S5 Redline Question: All Cars Have 8K Redline? Only NA? Mine Is 7K.
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He was just an old man, very doubtful.
It's also possible this could be a South American-market spec; in much of south and central America at least into the 80's, fuel that was available was generally lower quality/lower octane rating, so the cars sold there may have been "de-tuned" somewhat. This is only speculation though, I don't have any info that would confirm that hypothesis. I would be interested to know if the OP's car actually revs to 8k, or if it has a fuel cut 200-300 rpm past the indicated 7k redline.
My FC is currently being repainted and stuff, when I have the chance, I'll check that.
Hmmm... didn't S4's come with different volt/oil pressure/temp/fuel gauges than the S5?
its definitely an S5 gauge cluster. its got the round gauges instead of the ones that start out flat on the bottoms. its just simply got a 7k rpm redline. who gives. my S5 did to and still does. it was an automatic tho, even after the 5 speed swap i still have it in there. lol. but yours being a manual is just odd. never seen that before.
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The oil pressure gauge is different only because its in metric units
i really hope you are joking. i really do...
anyway, the most logical explanation is either the stock tach stopped working and someone swapped in a turbo tach, OR it's a turbo cluster and the boost gauge was swapped to a voltage gauge.
otherwise maybe some dude at the Mazda factory was a little weary from a night of Sake drinking and messed up.
anyway, the most logical explanation is either the stock tach stopped working and someone swapped in a turbo tach, OR it's a turbo cluster and the boost gauge was swapped to a voltage gauge.
otherwise maybe some dude at the Mazda factory was a little weary from a night of Sake drinking and messed up.
It wouldn't be the strangest thing to ever happen my car has the factory allarm (S5) but is a base model and even though it has the passenger lock actuator, there is no wiring for the lock mechenism itself. The lock motor is just there but not plugged into anything.
Weird Seems like you got a one of a kind RX7. that all i could said. but it could be true that they swap out the tech. Like all the other people say S5 Na has a redline of 8k.
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I'll have the engine checked to see how high it can rev -- when should she fuel-cut act?
I was just checking my chassis number, seems like it won't help at all... doesn't look like it's formatted like in the FAQ:
Chassis Code: FC1032-200343
Engine Code: 13BE062234
Looks exactly like mine!
I wish 
I was just checking my chassis number, seems like it won't help at all... doesn't look like it's formatted like in the FAQ:
Chassis Code: FC1032-200343
Engine Code: 13BE062234
Looks exactly like mine!
ALL 2nd gen rx-7's hit fuel cut/rev limiter at ~8500RPM, REGARDLESS of tach redline.
S4's and S5 turbos will indicate 7800RPM as that's the max possible reading on the tachometer, but it's 8500.
S4's and S5 turbos will indicate 7800RPM as that's the max possible reading on the tachometer, but it's 8500.
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Mushiki yours uses a distributor correct?
i was in a similar situation as u...until i did a full TII Jspec swap
i'm guessing your South American Spec is similar to the Middle East spec
check out this thread for more info:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445122