i have been looking on the car,under the hood and all. i need 2 know how to find if i have a 1.2l or a 1.3l motor. i need 2 know so i know what header to buy.

 

its a 85 gsl

 

It will be stamped on the DS top of the engine housing. Either 12A or 13B. 12A=1.1L 13B=1.3L Sorry no pics of this off hand, but i'm sure you can find some with just a quick search.

 

I can't believe you are asking this,lol

If the motor has not been swapped then it is a 12a. It is stamped on the housing on the driverside.

 

no **** rx7doc i know its a damn 12a i have been asked if its a 12a 1.2 or a 12a 1.3l

 

so the guys the are ordering the header asked if its a b12a or just a 12a

 

WTF. Whoever you are ordering this from don't know there *** from a hole in the ground. There is no 1.3 12a, it is called a 13b.

 

ok thats cool in all and ur right they dont do rx7. also whats the deal with the b12a

 

also if the 12a is the 1.2l and the 13b is the 1.3l i was asked if my 83 gsl had a 1.1 or a 1.3l i for got what the part was. it was autozone that asked that because there computer asked

 

hey do any of you guys know if you can switch a 1985 12a rx7 engine and transmission with a 1993-95 engine and transmissions and if you can. would i be able to do it without much modification

 

I am going to give you a slight break here since you are new. This is called thread hijacking. You have already put a thread out on this subject. You do not need to put this on anyother members thread or start anymore threads on this subject.

 

You had best respect your elders. Like Doc. And people that are smarter than you (most of humanity). There's no need in that, especially since you're the one doing the questioning. Don't make me come to Twittyville and beat your *** with one of Mr. Jenkins arms. You know what I mean?

 

The "12" in 12A comes from the 1.2 litre displacement (it's actually closer to 1.1, but mazda wanted to call it a 1.2)

A 13B is 1.3 litres

There is no b12a.

 

1. Autozone doesn't know their *** from a hole in the ground
2. The 1.3L 13B was not available in 1983 RX7's
3. The 12A is 1146cc, which makes it a 1.1L.

 

www.racingbeat.com
click the triangles
then '1971-85'
and in the drop-down menu, go to "exhaust components"
it will tell you what you want. Racing Beat's the best.

 

Im With Wulff
Autozone sucks *****, they prolly dont even know what a rotary is.
And you are better off getting a header online
1. its cheaper
2. Autozone sucks *****
3. Youll get the right one!

 

god, you type like a chick on myspace.

 

I can't believe anyone who owns a rx7 would even go to autozone to begin with.....

 

 

I do. And taking the widebody with me is a great conversation starter. Also earns it's fair share of respect when it braps into the parking lot.

 

i would love to see the look on the guy at the desk at autozone when u pulled up with that car. it would be funny i dont know why but. then order a header from a bigblock and take it back and say it didnt fit on my 1.3 lol

 

Usually, you can have 1/2 hour of fun with autozone flunkies by asking for a timing belt or chain for an rx7/8.
Let me restate my initial statement, MOST Autozone FLUNKIES don't know anything about cars, they are at the mercy of what the computer asks. I have found a few people at Autozone that have a great amount of knowledge, but they are few and far between.

 

Yea I go to one Autozone and one Autozone only because there is a guy there who really appreciates my car and when I come in always talks with me about it for a whie. Nice guy who really wants to help and tries to make sure they have the right stuff.


I hate laptop keyboards...........

 

Ok ok I take it back autozone is good for some things, I've been there a few times myself. My friends had quite a bit of fun prank calling a autozone once, they asked for pistons and rings for a rx7, somehow the clown working the computer was able to find some kind of listing and said they had to be special ordered from california or something, how dumb.
Rogue_Wulff its funny that you mentioned it too, guess its not an original though on my friends part eh?

 

25 years ago (telling my age now) the "in" thing was prank calling parts stores, and asking for VW bettle radiator/water pump/ thermostat, or the same for a chevy corvair.
Using the RX8 is great, cause they all know it's a currently available model, and are totally baffled when they can't find a timing belt/chain listed for it.
I was in an O'reilly's store a while back, and the counter crew was prank calling autozone. I told them to ask for the RX8 timing belt. Got the "Deer in the headlights" look. The manager laughed, and told them "It's got one of them Wankels, no valvetrain". I just looked at him and and said, I shoulda pulled it on them, huh?........... They made the call.