Hi from switzerland !

Jrm1005 · 04-27-2011, 05:58 AM

Hi ev'rybody !

My name's Jeremy, I live in the french part of Switzerland (so sry for my future english faults :P ).

I'm 21 and an RX-7 FC owner !!

My first car was a Toyota Corolla AE86 Levin but I sold it last week-end...

My rotary story:

I saw the first FC in a corner of dark "warehouse" of a garage. I was about 15years old. It was the first year of my apprenticeship as mechanician. From that day, I started looking everywhere on the net to find informations about the rotary engine... and I fell in looove... <3

Then, 1 year ago, I bought a damaged FC TurboII first gen form 1988. 6 months later, I bought a second damaged TII from 1989 (first gen too). I made one with both of them, and now she's ready ton take me where ever I want !

Pictures:
(clic for bigger pictures)

the first FC:

the second FC:

And now:

With snow:

Some pics of the work:

and:

Bye

speedjunkie · 04-27-2011, 10:03 AM

Welcome! Your English isn't that bad, don't be so hard on yourself haha.

But the FC was the second gen (unless you're talking about Series 4 or Series 5 FC but 89-91 was Series 5 and 86-88 was Series 4). I can't see the pictures on this computer at work but I'll look when I get home.

Jrm1005 · 04-27-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by speedjunkie

Welcome! Your English isn't that bad, don't be so hard on yourself haha.

But the FC was the second gen (unless you're talking about Series 4 or Series 5 FC but 89-91 was Series 5 and 86-88 was Series 4). I can't see the pictures on this computer at work but I'll look when I get home.

Yes I know :P

everybody says the same. S5 but... I'm sure it was an S4. 133kw and not 147, rearlights S4, bumpers S4, etc... :P

speedjunkie · 04-27-2011, 02:38 PM

Oh so you WERE talking about second gen then, just about the series specifically, gotcha. I don't know enough about FCs just yet to be able to tell by HP, just some body pieces and the year haha.

Jrm1005 · 04-27-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by speedjunkie

Oh so you WERE talking about second gen then, just about the series specifically, gotcha. I don't know enough about FCs just yet to be able to tell by HP, just some body pieces and the year haha.

there are just 2 generations of Turbo II, no ? the first with 133kw and the second with 147kw ?

djmtsu · 04-27-2011, 02:58 PM

Yes, but here in the US, we call 1979-1985 RX-7's first gens, and 1986-1991 second gens. 1st gens then break down to Series 1 (1979-1980), Series 2 (1981-1983) and Series 3 (1984-1985). Then within the 2nd gen you have Series 4 (1986-1988) and Series 5 (1989-1991).

Its confusing sometimes.

Nice FC though, you did a good job!

vex · 04-27-2011, 03:54 PM

Words of advice: Americans don't readily understand Metric power units unless we do mental conversion in our heads to HP (550 ft-lbs/sec = 1 HP), where 1 ft-lb = 1.35582 N-m, thus:

133 kilowatts = 178.355938 hp

Jrm1005 · 04-27-2011, 04:01 PM

ok so series 4, and 133kw is 181 hp (not 178) so the series 4 has 181HP and the series 5 200 hp =D

are you sure that all the 1989 are S5 ? because my second FC was an 1989 but series 4... :/

lt1_fd3s · 04-27-2011, 04:08 PM

i'm a native english speaker... and i'm sure you will know my language better than me...

ModDimension · 04-27-2011, 08:40 PM

Welcome! Nice crane!

Whizbang · 04-27-2011, 09:40 PM

i hope you enjoy her! I think i've owned almost 20 rx7s by now... its addiciting.

speedjunkie · 04-27-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrm1005

there are just 2 generations of Turbo II, no ? the first with 133kw and the second with 147kw ?

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Originally Posted by djmtsu

Yes, but here in the US, we call 1979-1985 RX-7's first gens, and 1986-1991 second gens. 1st gens then break down to Series 1 (1979-1980), Series 2 (1981-1983) and Series 3 (1984-1985). Then within the 2nd gen you have Series 4 (1986-1988) and Series 5 (1989-1991).

