Anyone racing the 3s

[EPGt6pilot]

Hi all,
I have several questions for you Mazda junkies out there.

1. Is anyone racing the Mazda 3s in SCCA road racing yet?

2. Is Mazda thinking of doing something like Dodge did with the Neon as far as contingency money?

3. Can you get a stripped down 3s with out any power options?

4. Have any of you noticed that the 2.3 engine does not seem to have rev limiter? It likes to pull well past the red. (Not that I have done this alot. Just happened a couple of times when I was playing around.)

5. What is up with the rear brakes bias. It seems my car dirties up the rear wheels with brake dust very quickly. I have driven the car in autocrosses and on the track for drivers school and it seems the car has alot of rear brake bias.

I have 2004 3s black, with roof, CD, black and red seats, Auto ;o( (for wife) 16" wheels and no tinted windows yet.
I really really like the car. It has race car potential written all over it.
I want to buy another stripped down version with the 3s suspension and engine but the 3i base interior and no AC.
Think Mazda would order one special for me?

 

[Da 6]

Hi all,
I have several questions for you Mazda junkies out there.

1. Is anyone racing the Mazda 3s in SCCA road racing yet?

2. Is Mazda thinking of doing something like Dodge did with the Neon as far as contingency money?

3. Can you get a stripped down 3s with out any power options?

4. Have any of you noticed that the 2.3 engine does not seem to have rev limiter? It likes to pull well past the red. (Not that I have done this alot. Just happened a couple of times when I was playing around.)

5. What is up with the rear brakes bias. It seems my car dirties up the rear wheels with brake dust very quickly. I have driven the car in autocrosses and on the track for drivers school and it seems the car has alot of rear brake bias.

I have 2004 3s black, with roof, CD, black and red seats, Auto ;o( (for wife) 16" wheels and no tinted windows yet.
I really really like the car. It has race car potential written all over it.
I want to buy another stripped down version with the 3s suspension and engine but the 3i base interior and no AC.
Think Mazda would order one special for me?

I beleve people are autoxing them....not shure about money...acr(American Club Racer) model was designed directly for that to boost sales of the unpopular neon and was later replaced with srt-4 claimed directy by chrysler as "Not A Neon". not shure about that cause you can only order sertain things with certain trims...like the gauges and other things like that unless you find a 3i that wants your trade...rev limiter is i wanna say 8000 in neutral(don't go that far when stunting!) and 7200 under load(dyno shows powerband falls off once you get past 6500) brake bias is reverse for the 6...the rear wheels will never break free in hi speed cornering....just the tires loosing grip themsels in general. you guys have rear rake dust we have front brake dust and it sucks if you have painted calipers cause they are 3-4 shaded darker that the other after 20 miles. I'm not shure if they have no a/c option...but you could always remove the pully for it and p/s if you are into those type of mods...(just get smaller belt tho) I guess if you were friends with someone up there you could order it....

 

[yellowmazda3]

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Hi all,
I have several questions for you Mazda junkies out there.

1. Is anyone racing the Mazda 3s in SCCA road racing yet?

2. Is Mazda thinking of doing something like Dodge did with the Neon as far as contingency money?

3. Can you get a stripped down 3s with out any power options?

4. Have any of you noticed that the 2.3 engine does not seem to have rev limiter? It likes to pull well past the red. (Not that I have done this alot. Just happened a couple of times when I was playing around.)

5. What is up with the rear brakes bias. It seems my car dirties up the rear wheels with brake dust very quickly. I have driven the car in autocrosses and on the track for drivers school and it seems the car has alot of rear brake bias.

I have 2004 3s black, with roof, CD, black and red seats, Auto ;o( (for wife) 16" wheels and no tinted windows yet.
I really really like the car. It has race car potential written all over it.
I want to buy another stripped down version with the 3s suspension and engine but the 3i base interior and no AC.
Think Mazda would order one special for me?

 

[MarkSpecV/M3S]

mazda 3 racing'

We autocrossed in GS and did great w/ it stock. Many Nissan 240sx's gave us a run. I took 2nd in it

Handled great, just miss lowend power like my Spec V has..it was fun and my woman took fastest time for female driver her 1st time out !!! Surprised me!!

 

[cortez]

Jim Daniels is racing a 3s sedan in SSC out of Memphis. He won a National a week or so ago, running something like a second faster than the competition.

 

[cortez]

Jim Daniels drove his 2004 Mazda 3s sedan to beat the SSC competition at the June Sprints at Road America earning a new lap record for the class.