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I now have about 3k miles on my 3 and my opinion is still the same. The MS3 is the wild child in terms of power, handling, and feedback, though it can function very well as a family car. The MS6 is the solid, quiet, respectible sedan with a serious turbo twist and sporty handling. When I drove...

Absolutely out of their minds. But you never know. ^^^^^^ There's a great line in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: The Lorax said, "Sir! You are crazy with greed. There is no one on earth who would buy that fool Thneed!" But the very next minute I proved he was wrong. For, just at that minute, a chap...

Come on, just b/t us, what's the dealer cost?

Okay, who needs another hatch (first) vs. sedan (sleep) thread. Personally, I wouldn't have bought the MS3 if it wasn't a hatch. It was the concept MS6 hatch that got me into this whole Mazdaspeed thing in the first place. I wish they'd made the MS6 a hatch and then I would have have kept it...

Water-cooled. Can't source it for you without breaking the rules, but you can google "mazda 6 tech turbo water cooled" and get some very good info. Apparently OEM turboes are virtually all water-cooled these days. Manufacturers don't want to rely on people to idle their cars before shutdown to...

Please put up some pix when you get it installed. I'm gonna do this mod first, so I'm interested to see what people come up with. What type of gauge did you get and where you thinking of putting it? People on other "Mazda 3 forums" are already working on a work around for the 1st/2nd limit. It...

If you want to be extra safe, do it for the one time when you have JUST been stomping on it and immediately shut off the engine. Otherwise, http://forum.mazda6tech.com/viewtopic.php?t=5058; http://www.spdusa.com/turbo_timer.htm: The use of turbo timers to shut the engine off some preset time...

. What do you, think, CTG, first mod? Might get 20-25 with little or no fuss! If only it weren't for the little piece of paper known as a warranty.

You got your 600 miles. Per the manual you are ready to stomp on that sucker and have some fun! Under redline, of course.

Yeah, that was my first thought as an MS6 owner when they came out with the lame excuse for "powerloss" of it being our poor quality US fuel. Like they don't know the quality parameters of the US gasoline distribution system! IMO Ford/Mazda wanted to know the limits of the turbo DISI engine...

If the fanboys will pay a premium, why has everybody here said that they WON"T pay over MSRP. If they DO read the forums, that will be the dominant message. Yeah, they are raising the idiot flag to see if anybody salutes. Most of the time, I'm sure it just brings in the backwards cap boys asking...

Okay, sat in the car (CB Sport) today at the dealer and fired it up. Haven't paid for it yet and had the kids with me so no test drive, yet. Sounds good, rumbly just like in the vids, but by no means loud. Interior room is fine. Fit and finish is the same as the MS6. No one-touch up/down...

Come on, you've got the HKS BOV. How does the correction factor figure in? Does it need to be applied to the figures you got or do the figures already factor it in?

I'll be viewing mine on Monday! Just got the call today. Yeehaw! That's one for TX. Actually, they've had some as part of a Need for Speed contest on display at malls in TX and AZ. A couple of people have taken delivery in Long Beach and I think there's one at a dealer in Oregon. The first...

Yeah, me too. Here's a thought: can't they log what's happening with the ECU when dyno testing? If so, and it's retarding timing, we would know that there's a problem with the IC not cooling the charge enough.

I despise you! Thanks for posting!

Very cool. Big congrats. Don't forget to arret! The local gendarme will have you in their sights with that red badboy. Thanks for the pix.

So far lousy, but maybe now that things are running full speed, they make it here in a more reasonable time frame.

Yeah, that is outrageous for a slot car even it eventually becomes a collectors' item. But seriously, in what town are they asking this absurd sum for a souped up Mazda 3? Definitely raising the idiot flag just to see who salutes. They'll be more reasonable after a short period of lots of...

You have to drive the engine b/f you listen to mag reviewers. The power on my MS6 puts a smile on my face every time I get behind the wheel, as it does for most of the people who have driven it. A fair number of owners on that other forum have come off much more powerful cars such the STi and...