hi people! im going to look at a 83 this week and the guy told me it was a "limited edition". hmmm im lost on this one, was there one for 83???? i ready to check tis thing out to see what it is!! anyone ever heard of one of these???

 

yep, I have an '83 limited edition...

I have 2 RX7s, both happen to be 83s, one is a GS, and one is the limited... the differences I can remember are that the limited has cruise control, bigger rims 14" alloys as appose to 13", and a sunroof, among others I am sure.
I know there are some other people on the forum that have the limited edition model, who have a picture, mine was not in stock form when I bought it as rims were changed sadly, I don't have a good pic as mine is tore apart now, awaiting a ported motor and other mods...

 

allmost like a GSL then?

 

To be honest... I don't know what all the GSL had... I think the GSL did come with a limited slip rear, although it wasn't disk brakes, still drum. I know for a fact on my limited edition that when I did burn outs both wheels would go, no one tire fires. oh yeah limited edition had upgraded radio, with the joy-stick to control fades. GSL-SE had the limited slip posi with disk brakes.

 

The 1983 Limited edition was a special GS packaged car. 14" BBS mesh style 110x13 wheels, Champane exterior paint job, with maroon interior. Sunroof was a option on the GS models.

Thats it, No rear disc brakes or limit slip rear axle.

Wheels would fetch you $250-300 in good condition.

John

 

I just put a set of these wheels on my car and they look so much better than the stock wheels its amazing.

 

wtf? what is 110x13? anyways, i have an 85 gsl, and yes.... it has rear disks

 

83 gsl here, has lsd and rear disks...

 

the 83 LE is a nice car, if it is clean grab it. I have one, but it is getting modded a bit.

 

like was already said, its a GS with a sunroof, chateau silver paint, 14x6" BBS style wheels (useing the 4x110mm pattern) cruise control, better stereo (still a pos) and a nasty maroon interior. Basically its just a silver GS with cool wheels. They made like 5000 of them. Mine was rusted to hell when I got it so I tore it apart for parts. I really like teh color, I'm actually considering painting my GS that color. Anyway, if its in good shape get it, if not, look for another FB.

 

Here's mine... http://www.pbase.com/image/5305524

 

I have an 85 GSL-SE and it has 14 (maybe 15??) inch alloys, 13b enjine, sunroof, cruise control, and discs on all 4 wheels. Fuel injected too but I don't think that's anything real special. wooohooo

 

Gotta love those enjines. And on topic, the le rims look a TON better than stock. I'm buying a set from my friend. Like everyone said, they're 14", as opposed to the 13" ones on the other first gens.

~brian

 

They're commonly referred to as "snowflake" wheels.
I've got 7 of 'em, I'm going to restore the best 4 and use 'em on either my '80 or my '74 RX4, haven't decided yet. The best thing about 'em is being able to run a 195/60/14 tire and maintaining the speedometer calibration. Also, the choice in 14" tires is much better.
I find 50 series tires to be too hard for comfortable daily driving, but 60 series are a good compromise between performance and drivability. JMO.

 

If the 83 "LE" does NOT have the wheels,dontpay much for the car..its nothing but a GS model with paibnt Mazda had left over from 5 diffrent projects,and just mixed

 

So are you saying you can move from the sotkc 13s to the le 14s and keep the speedo calibrated correctly?

~brian

 

yes, you can switch between the two without having any problems, at least thats what i was told.

 

Get some Nitto drag radials like I did, they look great and are very very very sticky.

 

hey mike, you say you have 7 of those wheels? hm..... any interest in selling any of them? shoot me a pm and let me know
jeff

 

The diameter of the stock 13" tire/wheel setup is vitually identical to that of a 195/60/14 tire on a 14" wheel, so the speedometer/odometer readings are not affected in any appreciable way.

 

Well on the drum brake thing for the GSL's. I have an '84 GSL, and I had an '85 GSL and they both have disc breaks and LSD. As far as the LE is concerned I have only seen a '79 (I think) and it was completly totaled about three weeks later. Some kid bought it and decided to see if it could do front flips (end over end). The next time I saw it the local Mazda dealer was stiping the carcas for any viable parts

 

The '79 LE came with a 13" wheel that is similar in appearance to the "waffle wheels" that came stock on the SA models. The '79 LE wheels are the rarest stock Mazda wheels in the US, if I remember correctly. I sold a set on eBay a few months ago. The '79 LE also had a unique LED clock, and a 120mph speedo.

 

hey all roto-heads,
ive bought the limited edition 83 today. yes it has thoses very nice wheels on it... but the car is kina ragged out, i mainly bought it for the sweet running engine! i mite part the rest of it out and ill seel the wheels off of it.( its the best looking things on the car)..if i do, ill be shore to post it! i allso bought a 85 gsl-se today also...its in ok shape but i think the motor mite be bad, so i mite part it out also...and i kinda like that gsl-se..hmmm it mite be worth putting a motor in it????

 

Lets see a picture of those LE wheels, shall we?

 

yea the l.e. wheels make a HUGE diffrence on a car... yaya had a POS (and you know it is) we slaped a -se tranny in it gsl rearend and my old l.e wheels and the car looks 1000% better