help brian find a new to him car....

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:59 am

sweet............................................

I was playing with one of those on the freeway this weekend.......... Looks like a fun car to drive............

Are they giving ya much on the trade-in?

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:07 am

unfortunately its a small dealer/broker guy

so no trade in

no sure if i will just sell leina for what i can get, or if i will replace the clutch and hold out for more

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:13 am

Bfowler wrote:
Francious70 wrote:FAIL
internet does a bad job of conveying tone...

is it really a fail? like something odd i should know about the car?

You picture is broke. Nothing against the car

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:27 am

oh....the picture is showing up fine for me?

hows bout this:

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:35 am

Just have 2 cars..................

Fuk......I have 3.......

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:06 am

I'm not a fan of the grill. Not near aggressive enough for your personality Brian

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:01 pm

well its offical.....i'm a mazda owner

pics to come!

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:55 pm

zoom zoom..............................

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:42 am

So what is it now? A 626?

Post by **stipud** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:48 am

Francious70 wrote:So what is it now? A 626?

Mazdaspeed 6
2.3 liter turbo 4 banger with 275hp... same displacement and HP as me incidentally
But it has AWD... I do not

Definitely been keeping my eye on one of these for a long time now.

Gee Brian, who'da thunk you'd be buying a FORD

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:06 am

psh, the only thing ford about that is the wheels!

also the car ONLY comes in a 6 speed manual, the way it should be.

the clutch is stiff....its more like a on/off button. when it grabs, you go. its going to take a while to learn to drive it without giving my passangers whiplash.

oddly enough i have been driving slower then normal. i feels more like a luxury cruiser then a manic sports car.

its got some weight on the saab also.

also the car came with a corksport intake, BOV and boost gauge.

i was at work till 11 last night so no pics yet

Post by **mr tibbs** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:02 am

You should have got the wagon, more room for audio gear!

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:09 am

the speed 6 doesn't come in a wagon!

the trunk is pretty decent as is though!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:14 am

Do you have plans for a system yet?

Post by **Rold Gold** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:50 pm

He's got a good choice of subs to pick from................

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:53 pm

I have a feeling he'll be installing some funky pups powered by a dope pyle amp. AMIRITE?

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:17 am

so i have been driving this beast for a week...
(YEAH, im lazy with pics!)

its a damn nice car. definetly more of a crusier with sport tendency then a manic sports car (like sti or evo) but its quite a big car so i expected that

still on the fence about keeping it. i picked it up quite a bit back of book so i have this voice in my head that tells me to turn it around for a quick grand and use that for the clutch in my bmw....

if i do keep it. i dont think i will go apeshit on the custom install agian

right now im thinking of moving my system from the bmw directly over.

running the x200.2 to 6" elites in the front, and 600.1 for subs

the trunk has a pretty level trunk roof. so i would liklt build a rack to hold the two amps facing down on the ceiling.

then instead of the 12, movie over to a pair of rsdc10d4's so they would fit under that rack

also, i discovered that my car DOES have folding seats!

the manual says the dont....because mazda braced the area behind the seats on the mazdaspeed....which is true.

but they just removed the button for the latch release....so all i have to do is tie a cord to the latch and they will fold as normal.

i still will have to work around the brace, but its a start!

alternatively i might go even lazier and just do rsd300.4 to rsd6.5's all around and rsd600.1 to rsd10's...

the long journey of the bmw install has made me lazy!

if i go rsd...i could get away with a single 4awg and not have to run 1/0...which looks like a pain in this car...

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:31 am

well i promised pics of the new ride a few weeks ago so i thought i should finally post em.

rlockwood · Post by **rlockwood** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:20 pm

that grille looks like its begging for the center piece to go away..

Post by **Bfowler** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:22 am

i thought the same thing!

problem is that panel directs air into the ducts for the top mount inter cooler

Misfire · Post by **Misfire** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:37 am

I love the car! Heard it too.... love turbo charged engines! Great looking car!

rlockwood · Post by **rlockwood** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:09 am

yeah, I forgot they run a tmic on those. I like the look of the new ms3 with the hoodscoop though. I guess after subaru copied the look of the ENTIRE ms3 for the new wrx.... mazda can go ahead and borrow the scoop

Post by **stipud** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:03 am

Really, a topmount? Without a scoop? Didn't know they did that...

If there's room, consider changing to a FMIC. We did that on my friend's Celica Alltrac 3S-GTE and noticed a substantial improvement... and that's WITH a hood scoop. Not to mention it made working on the car a hell of a lot easier!

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:47 pm

they DO make them and that is my first upgrade i would do.

beyond that, they then make a new duct that goes where the tmic used to be and diets air over the turbo