Having a debate with a guy on another forum. I was 99% sure mazda never released the vert as turbo, something to do with the chassis being weaker or something. But old mate is trying to tell me that they didn't in aus or the us but did have that option in japan, so i figured i would ask here and either be told I was right, or flamed for being a nub. So can someone tell me?

 

JDM yo

 

Yes.

 

Ahh figures lol. Cheers guys

 

the answer lies within... or you can google goatsee for the answer you really want

 

******* noob, your friend is right! How can you have nearly 500 posts on here and not know that?

 

they do have turbo vert in germany 100% positive

 

im a old timer and I thought aussies had turbo verts too, lol

if im not mistaken every vert in japan was turbo wasnt it?

 

Every FC in Japan was turbo, verts and coupes, they did not have any N/A's at all. This is why you will occasionally see J-spec engines with auto trans available.

 

I believe the stock vert ECU can handle boost too.

 

I hear Chuck Norris has one

 

Never speak of Chuck Norris. That is rule 1.

 

The united states is the only country that received the convertible in non-turbo state

 

I believe that statement is true

 

i'd like to know if this is true, i imagine a JDM VERT ECU could, as it of cource would, but as i recall the vert USDM ecu is not the same number as any other ECU numbers. whats the 88 vert ECU? 334? 328?

 

The US vert ECU is N338. It shares the same N33x pattern as US S4 TIIs. Some say it'll run off of a TII engine's sensors, but there are some issues like the boost sensor voltage ranges that don't add up. I never tried it in my car, and don't really want to. If it ends up that it actually still uses the NA maps, that could be catastrophic.