Its confusing sometimes.

Oh I see where the disconnect was now. What djmitsu said haha. What you're calling a generation we call a series.

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Originally Posted by Jrm1005

are you sure that all the 1989 are S5 ? because my second FC was an 1989 but series 4... :/

You could have had one that was swapped, although I've never heard of someone swapping S4 parts onto an S5 LOL.

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Originally Posted by lt1_fd3s

i'm a native english speaker... and i'm sure you will know my language better than me...

I was going to say the same thing, he probably speaks better English than A LOT of people I've spoken with LOL.

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Originally Posted by Gravity Fed

i hope you enjoy her! I think i've owned almost 20 rx7s by now... its addiciting.

+1million

Jrm1005 · 04-28-2011, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by lt1_fd3s

i'm a native english speaker... and i'm sure you will know my language better than me...

Thx, but i'm sure I won't

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Originally Posted by ModDimension

Welcome! Nice crane!

Yeaaah!! :P

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Originally Posted by Gravity Fed

i hope you enjoy her! I think i've owned almost 20 rx7s by now... its addiciting.

I knooooooow !!! :| more addicting than drugs

but I have to wait before buying new RX-7 ^... I'm still student

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Originally Posted by speedjunkie

Oh I see where the disconnect was now. What djmitsu said haha. What you're calling a generation we call a series.

Yes here too.. My fault :P

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Originally Posted by speedjunkie

You could have had one that was swapped, although I've never heard of someone swapping S4 parts onto an S5 LOL.

well both are S4. It's maybe different in Switzerland... Or maybe it was one of the last S4... :/

04-27-2011, 05:58 AM	#1
Jrm1005 The Newbie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Hi from switzerland ! Hi ev'rybody ! My name's Jeremy, I live in the french part of Switzerland (so sry for my future english faults :P ). I'm 21 and an RX-7 FC owner !! My first car was a Toyota Corolla AE86 Levin but I sold it last week-end... My rotary story: I saw the first FC in a corner of dark "warehouse" of a garage. I was about 15years old. It was the first year of my apprenticeship as mechanician. From that day, I started looking everywhere on the net to find informations about the rotary engine... and I fell in looove... <3 Then, 1 year ago, I bought a damaged FC TurboII first gen form 1988. 6 months later, I bought a second damaged TII from 1989 (first gen too). I made one with both of them, and now she's ready ton take me where ever I want ! Pictures: (clic for bigger pictures) the first FC: the second FC: And now: With snow: Some pics of the work: and: Bye

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djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 22	Yes, but here in the US, we call 1979-1985 RX-7's first gens, and 1986-1991 second gens. 1st gens then break down to Series 1 (1979-1980), Series 2 (1981-1983) and Series 3 (1984-1985). Then within the 2nd gen you have Series 4 (1986-1988) and Series 5 (1989-1991). Its confusing sometimes. Nice FC though, you did a good job! __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

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speedjunkie RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 2,089 Rep Power: 20	Welcome! Your English isn't that bad, don't be so hard on yourself haha. But the FC was the second gen (unless you're talking about Series 4 or Series 5 FC but 89-91 was Series 5 and 86-88 was Series 4). I can't see the pictures on this computer at work but I'll look when I get home.

04-27-2011, 02:38 PM	#4
speedjunkie RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 2,089 Rep Power: 20	Oh so you WERE talking about second gen then, just about the series specifically, gotcha. I don't know enough about FCs just yet to be able to tell by HP, just some body pieces and the year haha.

04-27-2011, 04:01 PM	#8
Jrm1005 The Newbie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	ok so series 4, and 133kw is 181 hp (not 178) so the series 4 has 181HP and the series 5 200 hp =D are you sure that all the 1989 are S5 ? because my second FC was an 1989 but series 4... :/

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