Saskatchewan17
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How does it compare to the speed?
Previous car before your speed? *Pics*
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How does it compare to the speed?
thats was the last peice I ended up putting on later. The airbag cover with the toyota emblem on it. Put it on and then ended up selling the car later. Otherwise, all of the chevy stuff was converted over
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The speed handles a lot better and interior is nicer.
I think the SRT-4 is a straight line car, however if you do a lot of suspension work it does pretty good at time attack events.
I also love the tranny on the SRT, very positive shifts, never hitting gates between shifts. But, it only had 5 speeds, it needed a 6th gear.
The stock tranny on the SRT I think could handle somewhere around 500 horses to the wheels.
But, overall driving, quality, styling and being a much faster car from the factory The Mazdaspeed 3 dominates hands down.
I think if you dumped the same amount of money into both cars, you would have a much faster and stronger car with the mazda than you would with the dodge. (And I'm not just saying that because I own a Mazda)
The speed handles a lot better and interior is nicer.
I think the SRT-4 is a straight line car, however if you do a lot of suspension work it does pretty good at time attack events.
I also love the tranny on the SRT, very positive shifts, never hitting gates between shifts. But, it only had 5 speeds, it needed a 6th gear.
The stock tranny on the SRT I think could handle somewhere around 500 horses to the wheels.
But, overall driving, quality, styling and being a much faster car from the factory The Mazdaspeed 3 dominates hands down.
I think if you dumped the same amount of money into both cars, you would have a much faster and stronger car with the mazda than you would with the dodge. (And I'm not just saying that because I own a Mazda)
Deep Emerald Green 1992 Mustang LX 5.0 Coupe. Bought New April 1992, Sold 9/30/08. 524 rwhp/478 lb-ft. 16 years of mods.
Ultra White 1999 Mustang SVT Cobra Convertible. Bought in March 2007, Sold 9/30/08. Lots of mods.
Silver Metallic 2003 10th Anniversary Edition Mustang SVT Cobra Convertible. Bought 9/30/08 with 19,977 miles. 468 rwhp/483 lb-ft. Lots of mods. This is my hobby car:
Ultra White 1999 Mustang SVT Cobra Convertible. Bought in March 2007, Sold 9/30/08. Lots of mods.
Silver Metallic 2003 10th Anniversary Edition Mustang SVT Cobra Convertible. Bought 9/30/08 with 19,977 miles. 468 rwhp/483 lb-ft. Lots of mods. This is my hobby car:
Nliiitend1
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Mmmmmm......Terminator.
That's a clean lookin' notchback as well. (thumb)
That's a clean lookin' notchback as well. (thumb)
79_Limited
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- 2006 Madza 3 Hatchback
Old cars in my old neighborhood.
madvillian
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- Mazdaspeed3
that jeep is so sweet, ive always wanted one of those.
mr_mazda329
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- 97 Mazda Miata; 09 CWP Mazdaspeed 3
Very clean FC. I too have an alternate track car.
mr_mazda329
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- 97 Mazda Miata; 09 CWP Mazdaspeed 3
First: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass (beater after highschool)
Joined the Air Force and bought my 97 Miata (current and Track car)
Paid off the Miata and wanted something for Daily use ( 09 Speed 3)
Joined the Air Force and bought my 97 Miata (current and Track car)
Paid off the Miata and wanted something for Daily use ( 09 Speed 3)
creina1221
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Very Diverse crowd all coming to a crossroads here, Although I did expect more muscle than I saw. I personally came from the Sleeper family. I had the SVT contour and before that I had an mtx SHO.
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Lots of nice cars in this thread.
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Lots of nice cars in this thread.
79_Limited
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- 2006 Madza 3 Hatchback
Why thanks. It is by far the biggest money pit I have ever owned.
Here is a before pic. It took me a week just to sand the thing.
squidmotion
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man, that is one sweet FSJ...
some VERY COOOL CARS on this thread...
i've owned a '69 jeepster commando halfcab... my first hand-me-down from dad... we put a 400cid chev and 4spd in it...
my second was mom's '70 SS nova 4-spd... did a mild restore and drove that while in my first year or two of college... that was a great car..
also ended up with dads '83 FSJ cherokee laredo, the last year of the full size 2-door model....it had 260,000 on it. i rebuilt the engine, tranny... then sold it ... had 352,000 on it, and ran great... what a great tow vehicle that thing was...
i've also owned a few corollas that are still being driven into the ground...
my first new car was my xterra that i bought in late 2000 (V6, 4WD, 5speed, wicked sound system)... and what a great car... all i did was change the oil... and i really punished it... it hauled everything, everywhere (including the new baby home)... i wasn't going to trade it in, but they offered me so much for it i couldn't see keeping it... i try not to think about it...
here are a few photos through the life of 'traveler' (what we called it), and i think one of a photo of a photo of my old nova... i'll do my best to dig up some cherokee and commando photos, maybe eve a few luv ones.... (didn't have a digital camera back then)...
that first one is the last time we went to the coast together... sigh...
some VERY COOOL CARS on this thread...
i've owned a '69 jeepster commando halfcab... my first hand-me-down from dad... we put a 400cid chev and 4spd in it...
my second was mom's '70 SS nova 4-spd... did a mild restore and drove that while in my first year or two of college... that was a great car..
also ended up with dads '83 FSJ cherokee laredo, the last year of the full size 2-door model....it had 260,000 on it. i rebuilt the engine, tranny... then sold it ... had 352,000 on it, and ran great... what a great tow vehicle that thing was...
i've also owned a few corollas that are still being driven into the ground...
my first new car was my xterra that i bought in late 2000 (V6, 4WD, 5speed, wicked sound system)... and what a great car... all i did was change the oil... and i really punished it... it hauled everything, everywhere (including the new baby home)... i wasn't going to trade it in, but they offered me so much for it i couldn't see keeping it... i try not to think about it...
here are a few photos through the life of 'traveler' (what we called it), and i think one of a photo of a photo of my old nova... i'll do my best to dig up some cherokee and commando photos, maybe eve a few luv ones.... (didn't have a digital camera back then)...
that first one is the last time we went to the coast together... sigh...
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squidmotion
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lol my X and there real lol
LazerBlueP5
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that actually looks very clean
Yeah it's an OEM wing (WW sold it as well, but cheaper from dealer), and wings west 4-piece urethane kit. Lowered 1.8" w/ Intrax coils, 17" Enkei "Shoguns", and an HKS dragger exhaust (muffler only).
All show no go.
I wish I had pics of my PREVIOUS Tiburon that was PURE rice. It had vinyl ALLLL over it, I'm talking extreme!
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