I am curioius
Anyone know how many
FD3S's were imported to the USA?

They were only imported here for 3 years,
and many are deceased.. SO wondering
how many are over here.. I realize how
rare our cars are.

Don't want to start a new thread.
SO i'll ask my other question.

Given if you upgrade your fuel pump
injectors and kept boost @ or about 12.
And everythign is running optimally..
Can you still blow your apex seals?

Thanks

 

This was posted a while back....

Base Model - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 58
Montego Blue 72
Brilliant Black 109
Vintage Red 151

Total-------------------------------------------------> 390


Base Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 266
Montego Blue 319
Brilliant Black 418
Vintage Red 731

Total-----------------------------------------------> 1,734


Touring Model - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 187
Montego Blue 244
Brilliant Black 258
Vintage Red 430

Total-----------------------------------------------> 1,119


Touring Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 824
Montego Blue 954
Brilliant Black 1015
Vintage Red 1775

Total-----------------------------------------------> 4,568


R1 Model - Manual Transmission
Competition Yellow Mica 350
Brilliant Black 638
Vintage Red 1177

Total-----------------------------------------------> 2,165


ENTIRE 1993 YEAR TOTAL -----------------------------> 9,976


**************************************************
*********


Base Model - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 4
Montego Blue 50
Brilliant Black 16
Vintage Red 14
Chaste White 26

Total-------------------------------------------------> 110


Base Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 22
Montego Blue 116
Brilliant Black 48
Vintage Red 60
Chaste White 54

Total-------------------------------------------------> 300


Touring Model - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 26
Montego Blue 105
Brilliant Black 42
Vintage Red 59
Chaste White 63

Total-------------------------------------------------> 295


Touring Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 118
Montego Blue 516
Brilliant Black 235
Vintage Red 248
Chaste White 276

Total-----------------------------------------------> 1,393


Popular Equipment Package - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 74
Montego Blue 323
Brilliant Black 150
Vintage Red 159
Chaste White 203
Pearly White 1

Total-------------------------------------------------> 910


R2 Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 83
Brilliant Black 156
Vintage Red 156

Total-------------------------------------------------> 395


ENTIRE 1994 YEAR TOTAL -----------------------------> 3,403


**************************************************
*********


Base Model - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 2
Montego Blue 10
Brilliant Black 5
Vintage Red 7
Chaste White 2

Total--------------------------------------------------> 26


Base Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 6
Montego Blue 23
Brilliant Black 21
Vintage Red 19
Chaste White 13

Total--------------------------------------------------> 82


Popular Equipment Package - Auto Transmission
Silver Stone 4
Montego Blue 16
Brilliant Black 9
Vintage Red 5
Chaste White 2

Total--------------------------------------------------> 36


Popular Equipment Package - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 34
Montego Blue 101
Brilliant Black 62
Vintage Red 69
Chaste White 33

Total-------------------------------------------------> 299


R2 Model - Manual Transmission
Silver Stone 16
Brilliant Black 18
Vintage Red 23

Total--------------------------------------------------> 57


ENTIRE 1995 YEAR TOTAL -------------------------------> 500

ENTIRE 3rd GENERATION TOTAL -----------------------> 13,879

 

Yeah, but how many are still on the road??

 

Who knows, probably around 2/3's of that list...

 

I heard these numbers tossed around by someone 'in the know' a while back.
As of July of 2000 there where:
8,151 1993's
3,003 1994's
459 1995's

Sounds believable.

2nd question: you don't really *need* fuel pump/injectors to run 12lbs of boost. should be plenty safe with stock stuff. but with all the mods you list it might be time to address the fuel system...surprised you ran all that w/out an aftermarket ECU...

btw- white FDs rule!

 

Just remember when looking at the 1993 model year #s that the 93 models started with 12/91 build dates and mazda officially started taking ordera after the LA auto show in Jan 1992 (first deliveries were about April 1992) d basically displaced the 92 model year (NO 92 model in US)

 

Anyone that knows someone working at a DMV see if you can get them to run a query on the 3rd gens...at least then we'd be able to get figures from various states. Extrapolation might allow us to make an educated guess about the other states (but we'd need info from like CA, FL, TX, NY, and NJ to get where the bulk are, I think).

Patrick

 

Mine is 1 of 156 in the US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I can say mine is exetremly rare.
Black 94 r2

 

http://houston-rx7.net/archive/tech/fd/

 

Mine's 1 of 7!

Who knows how many have been wreck or totalled....good grief.

 

I like the look of those 19"s. Are you running sotck suspension?

 

Automobile magazine said 13, 517 RX7's imported in an article about the car after it was discontinued in US

 

I would estimate about 3,000 FD's in good shape in the U.S.

 

Holy smokes!...so there are only 99 Silver R2s in the states? Damn, that makes me feel special

 

no I would disagree. Every FD that I have seen on the road has been in nice condition. I believe that it gives me good indication of the type of owners that the FD has (enthusiast, especially after the rep that it has). You see quite a few FD's here in southern cali, in my old job there were two of us, here at my new job there are three on my street.

 

Wow...one out of 1775...How original. I don't care because mine had 20,075 original miles on it when I bought it last year.

How long do you guys think until these cars start to have some sort of historical value? Other than to ourselves

 

how do you tell from popular equipment and touring models??? i thought they were the same, but the list posted above shows different #'s for the two models.

 

i posted this a while back for someone.

Numbers

 

for those who like pictures http://www.tinou.com/fun/fd/rx7productionnumbers.htm

 

What is the difference between base model and touring model? Weren't they both twin turbo? Is one faster than the other? I am thinking about buying a 94 touring model, how fast would it be?

Thanks,
-Charlie

 

They all had the same 255HP engine.

My guess is that 7000 are still registered for use in the US. I heard that number as part of a rumor about one of the tuners doing some research about the market size last year.

-Max

 

i see clsoe to a dozen every day in downtown little washington, but you have to realize what shop is in my town.

 

no they were all twin turbo. base models have cloth seats while tourings have leather seats. now correct me if i'm wrong guys but there are some base models out there with a sunroof. thats what i heard. if its untrue then base models dont have sunroofs and tourings do. and tourings have a bose sound system, while bases dont. and take the word base, just plain jane.

 

I believe the MKIV Supra had similar production numbers from 93-98 (similar TOTAL production numbers)..

But I believe the FDs to be more rare, for various reasons..

1) They are cheaper, and more kids buy them, and crash them.
2) The engines blow, and are taken off the road temporarily, if not permanently.
3) They make great race cars in many different types of racing (not street legal anymore).
4) Fuel Pulsation Dampner makes for extra salvage titled cars..
5) The show cars...

anyone have any other comments?