Friend of mine has a MazdaSpeed3...

kenchan · 01-01-2010, 08:53 PM

Who cares?

Zsteve · 01-01-2010, 08:53 PM

370Z Sport Package vs Mazdaspeed 3 GT vs S2000 vs Cayman S vs Mazda Rx-8

This was in Nov.

Z all the way.

frost · 01-01-2010, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

Who cares?

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KillerBee370 · 01-01-2010, 09:01 PM

kannibul · 01-01-2010, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

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chuckd05 · 01-01-2010, 09:08 PM

a buddy of mine had some bolt on's and a tune and he ran a 13.5 i think in his ms3 ... He said he got zero traction too.. i forget his 60 foot but it was not good at all..

they are capable of being quick... stock for stock though he really doesnt have a chance.. He may have a tune if he is confident.. or raised boost or something... but you should be okay..

frost · 01-01-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

Rofl, he wanted to know who cared.

Zsteve · 01-01-2010, 09:15 PM

I think the MS3 should be compared to cars like it, ie 4 cyl turbos. I dont look at the MS3 as even being in our classification as we are a 6 cyl 2 door sports car. Speed wise its close but we all know that a turbo car will get way more gains from its chip than a NA so I just dont see why compare it to NAs when there are loads of 4 cyl turbos out there to compare it to.

Zsteve · 01-01-2010, 09:21 PM

You should find out if he is chipped. If so he gained around 50 hp and 60 TQ maybe more if he did a high flow down pipe too. Still chipped should be about even.

I used to run against a GTO 6.0 in my 2.0T TT (chipped and full TBE) and he would pull about a car length ahead of me, but when he shifted my DSG 7 AT would gain back 1/2 that length. He would pull a little shift, lose alittle. I could tell by his face he didnt like my 4 cyl keeping up with his big V8. So your AT should give you an advantage like stated earlier. I feel 2nd and 3rd gear are my strongest pulls, comparable to the turbo pull I had in my 2.0T. Z FTW.

Red370 · 01-01-2010, 11:16 PM

about two weeks ago, a few friends and I went to a local air strip that they usually use for drift competitions, its been abandoned for years and can be rented for special events. The strip itself is about a mile long, so its great to use for rolling 1/4miles, dig 1/4 miles etc. Some guy in a 08' STI a blue one to be exact, wanted to try a roll from 40 just to see where he stacked up, a third car drove along us with an air horn, from 40 to 120, I pulled 3-4 cars before we shut it down. No chance in hell he'd ever win from a roll in a ms3, and zero chance in hell, being that you have an auto and cant screw a shift up, will he win in a 1/4 mile, ZERO.

And just to add, he was quite upset and disappointed with his car, and made a comment about how he should have blown the money he paid for that on a SP/Touring Z.

01-01-2010, 08:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TX Posts: 3,298 Drives: the 2 balled club Rep Power: 22	370Z Sport Package vs Mazdaspeed 3 GT vs S2000 vs Cayman S vs Mazda Rx-8 This was in Nov. Z all the way. __________________ 2010 LS3 C6 Silver coupe corvette

01-01-2010, 09:08 PM	#21 (permalink)
chuckd05 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NY Posts: 2,391 Drives: No longer a Z Rep Power: 20	a buddy of mine had some bolt on's and a tune and he ran a 13.5 i think in his ms3 ... He said he got zero traction too.. i forget his 60 foot but it was not good at all.. they are capable of being quick... stock for stock though he really doesnt have a chance.. He may have a tune if he is confident.. or raised boost or something... but you should be okay.. __________________ 09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)

01-01-2010, 09:15 PM	#23 (permalink)
Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TX Posts: 3,298 Drives: the 2 balled club Rep Power: 22	I think the MS3 should be compared to cars like it, ie 4 cyl turbos. I dont look at the MS3 as even being in our classification as we are a 6 cyl 2 door sports car. Speed wise its close but we all know that a turbo car will get way more gains from its chip than a NA so I just dont see why compare it to NAs when there are loads of 4 cyl turbos out there to compare it to. __________________ 2010 LS3 C6 Silver coupe corvette

01-01-2010, 09:21 PM	#24 (permalink)
Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TX Posts: 3,298 Drives: the 2 balled club Rep Power: 22	You should find out if he is chipped. If so he gained around 50 hp and 60 TQ maybe more if he did a high flow down pipe too. Still chipped should be about even. I used to run against a GTO 6.0 in my 2.0T TT (chipped and full TBE) and he would pull about a car length ahead of me, but when he shifted my DSG 7 AT would gain back 1/2 that length. He would pull a little shift, lose alittle. I could tell by his face he didnt like my 4 cyl keeping up with his big V8. So your AT should give you an advantage like stated earlier. I feel 2nd and 3rd gear are my strongest pulls, comparable to the turbo pull I had in my 2.0T. Z FTW. __________________ 2010 LS3 C6 Silver coupe corvette Last edited by Zsteve; 01-01-2010 at 09:29 PM.

01-01-2010, 11:16 PM	#25 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	about two weeks ago, a few friends and I went to a local air strip that they usually use for drift competitions, its been abandoned for years and can be rented for special events. The strip itself is about a mile long, so its great to use for rolling 1/4miles, dig 1/4 miles etc. Some guy in a 08' STI a blue one to be exact, wanted to try a roll from 40 just to see where he stacked up, a third car drove along us with an air horn, from 40 to 120, I pulled 3-4 cars before we shut it down. No chance in hell he'd ever win from a roll in a ms3, and zero chance in hell, being that you have an auto and cant screw a shift up, will he win in a 1/4 mile, ZERO. And just to add, he was quite upset and disappointed with his car, and made a comment about how he should have blown the money he paid for that on a SP/Touring Z. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs Last edited by Red370; 01-01-2010 at 11:18 PM.

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