Who wants to buy the new MazdaSpeed3?
August-21st-2006, 11:06 PM
#3
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Location: Boulder County, Colorado
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I love the sounds of it - especially at the price!!! But boy oh boy 268 HP to just the front wheels sounds like a recipe for tire smoke and bad launches, even with a good limited slip differential. But I guess enough so that Mazda had to calibrate the PCM to retard power in 1st and 2nd gear? 
Fun, fer sure tho.
Fun, fer sure tho.
August-22nd-2006, 11:43 PM
#6
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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Im a bit bitter they stuck with FWD, if they truely want the mazdaspeed3 to compete with its intended competition(ie. STI and EVO) it should be AWD and be packin about 50 more hp imo. Im not gunna lie though im pretty excited to see how it competes, its curb weight is less than the EVO and the STI but its trailing the EVO by 35 hp/10 ft-lbs and the STI by 50 hp/50 ft-lbs.
Im pretty sure that stock for stock the EVO and STI will take the Speed3, but luckily the Speed3 is 8 grand less, so dollar for dollar, the Speed3 Kicks the **** out of the EVO and STI both.
Im pretty sure that stock for stock the EVO and STI will take the Speed3, but luckily the Speed3 is 8 grand less, so dollar for dollar, the Speed3 Kicks the **** out of the EVO and STI both.
$33,000 - evo starts @ $30,000
September-8th-2006, 04:32 PM
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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it trails the STi by 20 lb/ft of torque not 50... and it trails the STi by 37hp.. and the STi puts down about 225 awhp due to the drastic drivetrain loss.. the MS3 should put down around 235-240whp i'm guessing because fwd's have less drivetrain loss than rwd too. The mazdaspeed weighs 3153 the STi weighs 3351 i don't see the STi romping on this car in anything really besides from a stop.. which is the only advantage..