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Old 06-11-2007, 07:47 PM
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My buddy calls me up tonight and tells me he bought a new Mazda 3 speed. He tells me he wants to race and to meet him at the gas station, I meet him there and we jump on a private road near by. 2nd gear 40mph roll, honk 3 times and we go. He pulls ahead of me by about 1 car and stays there threw second and beginning of third. When i shifted into third i started to pull then i began to creep and one of my pipes blew off. It was too dark for me to fix it but i was really amazed with the 2007 Mazda 3 speed. Has anyone else ran into boosted Mazda's on the roads?


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My car is untuned so keep that in mind, however i can admit defeat. My clutch is starting to give however i dont think thats the reason i lost. My car pulls and is alot faster then the t-25... i just hope when my neo gets here wednesday and my injectors go in i will se a differnce... becuase i feel like a punk
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you need tuning.

those cars arent fast.
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the MS's are no joke...tranny's are a little iffy ive heard when you start to up the power a lot, but otherwise will run like crazy!
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I have been in alot of cars, and he didnt walk on me at all however i was amazed how he was even on the same page as me. I was expecting to leave his ass and it didnt happen. I took a ride in it and the thing puts you back in your seat.. i am impressed... they might not be fast but they arnt slow.
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The mazda 3 speed is turbod just incase some people are not familiar with the car. He had what looked to be 3 in intake however he said he was stock... idk
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they're in the 270hp and tq range. one of the magazines did a test to see if it really was governed at 155 on the autobahn, and it pulled to almost 170. mazda tricked everyone!
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they run about 14 flat with good driver. is that fast? a nicely setup 16g car can go high 11s. fast is such a broad term. can mean so many diff things to diff people.
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they run about 14 flat with good driver. is that fast? a nicely setup 16g car can go high 11s. fast is such a broad term. can mean so many diff things to diff people.
SO true. BUT, how many strong 16g cars are out there daily driving reliably? and a 14s DD is really good, especially being a 5dr and so forth...ive heard mid 300 to low 400hp is easy from the MS3's and 6's
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Originally Posted by lancerman
they run about 14 flat with good driver. is that fast? a nicely setup 16g car can go high 11s. fast is such a broad term. can mean so many diff things to diff people.

I have no doubt when im tuned and boosting 18psi maybe more i am going to walk on him. He took the car up to 150mph before he shut it down and i was amazed! The car pretty much pulled the whole way there. when im tuned we will race again.
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again, hes BONE stock too tho. and i have no idea how much the 5dr hatch weighs. its an amazing car for the price. and everybody was amazed with what the srt-4 did for around 20k

but the MS3 and 6's are in the evo and STi range
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