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Old 10-23-04, 08:11 PM
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Did ALL 84-85 GSL-SE's come with 13B's?

Title says it all...anyone know?
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I would say yes.
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yes, but the ones i got ahold of left with a 13b turbo, hhhuuuaahh
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not my GSL-SE. it came stock 12a . i hate mazda







































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The 13B engine was the primary reason for putting "SE" after GSL.(Special Edition)

All SE's had 13B 6 port EFI engines,special wheels and brakes, and were fully loaded from the factory.There was no auto trans and the only options were leather and power steering.(I think)
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Mine had a 12A, but that wasn't stock.
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Originally Posted by d0 Luck
not my GSL-SE. it came stock 12a . i hate mazda
If it's an American market car and it came with a 12A, you don't have a GSL-SE. Either that or whoever had it before you installed a 12A.
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yep, thats the primary difference, the 13b, otherwise what the hell would the original owner pay a hell of alot more over the GSL for?
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
If it's an American market car and it came with a 12A, you don't have a GSL-SE. Either that or whoever had it before you installed a 12A.
you didn't catch it...


anyways for the dude asking this simple question when the answer's pretty much given here in the website....

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You get the idea.
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you didn't catch it...
It was poor sarcasm.























































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as far as i know GSL-SE'sin the US came with 13b's....but didnt the one in japan offer either the 12aT or the 13b as an option?
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Originally Posted by hiboost7
as far as i know GSL-SE'sin the US came with 13b's....but didnt the one in japan offer either the 12aT or the 13b as an option?

...no...
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Japan didn't have a "GSL-SE" per se.. But you're right, they got a 12aT instead of a 13b in their highest model.

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All 1984 and '85 GSL-SEs came stock with a fuel-injected 13B--- but not the same 13B as in the '86 and later models.

The 13B in the GSL-SE was similar to the 12A in that the grooves for the water jacket seals were machined into the (aluminum) rotor housings rather than the side housings.

All '86 and later 13Bs (except for the RX8 Renesis engine) had these grooves machined into the (cast iron) side housings--- not as desireable because it limits the amount of material that can be removed from the side housings when re-machining and re-nitriding them.
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All but one GSL-SE's came with 13B... Yep, one didn't get a 13B but a 12A turbo! No kidding, that's not a conversion, but a genuine Mazda build GSL-SE 12AT!
It was build as a gift for Felix Wankel, and is the sole LHD 12AT (apart from later conversions, of course
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I SOOO need the orange fan. just because
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Originally Posted by IanS
I SOOO need the orange fan. just because

Just because you want your fan to look JDM?


You ricer

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