Car with this VIN #, is it turbo or NA?

JM1FC3314H0546531

 

its an 87 turbo II

 

no it's a non turbo the 3rd num is 1 ,turbo's had a 2

 

i have a 89 tII and it hasa 1 in that spot

 

I pulled this off Carfax.com

VIN: JM1FC3314H0546531
Year/Make/Model: 1987 MAZDA RX7
Body Style: Coupe
Engine Type: 1.3L ROTARY TURBO FI
Manufactured In: JAPAN
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Looks turbo to me

 

TurboIIRudeBoy has it right,according to Mazda FC331 is N/A and FC332 is turbo.

 

Carfax also says all the Convertibles are turbos

 

Thats what I thought.

 

I also have a 1989 TII and it has a 1 in the third spot.

 

Yeah, car fax says my convertible is a turbo too. If only.

 

Check under the hood and you will see if it is Turbo or not...

 

The 3rd digit has nothing to do with what engine is in it... *all* RX-7s should start with JM1. IIRC it means assembled in Japan, by Mazda, and the 1 is the assembly plant code. We all know what FC33 means The 8th digit, "1", is the engine code. (The 10th digit is the year - H is 1987) The 9th digit is a checksum, so they can tell if a VIN is fake or not, and the 11th through 17th are the car's number.

Back to the 8th digit... For 2nd-gen models, the 1 means non turbo. T2s should have a "2" in that position. Sorry. Mazda gives the first engine available in the body the "1" - for 1st gens a 1 means 12A, for 2nd gens the 1 means N/A 13B, for 3rd gens... all 3rd gens have a 1 there.

 

OK guys Here you go, Have fun...
"JM1" "World Manufacturer Identifier" for Mazda "FD" RX-7 series
"33" body style ("33" = coupe)
"1" "Misc ID field" (1993: "1" = US, "2" = Canada.)
(1994: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
(1995: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
"1" "Check Digit" (used to verify that a VIN is not bogus)
(calculated for each car)
"P" year model code (1993 = "P")
(1994 = "R")
(1995 = "S")
(Q was not used)
"0" assembly plant code ("0" = Hiroshima)
"200001" serial number (1993: started with 200001)
(1994: started with 300001)
(1995: started with 400001)

 

G=1986
H=1987
I=1988

 

like i said non turbo

 

Yep... Non turbo... Mine is only diff in the last 6 numbers.

 

Here it goes again...
This is your number: JM1FC3314H0546531

"JM1" "World Manufacturer Identifier for Mazda"
"FC" Engine Code FC= 2nd Gen
"33" Body style 33= Coupe
"1" Non-Turbo
"4" Vin verification code
"H" Year H= 1987
"0" Asembly Plant 0= Hiroshima Plant
"546531" Actual Serial number.
Hope that this helps...

 

dang angel, I was just going to do that..

http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/mdictionary.html

Like he said, for the '86-'91 this is the breakdown...
JM1 = Mazda
FC = 2nd Gen
33 = Body Style (35 = Convertible)
1 = Non-Turbo Engine (2 = Turbo)
4 = Check Digit
H = 1987 Model Year
0 = Hiroshima Plant
546531 = Serial Number, first 1987 serial number for this series was 500001

 

Does anyone know how to differentiate Series 4 and Series 5 cars from the VIN?

 

That 1=non-turbo, 2=turbo convention only holds true for US-spec cars!&nbsp I've seen Canada vehicles with really screwed up VINs that don't adhere to this rule...



-Ted

 

Sorry NZ, I believe all your VINs go like "FC3S-xxxxxxxx", or something close to that.&nbsp These VIN dechipers ar only for North American vehicles.



-Ted

 

Hell, since we're talking about VINs...

FC3S Registry is back up!
http://fc3s-pro.com/reg.html

Enjoy!




-Ted

 

mines 334. I guess it should be twin turbo

ted you're lacking in the series 5's there

 

Only by the serial number:

100001-700000 is series 4 (production dates-8/85 through 12/88)
700001-950000 is series 5 (production dates- 12/88 through 7/91)

Note the production dates, most other manufactures use 6/XX or 8/XX as the cut off point, Mazda because they also built the 323/Protege/Famila in the same plant had weird cut off dates

 

334 is Coupe Turbo w/o auto shoulder belt.

The series 5 cars had slightly different numbering:

331= Coupe w/ auto shoulder belt
332= Turbo coupe w/ auto shoulder belt
333= Coupe w/o auto shoulder belt
334= Turbo Coupe w/o auto shoulder belt
351= Convertible w/o airbag
352= Convertible w/ airbag