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I have a 2009 Mazda 6 V6 Grand Touring Sport Edition, and it will SMOKE my Mustang with no problem... 296HP standard in that car... and its a 4-door... Love the Auto/Maunal Tranny in that thing... Wish Ford would do that in the Stangs... I think they call it a TripTronix Transmission... Shifting the Stick up and down... New Chevy Camaro's have it too, but they have on the steering colum paddle shifters instead of "Shifting" the stick...
296 hp??? Who told you it had that? According to the link below you have;
I work at a Mazda Dealership and Mazda does use alot of parts and technology from Ford.
As far as the Speed Protege, Miata, 6, 3, or even the CX7. They are pretty quick for "out of the box" power. But the Speed versions of the protege, miata, and 6 have been discontinued.
Simple bolt-ons on the Speed3 really kicks it up a few notches. The parts manager didnt believe it (he drives and 07 GT manual) and lined up against a bone stock speed3 and they were right next to each other the whole way with the 3's nose right in front.
I work at a Mazda Dealership and Mazda does use alot of parts and technology from Ford.
As far as the Speed Protege, Miata, 6, 3, or even the CX7. They are pretty quick for "out of the box" power. But the Speed versions of the protege, miata, and 6 have been discontinued.
Simple bolt-ons on the Speed3 really kicks it up a few notches. The parts manager didnt believe it (he drives and 07 GT manual) and lined up against a bone stock speed3 and they were right next to each other the whole way with the 3's nose right in front.
2009 MazdaSpeed3 Specs;
Standard Engine 2.3L 263 hp I4
Horsepower 263 @ 5500 RPM
Torque (lb-ft) 280 @ 3000 RPM
Thats probably true... lol He thinks he is amazing! he got a reality check
alot of cars are faster than the V6 stang and even the V8, so ? I could find a hundred cars faster, and they'd still be uglier. The Mazdaspeed 3 being pretty high up on the ugly list. The first second I saw the S197 Mustang I knew I had to have one. It wasn't about the motor, or the speed or the horsepower. It WAS the car, period the end. We love our pony so much we'll be buying a GT soon, I'm shopping for the right car. I'm slow, but I'm shopping. I'm going to need a bigger garage, but I'll make room for 2 Mustangs.
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her car; SMR #0951 06 V6 Pony, manual, mycolor, Shaker 1000, BMR lowering springs, adj track bar, center fog grill, 10" stripes, side window louvers, GT wheels. Pypes Violator cat back. Tri-bar grill emblem. GT500 splitter, rocker stripe delete, FIA/Shelby stripes, smoked front signals. FMC hood scoop.
My car, BMC #12073 black on black leather 05 GT. Manual, Shaker 1000, Shelby FIA stripes, NSP stainless axlebacks, Pro 5.0 shifter, Xenon window scoops.
Ken04 has the right idea. If you want a "out of the box" race car, a v6 mustang isn't it. I love my mustang, and won't trade it for a "out of the box" race car, because that isn't what I want. A mustang is a MUSTANG. If somebody wants a riceburner with a rattle can hanging off the back, so be it.
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Mods:
Tint 35% on front 20% on 1/4s and rear.
Shorty billet antenna
Gt front bumper cover w/ fog light grill
CDC GT classic chin spoiler (black textured)
Gt rear bumper cover
Borla dual exhaust with X pipe & 4" tips
C&L CAI w/ Bama tunes 91 torque, 91 perf, 93 torque
Ken04 has the right idea. If you want a "out of the box" race car, a v6 mustang isn't it. I love my mustang, and won't trade it for a "out of the box" race car, because that isn't what I want. A mustang is a MUSTANG. If somebody wants a riceburner with a rattle can hanging off the back, so be it.
That's why I bought a V6. If I wanted more power I would have bought a GT500. At least we don't make our Stangs to look like this;
Ken04 has the right idea. If you want a "out of the box" race car, a v6 mustang isn't it. I love my mustang, and won't trade it for a "out of the box" race car, because that isn't what I want. A mustang is a MUSTANG. If somebody wants a riceburner with a rattle can hanging off the back, so be it.
Yeah the stang is something special and thats why all of us were drawn to it. It's not a race car out of the box, but with some mods they can get much quicker. For the money it would have cost you to upgrade to an out of the box race car you could probably beat them.
Yeah the stang is something special and thats why all of us were drawn to it. It's not a race car out of the box, but with some mods they can get much quicker. For the money it would have cost you to upgrade to an out of the box race car you could probably beat them.
on any given day, there's only 1 'fastest street car' in the world. Buy a Viper, the Z06 is faster, then the Vector is faster than that, a Bugatti Veyron is faster, an Atom 3 is faster than that, on and on and on. The S197 is a stunning car, it is flat beautiful. I don't have the millions of dollars it would take to have the fastest car, nor would I spend it trying to buy it if I did. For the relatively small amount of money I have into this car it looks like a million bucks, goes pretty fast, handles pretty good and is a kick to drive. It gets a ton of compliments and thumbs up from people. My little V6 coupe is awesome looking with just a few bucks spent on mods. I'll spend a few more bucks on it, but I do that as a hobby not in a quest to beat a Mazdaspeed3. I could really care less if one of those 'shoes on wheels' can, or could beat me. Having a fast, ugly care is like having a homely GF with big boobs. Fun when the lights are out, but morning will come. Then you have to justify that in the daylight. Everytime I walk up on the stang I'm happy and don't have to put a bag over my head to drive it.
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her car; SMR #0951 06 V6 Pony, manual, mycolor, Shaker 1000, BMR lowering springs, adj track bar, center fog grill, 10" stripes, side window louvers, GT wheels. Pypes Violator cat back. Tri-bar grill emblem. GT500 splitter, rocker stripe delete, FIA/Shelby stripes, smoked front signals. FMC hood scoop.
My car, BMC #12073 black on black leather 05 GT. Manual, Shaker 1000, Shelby FIA stripes, NSP stainless axlebacks, Pro 5.0 shifter, Xenon window scoops.
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her car; SMR #0951 06 V6 Pony, manual, mycolor, Shaker 1000, BMR lowering springs, adj track bar, center fog grill, 10" stripes, side window louvers, GT wheels. Pypes Violator cat back. Tri-bar grill emblem. GT500 splitter, rocker stripe delete, FIA/Shelby stripes, smoked front signals. FMC hood scoop.
My car, BMC #12073 black on black leather 05 GT. Manual, Shaker 1000, Shelby FIA stripes, NSP stainless axlebacks, Pro 5.0 shifter, Xenon window scoops.
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