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by Robert Thomas and Frank Ochal W elcome to all of the many new members that have joined the club since the last magazine. Look for your name in "Meet the New Members". Thanks to this issue’s contributors.
Finally the club has a new and much improved message board. This is something that many of our members have wanted for a long time. Be sure to check it out. You can access through the club website at www.mazdaclub.com or directly at http://board.mazdaclub.com . You can now find us on the popular networking sites www.myspace.com , www.facebook.com , www.friendster.com and www.yuwie.com in the groups/clubs section. You can access it through the club website at www. mazdaclub.com or directly at http://board.mazdaclub.com . We have a members only section of the message board. You can use the user id and password on page 3 of each OnlyWay or you can get a personal id and password. To do so, register and then logon to the message board and send a message to us. This allows you to access the MEMBER ONLY QUESTION & ANSWER and UPKEEP & PERFORMANCE HINTS area. It also allows you to post items in the FOR SALE and WANTED sections as well as post photos in the MEMBER PHOTOS area. Club member access allows posting of items for sale and photos and access to the club Members Section. Also there is a now a Local Groups/Activities section. The club also now has a blog located at http://blog.mazdaclub.com . Members can publish items or comments to the Blog by logging in as a member. The Mazda Club has a new photo gallery located at http://photos.mazdaclub.com . The same login is used for the gallery as the Message Board. Members can download photos directly to this gallery. We now offer a 3 year membership or renewal rate which includes a free t-shirt or technical sections CD. The rate is $65 or $95 for members outside the USA. And in response to many members we now have a 3 year eMembership for $35 which also includes a free t-shirt or tech CD. So save some money and get a free t-shirt or tech CD in the process! Remembers our web site address is easier to get to. It is simply mazdaclub.com and our new general email address is info@mazdaclub.com . We have a "members only" section of the web site. To access it you must use the USER ID and PASSWORD found on page 3 of this issue. In this section you can access the Only way, technical support contact info and access the spare parts lists received. We send out an email newsletter in addition to the regular Only Way for members that have given us their email address. This is in addition to the Only Way and is not intended to replace it. So send us your email address if you have one. If you have not received an eOnlyWay by this time it is because we either do not have an email address for you or not the correct one. Do not worry if you do not have an email address as you will get all of the information sent in the eOnlyWay in the regular OnlyWay but it may be in a different format and at later date because of printing and mailing time. Help spread the enjoyment of club membership. Tell other Mazda owners about our club and if they join have them put your name and address on the membership application. You will receive a $5 credit good towards renewal or membership for each member you recruit. See page 18. We still are in need of additional people for our technical staff. If you think you would like to help your fellow members in this way, please contact us. It can be a great way to publicize your business while helping out your fellow Mazda Club members. If you have a recommendation on service and body shops send it to us so that we can assist other members looking for help. Our database containing such information is still small and we need your input to make it a worthwhile service for our members. Thanks for your support! Return of the RX-7 and an Updated RX-8 While the Buzz at Tokyo was all about the Nissan GT-R, Mazda is apparently working on a sports car of its own that may eventually generate as much heat as the GT-R. Word from the show floor is that the automaker will unveil a "true sports car" concept at the next Tokyo motor show in 2009, followed by the production version in 2011. That’s only an eye-blink in the auto industry. Details are scarce, but it’s confirmed that the car will be rear drive and true to Mazda’s history of sports cars. Does that mean rotary? It’s tempting to make that connection, given the larger-capacity rotary engine Mazda displayed in its booth this year. It now has been more than 40 years since the first rotary engine appeared in 1967 in Mazda’s Cosmo Sport. Imagine a production Mazda sports car going on sale in 2011 as a 2012 model tie-in to the 45th anniversary of the rotary. Perhaps the return of the Cosmo from the company that popularized rotaries? It could happen.
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I am happy to inform you that Technical Sections is now available which contains
a complete copy of all the Technical Sections, topics, questions and answers
published in the OnlyWay. It is available on CD-Rom only for PC or Mac in
pdf format. It is indexed by subject for easy reference and contains articles,
topics, questions and answers and is available in the Club Store section of each
OnlyWay and on the website at 
Meanwhile, the RX-8 should soon get Mazda’s new 16x Wankel rotary, introduced
under the hood of the Taiki Tokyo concept. The 16X Renesis rotary is 1600 cubic
centimeters (800 cc times two rotors) with a new trochoid chamber shape for a
much needed torque boost and better thermal efficiency. Engineers reduced the
rotor housing width and housing thickness and increased the trochoid outline and
generally maintained the compact, lightweight size of the current 1308cc 13B.
The 16X also is the first rotary to use direct fuel injection, adapted from the
hydrogen 13B.
