ok. all i know is ive heard people talking about haveing a third gen 'FD'. now all i know is that this is some type of engine. i dont know if its a jspec or what. if i knew the last letters of the engine i could do a search, but all i know is that its called the FD. im buying a 94 rx7 in mid to late december. if the fd motor has anything to do with my car, maybe i should know this. dont flame me too much, ive spent a little time trying to find this 'fd' engine. thanks for your help.


Brandon

 

FD is the just another way of saying 3rd generation rx-7. I have a 94 rx-7. I have a FD. same thing. if you're thinking about buying one check out the links for newbies. great source of info.

 

FD is short for FD3S. It is the chassis code for the 3rd gen rx7.
SA series 1: 79,80 12a model 100hp
FB series 2: 81-85 12a model 101hp
FB series 3: 84,85 GSL-SE 13b(6 port) 135hp
FC Series 4: 86-88 13b(6 port) 146hp
FC series 5: 89-91 13b(6 port)(no such thing as a 92)160hp
FD series 6: 93-95(North American)255hp Twin Turbo

 

The "FD" term refers only to the 3rd generation (1993-1995 in the US)RX-7. The 1st generation cars (1979-1985) are FB's, and the 2nd Gen (1986-1991) are the FC's. You will notice the letters FD in your VIN, JM1FDXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Hope this answers your question

 

Ahh.. what the hell

Serial numbers fro RX-7's all start JM1. The first body style (the sharp pointy nosed ones from the late 70's to 1985) are JM1FB....... The dots being the rest of the VIN.

Second gen, (rouns nose, larger than the first gens) 1986 - 1991, JM1FC...

Third gen, the sexiest body since Ferrari GT250, 1993 to 1996 in the US, I think until 2001 everywhere else, JM1FD... Thus the FD

 

Nice website, ttb.

 

if you got more questions about abbreviations check this out

http://www.rx7turboturbo.com/robrobi...efinitions.htm

when i was first surfing the forum keep getting confused with dp, cb, map, ic, etc.

 

thanks...it's a little lacking on the content side though...

 

damn guys i didnt expect such great feedback. really suprised me that someone wasnt like, "shut up noob! do a SEARCH!" thanks for all the greeat help, that site is great, i bookmarked it for future refferance.again thanks.


Brandon

 

did anybody ever find out what the 3S meant?

 

ok now as i was laying in bed last night thinking, i was wondering if there was a jspec version? could this be what the '3S' is for? perhaphs the last two letters are for differant specs? im just guess so if im way off youll know why.


Brandon

 

jspec version = FD3S too

 

oh. ok. well, whats the specs on the jspec? how much more hp? thanks for the clarification too.


Brandon

 

well, the last year here was 95 as you probably already know. they kept making them in japan until i believe 01 ? and the newer ones (jspec of course) claim 280 hp. I believe for the same year however the horsies were equal.

 

i believe they made it on up until 2002 cuz ive seen a '2002 Spirit R' cant find the pics right now. anyone else know what im talking about?


Brandon

 

yeah you're right this was the rx7s last year of production. my bad i'm tired from school