Can you program a MS6 to send more than 50% of the power to the rear wheels?
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 Sport
Anything can be done. I know you're looking for a specific answer, but due to the limited quantity of these cars out there you may have to be a pioneer. I will say that if you're looking to put more than 50% to it, you can pretty much take to the bank the fact that you're going to have to significantly beef up the rear differential and axles.
Not only will they be dealing with more power, the front differential won't be helping to move the car as much as it was so you will have additional stresses due to that.
Not only will they be dealing with more power, the front differential won't be helping to move the car as much as it was so you will have additional stresses due to that.
Super Shredder
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- 2007 Black MS6GT
the whole handling prowess of the mazdaspeed 6 is based on its front wheel drive biased AWD system. 50/50 is a really good figure for our specific car. i would like to see one fully bolted spec ms6 before i see things like a drifting mazdaspeed6. this coming from a former 240sx drifter.
Yeah I was just curious because I love the characteristics of rear-wheel drive and I had the hardest time deciding between a MS6 and a Mustang. In the end, I couldn't pass up all the Speed 6 had to offer when the only thing I liked about the Mustang was that it was rear-wheel drive.
I ended up deciding on a 2007 black MS6 with only 5k miles on it. I will be picking it up in 2 days. It seems like a great car from the two test drives I had.
I ended up deciding on a 2007 black MS6 with only 5k miles on it. I will be picking it up in 2 days. It seems like a great car from the two test drives I had.
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welcome aboard sir.. as stated before u may be a pioneer on this, but itll be worth it, because when we all see u drifting with ur speed 6 were going to want to..well atleast i will haha
You can drift a Speed6 though. My brother didn't believe it could be done, so I had to show him. You end up going straight down the road where you wanna go, but the ass end is stepped out a foot or so.
Yeah it doesn't drift like my AE86, but it can still be done w/o more rear bias.
Super Shredder
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- 2007 Black MS6GT
any drifting a mazdaspeed6 can do, is powersliding. its extremely difficult to link up a set one after the other because #1 heel and toe is too spaced in this car. #2 The e-brake turns off the rear axle so powering over is out, if you use it, recovery even without DSC is not the same (easy as pie) as a WRX or S4. What the speed can do very well however are car stunts, it's extremely precise vehicle capable of trick parking, 180s, 360s, figure 8s, and SNOW driving! so many suspension and even steering changes would have to be made so that the speed could drift properly. otherwise its just dropping a gear, quick left-right, step on the gas = power slide.
wow with only 5k miles. thats sick. how much did u get it for?
speed5hornet
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- Mazda, Protege5
just throw some old bald tires on the back, and new grippy ones on the front (shady)
fastdreams
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- 2008 MS3
It is a haldex unit. The haldex used in other cars (VW / Audi TT) can be upgraded for more dynamic performance, to include sending more power to the rear.
Here's an example of that:
http://www.hpamotorsports.com/haldex.htm
With that knowledge, the answer is yes the MS6 haldex can be upgraded. Someone just has to make the effort to figure it out.
Here's an example of that:
http://www.hpamotorsports.com/haldex.htm
With that knowledge, the answer is yes the MS6 haldex can be upgraded. Someone just has to make the effort to figure it out.
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- 2011 Mustang GT
If it were only that easy. Anything more than 3/32" difference in tread depth can be picked up by the AWD 'brain' and will result in your 4WD light coming on. It's not healthy for the system in general to run different tread depth tires on this car.
I'd really like to see something like this for our car, but not for $1100. I've heard rumors that you could put a constant 12VDC to the signal going to the diff. which would result in the EM clutch staying engaged at all times, but I don't know of anyone who's tried this out.
I got it for $20000. I'm not sure if that was a great price or not but they gave me an incredible offer for my trade-in.
I'm so glad I went with the Speed 6. After driving it for a couple days, I haven't noticed any of the torque steer and not too many front wheel drive characteristics that I had to deal with back when I had an 03 Acura TL type S. I guess the all-wheel drive kicks in a lot which is awesome.
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 Sport
I'm not hard on my car. I actually baby it about 80% of the time. Every now and then I will really get after it and not once, even in rain, have I ever felt this car torque steer. There was once where I spun all four wheels through first gear... that was interesting. But outside of that, torque steer is for the Speed 3 guys. (burnout)
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- 2011 Mustang GT
I think I'm going to send an e-mail to HPA regarding thieir product for the MS6. We might get lucky and have yet another product added to the list if this all works out.
Yeah I guess I was just nervous when I saw that it is a 100:0 split in normal driving. The car drives great. I can't really tell at all that it is front-wheel drive bias. I just remember with the acura that I had that sent 260 hp through the front wheels, the torque steer was crazy. But it seems nonexistant in this car.
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 Sport
I chalk that up to a superior all-wheel drive management system. It's completely non-intrusive. I love it.
