quick s5 NA (non turbo) questions

[Kamatari]

Hey guys, theres an 89 rx7 that im looking at getting which ive been told is the s5 non turbo... the only thing is, i believe the s5 is meant to have colour coded trims whereas this car has black trims....

Was the an option to get the s5 with black trims or was it only colour coded?

[1990_fc3s_t2]

Is this that red one on ebay?

[Kamatari]

If were thinking of the same one then yea,  says its an s5 and its an 89 but its got the black trim instead of a colour coded one?

[1990_fc3s_t2]

Seems to have gone now but it looked like my old one, the front bumper is S4 but the car is S5. not exactly sure why perhaps someone will chime in with a definative answer.
Maybe only turbo models have colour coded body strips?

[dthebuk]

another way to tell is to look at the interior and lights etc.

if you can post some pics up a load of us could help

[Kamatari]

I was thinking maybe it was only the turbo that might of had them,  is there much difference between the s4 and s5 front bumper?

[1990_fc3s_t2]

Here\'s Skifs old car this has the S4 front bumper

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2401141.htm

Here\'s an S5 bumper.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2010415.htm

[Kamatari]

so there isn\'t a massive difference as such just the s4 looking a bit square/flat, a picture of the car from the auction is:

[Brett]

There never was an S5 egi in the UK... All we got was the bigger spoiler and an updated interior.

[Kamatari]

So does that mean the uk didnt get a proper non turbo s5? would that put this \'89 as just an s4?

[Skifledanabit]

all UK EGis had black bump strips, only the TII\'s had colour coded, unless someone painted/stuck some colour coded ones on their EGi

I miss my old FC... sometimes...

I believe they only made one version of the EGi, as it was primarily only introduced because of the fuel crisis and people couldnt afford turbo cars, sooo... an EGi is an EGi, I dont think there is an S4/S5 version, if there were, there were only very slight changes in styling.

[Brett]

Correct, UK cars got a minor cosmetic update and power steering as a default, but no power upgrade to 160bhp. However, all other aspects of the car were to the highest spec.

:wave

[Kamatari]

ahh thats rubbish then :p is there much that can be done to increase power without dropping a TII engine in it?

[Brett]

Go for a full dual header system with no silencers, that will release about 25bhp...  You can\'t get much more without opening the ports up... (go on, give it a proper porting!)

:Giggle

[Kamatari]

ooer ill have a look into opening up the ports

Also, how much should road tax be for the 89 rx7? looking online every where says it should be about £125 for a year? but it looks like its been costing around £205+ ?