What the F$$$ is in that Mazda?
#1
What the F$$$ is in that Mazda?
Hey guys,
I'm the guy that had a run in with a new Dodge Challenger RT a couple weeks ago and spanked his hieney. Well this afternoon a young college kid with a UCLA parking pass hanging from his rear view mirror wanted to run me. He had a Mazda hatchback, a newer model but I'm not sure what model. A 3? Well anyway, we ran twice. First time from a dig and I missed third with the crappy stock shifter. This mother fudge cake lit me up and all I heard was a swooshing sound everytime he shifted. The second run, I banged the gears precisely but this little Mazda was was only half a cars length behind me the whole god damn time. WTF? We only ran up to about 70mph and I was pulling the longer we went. The question is, what the hell do these little cars have in them. It made me feel like an *** in my big 420HP stock V8. Now I have to go dump money in this S.O.B to kill a Mazda? :-( I was saving $10,000 to either get the 50th anniversary, or if they suck, I would dump that into this car. These young kids though will have me supercharging next month. Damn!
I'm the guy that had a run in with a new Dodge Challenger RT a couple weeks ago and spanked his hieney. Well this afternoon a young college kid with a UCLA parking pass hanging from his rear view mirror wanted to run me. He had a Mazda hatchback, a newer model but I'm not sure what model. A 3? Well anyway, we ran twice. First time from a dig and I missed third with the crappy stock shifter. This mother fudge cake lit me up and all I heard was a swooshing sound everytime he shifted. The second run, I banged the gears precisely but this little Mazda was was only half a cars length behind me the whole god damn time. WTF? We only ran up to about 70mph and I was pulling the longer we went. The question is, what the hell do these little cars have in them. It made me feel like an *** in my big 420HP stock V8. Now I have to go dump money in this S.O.B to kill a Mazda? :-( I was saving $10,000 to either get the 50th anniversary, or if they suck, I would dump that into this car. These young kids though will have me supercharging next month. Damn!
#2
Hey guys,
I'm the guy that had a run in with a new Dodge Challenger RT a couple weeks ago and spanked his hieney. Well this afternoon a young college kid with a UCLA parking pass hanging from his rear view mirror wanted to run me. He had a Mazda hatchback, a newer model but I'm not sure what model. A 3? Well anyway, we ran twice. First time from a dig and I missed third with the crappy stock shifter. This mother fudge cake lit me up and all I heard was a swooshing sound everytime he shifted. The second run, I banged the gears precisely but this little Mazda was was only half a cars length behind me the whole god damn time. WTF? We only ran up to about 70mph and I was pulling the longer we went. The question is, what the hell do these little cars have in them. It made me feel like an *** in my big 420HP stock V8. Now I have to go dump money in this S.O.B to kill a Mazda? :-( I was saving $10,000 to either get the 50th anniversary, or if they suck, I would dump that into this car. These young kids though will have me supercharging next month. Damn!
I'm the guy that had a run in with a new Dodge Challenger RT a couple weeks ago and spanked his hieney. Well this afternoon a young college kid with a UCLA parking pass hanging from his rear view mirror wanted to run me. He had a Mazda hatchback, a newer model but I'm not sure what model. A 3? Well anyway, we ran twice. First time from a dig and I missed third with the crappy stock shifter. This mother fudge cake lit me up and all I heard was a swooshing sound everytime he shifted. The second run, I banged the gears precisely but this little Mazda was was only half a cars length behind me the whole god damn time. WTF? We only ran up to about 70mph and I was pulling the longer we went. The question is, what the hell do these little cars have in them. It made me feel like an *** in my big 420HP stock V8. Now I have to go dump money in this S.O.B to kill a Mazda? :-( I was saving $10,000 to either get the 50th anniversary, or if they suck, I would dump that into this car. These young kids though will have me supercharging next month. Damn!
#3
Sounds like a Mazda Speed 3, pretty light + turbo... 263HP. He had to have been modded pretty well if you have a stock 5.0. I've pulled them pretty good before from rolls and I can't imagine they do great from a dig (FWD).
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=MS3
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=MS3
#4
Probably a full exhaust and tuned Speed3. They get over 300 WHP pretty easily. Don't sweat it too much, I'm sure he has a good bit more done to his car to get it to do that than you do. Not to mention they don't hold over 300-350 WHP very reliably.
#5
Ok, makes sense guys. Never heard or seen a turbo before. Guessing that was the loud swooshing sound I heard. I didn't mention that the second run was from a roll at about 20mph. Like I said, I was pulling as the speed went up. Just impressed how he hung in there. It reminded me though not to sleep on the guys at UCLA and USC, they normally pour tons of money into their cars. When I was in college, I had an 82 Cutlass Supreme. Oh God.......
#6
Mazda speed 3's are little monsters. From the factory they are pretty good except for the friggin torque steer because they are FWD.
For under 3 grand it looks like they have some hefty upgrade capabilties. Nothing new in general for a factory turbo'd car though.
http://www.mazdaspeedstore.com/mazda...p-1-c-124.html
And that "Whooshing" sound you you heard was the wastegate.
For under 3 grand it looks like they have some hefty upgrade capabilties. Nothing new in general for a factory turbo'd car though.
http://www.mazdaspeedstore.com/mazda...p-1-c-124.html
And that "Whooshing" sound you you heard was the wastegate.
#9
It's all about Power to weight ratio and handling dynamics on a road coarse. A Stock mustang suffers from severe oversteer (tail wagging) and on a road coarse that will kill you. A stock Mazda 3 handles pretty nicely out of the box.
#10
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...n/viewall.html
Nice quote from the article regarding the BMW M3 and Mustang GT...
"Another surprise was the BMW understeers more. A lot more,"
Last edited by S8ER01Z; 05-02-2013 at 07:14 AM.