey, that exhaust looks familiar!
Pm me if you're interested ross I'll sell it to you for less than the cost of a first born
I bought it from Arms about a year or so ago, and I've hardly driven the car lately.
I'm thinking about an all new engine setup anyhow... |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Monday, April 16th, 2012, 4:34:31am |
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Haha - I'll see what the wife/CFO says... I'll get back to you in about a year or so!
But do tell about your engine plans! Colour me intrigued! |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 12:38:59pm |
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| rossbruinsma |
| Posted on: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012, 3:05:22pm |
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| brett |
| Posted on: Thursday, September 20th, 2012, 7:56:58am |
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Not a link exactly, but here is the text of an article written in Wheels Magazine (australia), December 2004 that I came across while doing a database search in my local library. It was probably just a short blurb in the back pages of the magazine, in a section called God or Dog.
Section: Showroom
God or Dog
Once more with feeling, just to sort the hounds from the heavenly creatures Lived fast, died young, left a good-looking corpse
THE Mazda Autozam AZ-1 is one of those cars that shows pop status can't be measured by production longevity or sales numbers. Hell, after being cranked into action in September '92, the assembly line was hardly up to speed before the wheels fell off.
Hitting less than half its exceedingly optimistic 800/month sales target, the little coupe's tally reached just 4409 units in total. And, of those, 525 were badged Cara for engine supplier Suzuki. It's said examples described as '95 models are those that waited longest for buyers after production was canned.
The problem? Well, sales projections were way too high, as was the price. Mazda hadn't done its sums, or someone fudged the figures. This, remember, was when overly-cocky Mazda intended scaling the pecking order as a larger manufacturer, which included the creation of Eunos with its raft of funds-draining new models and grandiose plans for others.
But the plot disintegrated when the financing banks took a belated reality check, and Ford moved in. By then, Autozam, Mazda's fledgling microcar sales channel, and brand-leader AZ-1, were in body bags.
Although AZ-1 arrived in the wrong place at the wrong time at the wrong price, it certainly wasn't a dud design. Otherwise it wouldn't have achieved cult status in Japan, where it still enjoys relatively strong demand and commands good money.
When Mazda's AZ-550 prototype wowed the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, the project was handed to Toshihiko Hirai, who'd recently fathered the MX-5. Hirai nurtured the AZ with his trademark enthusiasm, although this was a very different car. Much smaller than MX-5, the AZ was a mid-engine coupewith gull-wing doors and (like Pontiac's Fiero) unstressed plastic body panels over a robust steel skeleton.
During gestation, the transverse engine was upgraded to the ballsy screamer from 'Suzuki's Cappuccino roadster, giving the re-named AZ-1 seriously entertaining performance. Add proficient chassis dynamics and spunky good looks garnished with tangy individuality and the appeal is obvious. All the more unfortunate, then, that the AZ-1 missed the mark, for its like has been missed ever since.
Engine 657cc 3cyl, twin-cam turbo
Max Power 47kW @ 6500rpm
Max Torque 85Nm @ 4000rpm
0-100km/h 9.2sec
0-400m 16.6sec
Top speed 187km/h
On sale late '92 to early '95
PHOTO (COLOR): Price: n/a (not sold in Australia)
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By Mike McCarthy |
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