Why was the FC made four lugm instead of five

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Sep 17, 2002 | 03:54 PM

Ironmonkey909

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I was toldn because mazda didnt want to taint the name of the rotory so it waqs kind of a deterrant from going to far in tuning the FC andbody got any better ideas?

Sep 17, 2002 | 03:56 PM

rotary88

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they do have five lug fc's ya know

Sep 17, 2002 | 03:57 PM

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86-88?FC 4 lug... <If im wrong correct me...

89-91 FC 5 lug...

Sep 17, 2002 | 04:02 PM

j9fd3s

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86-88 base 4 lug; 86-91 everything else 5 lug. btw the us is the only market to get 4 lug....

mike

Sep 17, 2002 | 05:08 PM

Turbo II

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my old 88 TII was 4 andi thought only verts had 5?

confused

Sep 17, 2002 | 05:26 PM

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mine has 5

Sep 17, 2002 | 07:08 PM

Rob x-7

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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Sep 17 2002, 06:08 PM

my old 88 TII was 4 andi thought only verts had 5?

confused

Never heard of a Turbo with 4 lug, was it a factory turbo, and im guessing it didnt have 4 piston brakes? verts have 'heavy duty' suspension which gets the 5 lug wheels, 4 piston brakes

Sep 17, 2002 | 07:31 PM

Shane.Trammell

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they did it bc the series 4 and series 5. s4 4 lug. s5 5 lug. ok maybe not but maybe so

Sep 17, 2002 | 07:41 PM

dac

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My 88 GXL was a 5 lug'r

Sep 17, 2002 | 09:44 PM

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rotarychainsaw

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My '86 is 5 lug.

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