FNG here

[eizzle]

hi everybody! just wanted to say hi. I just bought my 6i saturday. I traded in my srt-4 on it, so far i am pretty pleased. Look forward to talking with you guys.

 

[Necessity]

Howdy howdy! What color and transmission? Future mods if any? Why the change from the fwd rocket?

Glad to have you here

 

[speed1016]

welcome!! what was the cause for trading? If you dont mind me asking

 

[colin949]

i must say good trade the six is a lot nicer, even though the srt-4 has the engine.

 

[NRRfrogmanP5]

wow first one to go from srt-4 - mazda...usually its the other way around

 

[crossbow]

I'm quite curious as well. Please do enlighten us with your reasons!

 

[genericuser]

welcome! glad to see another mazda owner has been won! good luck with your 6!

 

[Da 6]

I actualy miss my 2nd gen neon and me not getting a SRT is kinda how I ended up here? do tell

seing he just got out of a tuboed mtx I don't forsee this person making the ATX mistake like we did...

 

[eizzle]

ok, first and foremost, thanks for the warm welcomes. The srt is a great car, a blast to drive, but it has expensive taste. mobile 1 for the oil changes (once a month, i drive a LOT!) premium gas, and the viper buckets look sweet and do a really good job, but are not all that on long trips. So basicly i got a newer car (the srt was an '03) fo the same payments, but i get better gas mileage, and a lot more comfortable ride, plus the benifit of using convetional oil, and a good break on my insurance to. I am going to get married in about a year so i need every penny i can get. And my 6 is the blazing copper? i think thats it with the auto tranny, i didn't like the manuel, the shifter sat to far back

 

[crossbow]

Btw the oil in the 6 is semi-synthetic. Motorcraft 5w-20. Its relatively inexpensive, about 1.40-1.80/qt. Pretty much all 5w-20's that meet the ford spec are semi-syn...so at least your 90% more conventional then the srt4 .

 

[Da 6]

mobil 1 0W-20 is welcome in the 6 as well also 87 is your friend. Electric Blue 05 SRT guy at pumps was talking to me...dynoed 315 FWHP and outruns STi's. Tiptronic 6i is a big step down gotta give you props for going thru with that.

 

[eizzle]

mobil 1 0W-20 is welcome in the 6 as well also 87 is your friend. Electric Blue 05 SRT guy at pumps was talking to me...dynoed 315 FWHP and outruns STi's. Tiptronic 6i is a big step down gotta give you props for going thru with that.

yeah, there are a lot of big horsepower number srt's out there, i know of a few in the 500 range! That is a lot of power for those cars, stock i can burn out and not move without the assistance of the E-brake, the power can be over whelming if your not ready, but a very fun car none the less, just damn expensive.

 

[Da 6]

yes I shortly found out too sorta...reason I have my 6i

 

[eizzle]

hell, the 2.3 in these cars doesn't seem all that bad, its no monster, but i think i could take a neon

 

[Da 6]

1st Gen R/T or 2nd Gen R/T? I already saw electric blue SRT in action against a cobra...WOW!

 

[eizzle]

are you sure it was an '05? i ask cause the blue is supposed to be gone for '05 and they don't have any of the staged upgrades out for the '05's yet, and that H/P figure sure does sound like stage 3?