2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992) 1986-1992 Discussion including performance modifications and technical support sections.

Convertable GTUs

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Apr 20, 2006 | 03:09 PM
  #26  
13b4me's Avatar
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 8,789
Likes: 2
From: Jacksonville, NC
Originally Posted by BoostedRex
if nothing else then this guy will have a good idea of what parts to acquire if he wants to make a franken7 GTUs vert.
Haha that's a nice way to look at it...
Old Apr 20, 2006 | 09:32 PM
  #27  
Turbo II's Avatar
It's only Rock and Roll
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 2,509
Likes: 0
From: In a house...
Heh, funny thread. All my forum bucks are placed on Ted!
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:35 AM
  #28  
kiyoshi's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 275
Likes: 0
From: Indiana
Originally Posted by Icemark
It didn't have any options other than air conditioning and a AM/FM radio... not even a power sunroof or power windows... Ultra lightweight... not heavy weight. 16 inch wheels... not the smaller 15 inch BBS wheels.
Hmm... my vert has no AC, AM/FM/CD player, PW, power mirror, PS. And I heve 16" wheels to put onto my vert. When I put those wheels on, is my vert qualified to put GTUs stickers?
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 01:13 PM
  #29  
BoostedRex's Avatar
NorCal 7's Co-founder
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,130
Likes: 5
From: Rocklin, CA
I do hope that you're joking Kiyoshi??
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 01:20 PM
  #30  
clubber's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member: 20 Years
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
From: South Jordan UT
Originally Posted by kiyoshi
Hmm... my vert has no AC, AM/FM/CD player, PW, power mirror, PS. And I heve 16" wheels to put onto my vert. When I put those wheels on, is my vert qualified to put GTUs stickers?
Hell, you can put Porsche stickers on if you want. It's your car. Nobody (ok, almost) is going to believe that it's a GTUs or porsche.
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 02:24 PM
  #31  
13b4me's Avatar
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 8,789
Likes: 2
From: Jacksonville, NC
The only people who would give a ****, wouldn't believe it was a GTUs...
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 02:32 PM
  #32  
snowball's Avatar
I live in the lounge...
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,000
Likes: 0
From: lathrup, MI
Originally Posted by 13b4me
The only people who would give a ****, wouldn't believe it was a GTUs...
you have a point the only people who are going to know what a GTUs is will know that the car isn't one.
Old Apr 21, 2006 | 04:16 PM
  #33  
kiyoshi's Avatar
Senior Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 275
Likes: 0
From: Indiana
Originally Posted by BoostedRex
I do hope that you're joking Kiyoshi??
Yeah j/k.
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 12:03 AM
  #34  
SSRx7's Avatar
Thread Starter
Como Frejoles?
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 615
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl
You know, I came on here for some simple information. My buddy got the car when it was a year old, and it had the GTUs stickers on it when he got it. He worked at Mazda for years and no one flamed him about the car. As far as he knew, it was the real deal, which is what he told me. He didn't charge me more because of that. He GAVE me the car. I came hear to verify the info, and you guys (not all of you) give me and my freind grief over a couple of stickers.

THat is friggin SAD on your part. I expected more maturity on your part. Maybe the original owner of the car liked the looks of the stickers or something, I don't know. My buddy was the 2nd owner of the car, and I am the 3rd.

My son and I come here to learn more about RX7's, not to get toasted in a flame war.

SHAME on you.

Later,
Bill
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 02:06 AM
  #35  
arghx's Avatar
rotorhead
Tenured Member: 20 Years
Liked
Loved
Community Favorite
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 16,205
Likes: 460
From: cold
you haven't been on many internet message boards have you

when everyone shows that you're wrong, just admit it and let it go. then most people will get over it
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 03:20 AM
  #36  
Mason Rx7's Avatar
Dancing w/ teh devil...
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 793
Likes: 0
From: Oklahoma
Originally Posted by arghx
you haven't been on many internet message boards have you

when everyone shows that you're wrong, just admit it and let it go. then most people will get over it
Yep. Don't blame the guys for flaming you a little when all the information you needed is stickied at the top of the page. You need a little thicker skin I'm afraid.
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 08:17 AM
  #37  
RRTEC's Avatar
Rotartist
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (13)
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 7,252
Likes: 2
From: Spring Hill TN 37174
My vert has a TURBO, 17" wheels..blah blah blah....

GTUss Stickers on the way.

If you want to leave them on that's cool. But the fact is it would be eronious to go around telling people it is a GTUs Vert when they were strictly a s5 model and as stated earlier would be completely pointless in vert form.......
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 09:33 AM
  #38  
jackhild59's Avatar
Rotary $ > AMG $
Tenured Member: 20 Years
iTrader: (7)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,785
Likes: 30
From: And the horse he rode in on...
Originally Posted by SSRx7
You know, I came on here for some simple information. My buddy got the car when it was a year old, and it had the GTUs stickers on it when he got it. He worked at Mazda for years and no one flamed him about the car.
Send your buddy over, let him take his OWN medicine.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
As far as he knew, it was the real deal,which is what he told me.
You have now found that he was wrong.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
He didn't charge me more because of that. He GAVE me the car. I came hear to verify the info, and you guys (not all of you) give me and my freind grief over a couple of stickers.
You came here because you couldn't verify the correctness of the stickers. When you started this thread, you KNEW that the GTUs was an 1989 and you had a 1988. You asked for information on the car. You got it. You just didn't like the information you found.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
THat is friggin SAD on your part. I expected more maturity on your part.
Now, you insult the members if the forum who did help you with the very information that you asked for. Now THAT'S the model of maturity.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
Maybe the original owner of the car liked the looks of the stickers or something, I don't know. My buddy was the 2nd owner of the car, and I am the 3rd.

