Zer0Suvivers

ive got a question. im new to the fc world. and i just bought one.. its an 1987.. and theres a sticker in the back window.. and ive never seen one before. someone wanna give me some background on it?? heres what mine looks like..

rusty FC

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COOL! i have one too! on my 88 FC. except mine is for the 87 championship. i was wondering the same thing, did it come from Mazda, the dealer, or did the original owner put it there?
love that sticker, prof that the RX-7 rulz all!!!
IMSA is the governing body of the LE Mams series. so i guess mazda won the manufacturers title each year. will have to go look it up

rusty FC

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The 1971 season was the first racing season, and featured six races. GT cars, similar to the European classes Group 2 and Group 4, were competing in the early seasons. They were divided into four groups.

* GTO cars were Grand Touring type cars with an engine of 2.5 L displacement or more. [3] This category was dominated by the Corvettes, then by the Shelby Mustangs and then the various factory teams consisting of Cougars, RX-7s, Celicas and finally, the 300ZX.

* GTU cars were Grand Touring type cars with engines of 2.5 L displacement or less. This series was dominated by the Porsche 914-6, then the Datsun 280ZX and finally by the SA22 Mazda RX-7s (1978-1985) through the end of the 80's.

* TO were a touring-type car such as Camaro with an engine of 2.5 L or more displacement.

* TU were a touring-type car with an engine of 2.5 L or less displacement.

Mazda RX7 : winningest car ever
read about the rx7 here:
http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2...rx7_winni.html

rusty FC

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Mazda began racing RX-7s in the IMSA GTU series in 1979. That first year, RX-7s placed first and second at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and claimed the GTU series championship. The car continued winning, claiming the GTU championship seven years in a row. The RX-7 took the GTO championship ten years in a row from 1982. The RX-7 has won more IMSA races than any other car model.

Zer0Suvivers

thats awesome. but isnt the gtu turbo?? because my car isnt turbo. lol

Zer0Suvivers

but as far as i know my car is almost completely original besides a shortshifter and exhaust. sooo... iono.. but who knows lol.

and i agree the sticker is awesome. this is my second rx7. ive always liked the body style. but my first fc was a convertible.. so it was slow. lol this ones a little faster. and alot lighter.

FootWorks

The GTU isn't turbo. However, it's still a fun and responsive car .

Zer0Suvivers

haha. ok. you both have educated me! im definately not taking the sticker off..

but i will wonder why i havent seen other fc's with it? is it just a select few?? or like a special edition??

kelldog44

nice dude

nevertolow

i wish i had that sticker lol

25yrfan

I have an 84 GSL-SE and it came with the sticker in the window, still there after 26 years and is less faded than the plastic trim

I think mine is for years 80, 81 and 82.

Ferrariferg

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My 83 doesn't have one anymore but you can still see the outline when you look really close at the glass. I saw an 84 at the junk yard that had one and Ive seen a couple of first gens with them as well. I think they might have been a factory thing just for bragging purposes.

stuwk1

iVe got one, when i first bought the car from the 4rth owner i thought it was a gtu , but i later found out it wasnt, and also found out that one of the preivous owners raced it in scca auto cross, i figured the sticker was from there, but guess it came from the factory which is kinda cool.