Hey yall how rare and how much is a 90 turbo vert? Is these only single turbo or twin turbo for these that were made in Japan for the 1990?

 

turbo verts were never sold in the US...all 2nd gen turbo cars were single turbo from the factory... 86-91

 

all the 2nd gens in japan are turbo2's. The verts in japan have the same engines as turbo2's.

 

what is exactly vert?

 

convertible

 

thanks ive leard somthing today at least

 

How can i tell it is a turbo then? (never owned one so sorry if it sounds like a dumb question) And also how rare is it to find one in the US? Hey thanks to those who replied to this topic.

So if one says it is a turbo then it would be a turbo 2 then not a single turbo? That would be cool. How much gas does that eat up? Yes starving for answers about the vert turbos.

 

a Turbo 2 is just a name...it doesn't actually have Twin Turbo's the 3rd gens are the only have them..unless modified I think Verts would eat up more gas because they are lighter!

 

all 87-91 turbo rx7's are "TURBO II"'s. this means single turbo. this was mazda's "second" turbo rx7 model. the first gen 79-86 came with an available 12a turbo in japan. the easiest way to visually tell if the car is turbo or not is if it has a hood scoop then problably its a turbo.

 

The Turbo II was called that because it was Mazda's second turbocharged RX-7, the first one being the Japan-only '83-85 RX-7 Turbo. (Or ws it '84-85... oh well) The first twin turbo RX-7 was the FD, although the Cosmo got a twin turbo engine before the FD came out... then again the Cosmo also got the 13BT and the 12AT first too...

I've heard that ALL Japanese home-market FCs were T2's. They didn't sell any turbo convertibles in the US because the convertibles are so heavy that a turbo 'vert would have been classified a gas guzzler. Mazda does not want any of their cars to be labelled gas guzzlers anymore, so they only let us have N/A verts.

 

Hey guys thanks for clearing this all up for me. The one I am looking at they say it is a turbo but it doesn't have a hood scoop so is there any other way to tell if it is? Also what would be a fair price to pay for one if it was in good condition and had like over 100,000 miles on it?

 

If the air filter box is connected straight to the top of the engine then it's NOT a turbo.

I have a feeling it's not a turbo and it's just a misinformed seller. If it IS a turbo, then it's been converted. The scoop is for the intercooler... if it has an intercooler on top (it looks like a radiator on top of the engine) then WALK AWAY because it's not getting any air to it = bad bad bad. IN fact if it has any kind of turbo conversion, still WALK AWAY because frankly you don't want to be walking into someone else's potentially half-assed engine swap without having a good knowledge base on what you're getting yourself into.

 

Verts come up as turbo if you run a Carfax on them. I think there is a 332 in their VIN, which the TII's have too.

 

You mean like Carfax says FBs have a "1.2l Fuel Injected"?

Coupes are FC3S (FC33?)... Verts are FC3C.

 

A vert has the same JM1FC332 as a TII, whereas an NA will have JM1FC331

 

All RX-7's in japan were turbo

 

Hey Peejay can i just get a hood with a scoop wouldn't that take care of the problem? I guess if it doesn't have the hood with the scoop it was done half assed.
Felix how sure are you about the vin # with the 322 . I did check out the vin and it doesn't have that.
So when these were made in Japan the verts with the turbo they all have the scoops in the hood?
Thanks again guys for all the info. I am eating this stuff up. I would really love to find a turbo vert between 88-92.

 

This says it has a 1.3l rotarty turbo fl or f1 so what does this mean?
Was this somebody that put a turbo in this thing and what if I just put a hood scoop on it will that solve any problems that could arise of not having one on thier?

 

I'm wrong, verts are JM1FC352, its the 2 that means turbo on the coupes. Thats where Carfax gets screwed up. I need to pay attention to what I'm typing

 

Hey Felix it does have the jm1fc352 on the vin so this is a turbo then right? So why doesn't this thing have a scoop on the hood then? Didn't these come stock with the car when it was sold? Let me ask you what is a fair price for one of these then? Thanks for the quick replys. Much appreciated.

 

No verts in the US are turbo's stock. The 2 in the VIN only means turbo on the coupes. I figure a nice 90 vert should go for about $4-5k.

 

This one is the us is claiming it is a turbo. That's why I was wondering why the scoop on it wasn't on thier. So it could be a converted turbo done by somebody. Ummmmmmm should I even bother with this? I know it is rare if this was a turbo from Japan in the states. How do I really find out? I did run a carfax on it and it says it is a turbo 1.3 rotary turbo f1 or fl. What do you think?

 

The Carfax means nothing on a vert. It will say they are all turbo. The biggest clue that its a Jap import will be that its right hand drive

Just open the hood and look for a turbo. If it looks like this it is



If it looks like this it isn't

 

Hey Felix thanks for the pics and the explanation much help. So my next question is where do I find one in the states, and how rare is one out here?