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Thread: dumb questions
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1repuwannabe
1st Gear
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posted June 22, 2004 01:20 PM |
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dumb questions
sorry but i'm lost when you guys write these codes like fb fd 13be... i'm not new the mechanicing but am new to rotaries please help me out thanks
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admin
Administrator
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posted June 22, 2004 05:56 PM |
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PA = REPU
SA = 1st gen RX-7 78-83
FB = 1st gen RX-7 84-85
FC = 2nd gen RX-7 86-91
FD = 3rd gen RX-7 92+
FE = RX-8
Also FC = FC3s
And FD = FD3s
13B = Engine code for a 1.3 L Rotary
12A = 1.1 L Rotary
FC T][ = T2 = 2nd gen Turbo Engine
13B-REW = 3rd gen Twin Turbo Engine
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rotarydave
Hauling
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posted June 23, 2004 08:29 PM |
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don't worry about feeling stupid for the longest time when people talked about 88 NAs I always wondered what was "not applicable" about them..... then asked and found out it meant Naturally Aspirated
was stupid once and still am sometimes
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kansei
Redlining
Wankelized
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posted June 24, 2004 09:57 AM |
 Edited By: kansei on 24 Jun 2004 10:05 |
Sorry, Dan not nitpicking....
...or trying to be an ass, but since we have a newbie to rotaries, I thought I better clear up the first gen info, which I'm sure was an accident, just typing too fast.
SA- 1st gen RX-7 '79 & '80 model years (yes, '78 was a production year). Also referred to as Series I.
FB- 1st gen RX-7 '81-'85 model years. Covered Series II cars (1981-'83) and Series III cars (1984 & '85).
Series IV was '86-'88 FCs.
Series V was '89-'91 FCs.
Series VI was '93-'95 FDs (there was no true '92 RX-7 model).
Series VII was '96-'99(?) (I have heard they stopped referring to FDs as "Series" cars in 1999, but am not certain) FDs.
Another note- you might hear people not only referring to 13B-REW engines, but just a 13B-RE. The difference is the REW (for some reason, "W" is supposed to stand for "Double-Turbo") came in the RX-7s (3rd gen FDs), and the "RE" engine came in the JC Cosmo (never came to the States), along with the optional 20B 3-rotor that alot of people seem to want. Very common to swap a 20B into a 3rd gen RX-7. The 13B-RE is also a twin sequential turbo engine, but the "W" was left off to distinguish the two. The Cosmo twin turbo engine is a bit different than the REW, though not in displacement. You may also need to know that the 13B-REW engine came in three flavors- a 255bhp, 265bhp and 280bhp model. Only the 255bhp engine ever came to the U.S. There's tons more info (as we all know), but this junk pertains to the previous post.
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Neal A.E. Swigert
Greenville, Michigan
1974 REPU Resto Project
1976 808 Wagon
1977 Cosmo
1978 Savanna RX-7 GT
1980 Leather Sport RX-7
1980 Petty Targa RX-7 #11
1985 GSL-SE RX-7
1988 RX-7 10th Ann
1993 RX-7 VR Touring
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1repuwannabe
1st Gear
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posted June 24, 2004 03:27 PM |
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thanks
for the info i learn new stuff every day, which is good i think. anyone know of someone who wants a 86 honda (whichh stands for Hold On Not Done Accelerating). i'd be willing to trade for a 12a and 5spd for my truck( 79 courier) or sell it for 600. it's a project that i've lost intrest in and have not finnished. includes two motor. one runns other threw timing belt.
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Duncan
Newbie
Historian
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posted May 27, 2005 10:42 PM |
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So...
PA = REPU, but is the standard B-series the same chassis code? I'm working on some general Mazda research.
Excellent site, by the way. You guys really know your stuff about the REPU and rotaries in general.
I'm a mod over at MazdaWorld.org - your knowledge would be useful anytime you're willing. We're mostly piston-powered over there at the moment, but there's a few committed rotary people (aren't there always?).
I'll keep in touch here - things like the list of color codes, etc. are really nice to have documented.
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