My son and I come here to learn more about RX7's, not to get toasted in a flame war.
Hope you are not letting you son read this forum, because if so he is learning about RX7's. He is also learning something about his father. You figure out what it is.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
SHAME on you.
Rethink that, as a father.
Originally Posted by SSRx7
Later,
Bill
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 09:35 AM
  #39  
jackhild59's Avatar
Rotary $ > AMG $
Tenured Member: 20 Years
iTrader: (7)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,785
Likes: 30
From: And the horse he rode in on...
Right now your only real mistake is believing you buddy in the face of overwhelming information that he was wrong. You apparenly kind of suspected this or you would not have posted this thread after failing to verify it yourself.
I know he did GIVE you the car, but that does not make him correct, only generous.

You haven't really been flamed, you have been ribbed in a good-natured way. And you got correct information. This is very good deal, considering the price...
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 12:08 PM
  #40  
federik's Avatar
Junior Member
Tenured Member 05 Years
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 8
Likes: 0
From: Puerto Rico
clarifications

1988 -
factory built convertible offered,base model now called SE, a new GTU model was added.Standard on the GTU was sport-tuned susp;sport seats,aerodinamic body pieces,LSD, and body colored electric mirrors.10th anniversary package offered ABS., leather seats ans special audio system,ALL 1500 cars came in monochromatic white.

1989-
base engine HP increased to 160, turbo to 200, auto tranny offered on the convertible for the first time,GTU became the base model; GTU-S came with the handling package of the turbo model

1990-
The GTU-S model was dropped after 100 models were produced.

In essence NO convertible GTU
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 12:30 PM
  #41  
Tournapart's Avatar
RIP Icemark
Tenured Member 20 Years
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,018
Likes: 2
From: Mesa, AZ
Originally Posted by SSRx7
You know, I came on here for some simple information. My buddy got the car when it was a year old, and it had the GTUs stickers on it when he got it. He worked at Mazda for years and no one flamed him about the car. As far as he knew, it was the real deal, which is what he told me. He didn't charge me more because of that. He GAVE me the car. I came hear to verify the info, and you guys (not all of you) give me and my freind grief over a couple of stickers.

THat is friggin SAD on your part. I expected more maturity on your part. Maybe the original owner of the car liked the looks of the stickers or something, I don't know. My buddy was the 2nd owner of the car, and I am the 3rd.

My son and I come here to learn more about RX7's, not to get toasted in a flame war.

SHAME on you.

Later,
Bill

look, we told you there is no such thing as a GTUs Vert, THEY DONT EXIST


we told you the facts and your rejected it


time for you to burn, we get bored with new people who ask questions and tell us that we're wrong


Just because your buddy worked for mazda doesnt mean he knows anything about RX7's, incase you havent noticed, most mazda dealerships you take one to will charge you up the *** for basic maintenence and treat you like the beaten stepchild

you dont like what you hear? then leave.
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:10 PM
  #42  
SSRx7's Avatar
Thread Starter
Como Frejoles?
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 615
Likes: 0
From: Jacksonville, Fl
I appologize for flying off the handle. I never said I did not believe you. I did say I would leave the car the way it is until I found more proof. I did beleive my freind and when I asked him about it, he said that he could be wrong. As people we make mistakes.

My continued posts in this thread were not to further try to persuade that I thought you were wrong, just listing what options were on the car.


When I started this thread, I did NOT know that the GTUs came out in 89. Otherwise I would not have started the thread.


As far as your comments about my role as a father, I tend to be very protective of him. When I see people posting things about my freinds smoking crack and saying that if I gave a Sh**, I would believe it would not be a GTUs,.... Well That is what I was refering to as maturity.

Some people just need to think about who is reading these forums. I flew off the handle, for that reason. I stand by that.

Please don't presume as to how I raise my son. It was him I was thinking about the info that he is getting, and smoking crack is not what I had in mind.

My friend doesn't have to fight his own battles. I saw the responses here and asked him and he said he could be wrong. That was good enough for me.

I am very forgiving and ask forgiveness. But I wish you would just think about the "new guy" and the young guys who are trying to learn something .

Just keep it positive.

Later,
Bill
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:21 PM
  #43  
13b4me's Avatar
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 8,789
Likes: 2
From: Jacksonville, NC
Hey it's cool man... On the bright side, you have a Vert with LSD and hey it's still an RX-7...
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:35 PM
  #44  
arghx's Avatar
rotorhead
Tenured Member: 20 Years
Liked
Loved
Community Favorite
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 16,205
Likes: 460
From: cold
it's all good

everybody's gotta swing their e-dick on these car forums
Old Apr 22, 2006 | 06:52 PM
  #45  
Icemark's Avatar
Former Moderator. RIP Icemark.
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 25,896
Likes: 24
From: Rohnert Park CA
Think its time to end this thread...

thread closed. If the originator(s) would like it re-opened they can PM any 2nd gen RX-7 technical section moderator.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
spokanerxdude
Megasquirt Forum
3
Oct 6, 2015 12:28 PM
Robrods64
New Member RX-7 Technical
6
Oct 2, 2015 07:56 PM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:29 AM.