i know theres a FC and FD but is there such a thing as a FA and FB before the FC and FD? and is the new RX8 considered a FE?

well im not sure, but i think although a lot of people, even me, call a 1st gen an fb, its actually like an sa22. or something like that.

ooo me too i call the 1st gen a fb but like i wonder if theres a FA why would they skip a letter =p . anyone has comments on this?

FA and FB are both 12t gen RX7's. The FA's were earlie model 1st gens, and the FB's were late model 1st gens.

Actually, the first run of FBs were the SA's they were the 79s. Then the VINs went to FB in 80.

these are the correct tags, FDTT is completely wrong and dont know shit about what he's talking about, and J-Rat is a year short.

Sa22 (s1) : 79-80
Fb (s2, s3) : 81-83, 84-85
Fc (s4, s5) : 86-88, 89-92

ah thanks D3rELiC not many people i know off call the 1st gen a FB this why i ask. but is anyone know if the rx8 is called the FE? thats what i heard from my friend but I dont really think so cus i also heard SE

heres an rx8 vin : JM1FE17N240100478

ooo thanks d3rELiC much help

Rx-8 = Se3p.

1st Gen RX-7 = SA22C
2nd Gen RX-7 = FC3S
3rd Gen RX-7 = FD3S
RX-8 = SE3P
From Mazda JP
No idea where FA and FB came from.

Rx-8 = Se3p.

then there must be different vin number, cuz i've posted an Rx8 vin above and it says FE ???!

1st Gen RX-7 = SA22C
2nd Gen RX-7 = FC3S
3rd Gen RX-7 = FD3S
RX-8 = SE3P
From Mazda JP
No idea where FA and FB came from.

FA doesnt exist, and like i've stated above, FB is the correct appelation for the serie 2 and 3 first gen rx-7. i must know that, i own an Fb.

please guy, get ur fact straight when posting in a thread.

these are the correct tags, FDTT is completely wrong and dont know shit about what he's talking about, and J-Rat is a year short.

Sa22 (s1) : 79-80
Fb (s2, s3) : 81-83, 84-85
Fc (s4, s5) : 86-88, 89-92


Wow another dick on these forums. What are the odds.

I was posting what i have been told. Mabe you should be a little more considerate.
But i dont care about FB's or SA's or FA's or whateer the chassis code for the first gens are. FC is the way to go.

WTF? What did I miss??

SA/FB = first gen.. thanks to D for correcting me on the years. 79-85

FC= second gen 86-91

Fd = third gen. 92- whatever...

Wow another dick on these forums. What are the odds.

I was posting what i have been told. Mabe you should be a little more considerate.
But i dont care about FB's or SA's or FA's or whateer the chassis code for the first gens are. FC is the way to go.
im just sick of seeing misinformation flying arround from ppl not knowing shit. please, if you dont care about something, and if you dont know shit about it, dont come in threads and polute it with misinformation, or what you think is righteous cuz you've been told bla bla bla.

1st Gen RX-7 = SA22C
2nd Gen RX-7 = FC3S
3rd Gen RX-7 = FD3S
RX-8 = SE3P
From Mazda JP
No idea where FA and FB came from.

FA is nonexistant and FB is 81-85, SA22 was 79/80.

http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/
It didn't say so on there...

But thanks for letting me know.

http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/
It didn't say so on there...

But thanks for letting me know.

i'd trust my own vin more than a japs website.

... sorry

i'd trust my own vin more than a japs website.
But I can read Japanese, and that's the official site of Mazda RX-7 History.
http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/rx7/Java/index.html
Check out the Catalogue page
http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/rx7/Java/Catarog/home.html

But I can read Japanese, and that's the official site of Mazda RX-7 History.
http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/rx7/Java/index.html
Check out the Catalogue page
http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/rx7/Java/Catarog/home.html
maybe car titles were different from country to others. i dont realy care about the JDM stuff, since im conviced, and can prove, that my north american 1981 rx7 is an FB3S. i've also seen 79-80 vins from some friends over here that says SA22, wich again, i can prove.

I'm not trying to bump old threads, but I just found some new information about the argument.
The name FB was introduced due to the US regulation of 17 digit VIN. And therefore Mazda changed the name of the first gen to FB in 1980(or 81) but only in the United States. Everywhere in the world is still calling it SA22.
That's why the first gen is being called SA22 and also FB.
And neither of the name is wrong, but just different years had different name.

ur new information are biased, i'm not living in american ground neither have i bought an american car.