my mazda 3 on nos!!!!
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Yes but those turbo kit's don't apply to US spec Mazda6's or Mazda3's, which have different compression ratio's then their oversea's counterparts, as well as different emissions regulations, which requires that the kits be refitted and designed for the US spec cars.
4u2nv BlUe M3
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A word of caution
Morris you and i are very similar we both felt that this car need more of a pick me up ..so i too went the way of nitrous ..but my story doesnt have a happy ending ...
See before i had my Mazda 3 i had an eclipse on nitrous it was great i loved the power. my car had nitrous for 6 months then i took it off and sold the car now...i did atleast 3 months of research on the 3 after i got it ..and waited for the AEM Cai to come out so i could be the first to install the kit..well i took my 50 shot wet NX kit and installed it as soon as the intake was made...and let me tell you she was a monster..i could still see the face of the driver behind the Blue RX-8 after he saw my lil blue mazda 3 walking away from him..it was running great i was putting the car on the map down here in miami ... but then i got power hungry.. dont get me wrong i did the most i could to keep it safe with the limited avalibilty of after market fuel management for this car never in my right mind would i imagine that this would happen to me... so i went ahead and i got the 75 shot jet ...now i had one freaking fast lil 3 ..G35..SRT-4..S2000..lots of boosted cars..were all falling behind me and it ran great for a whole month ...intill i went to disney world and well everytime i was in 3rd gear it would make this very loud noise like maybe i burned one of the syncro so when i get back home the whole tranny just gives out ...now if you dont blieve me here are the link and you'll get more details i can even send you pictures if you want
When i got it:nitrous install
The Aftermath: the tranny
Now im not saying your gonna suffer the same fate but i would advise that you lower your shot or take the kit off till more after market parts are avaliable ...just my .02 cents
Morris you and i are very similar we both felt that this car need more of a pick me up ..so i too went the way of nitrous ..but my story doesnt have a happy ending ...
See before i had my Mazda 3 i had an eclipse on nitrous it was great i loved the power. my car had nitrous for 6 months then i took it off and sold the car now...i did atleast 3 months of research on the 3 after i got it ..and waited for the AEM Cai to come out so i could be the first to install the kit..well i took my 50 shot wet NX kit and installed it as soon as the intake was made...and let me tell you she was a monster..i could still see the face of the driver behind the Blue RX-8 after he saw my lil blue mazda 3 walking away from him..it was running great i was putting the car on the map down here in miami ... but then i got power hungry.. dont get me wrong i did the most i could to keep it safe with the limited avalibilty of after market fuel management for this car never in my right mind would i imagine that this would happen to me... so i went ahead and i got the 75 shot jet ...now i had one freaking fast lil 3 ..G35..SRT-4..S2000..lots of boosted cars..were all falling behind me and it ran great for a whole month ...intill i went to disney world and well everytime i was in 3rd gear it would make this very loud noise like maybe i burned one of the syncro so when i get back home the whole tranny just gives out ...now if you dont blieve me here are the link and you'll get more details i can even send you pictures if you want
When i got it:nitrous install
The Aftermath: the tranny
Now im not saying your gonna suffer the same fate but i would advise that you lower your shot or take the kit off till more after market parts are avaliable ...just my .02 cents
4u2nv BlUe M3 said:
I just see you mishap as unfortunate. And also see this post as just a friendly warning for something that might happen.
As I am surely not one to jump to conclusions and say the Mazda3 has a weak tranny. Beside you DID NOT do every thing possible to run a safe shot of nitrous....no dyno time!
I think I will wait till atleast acouple more start falling before crying wolf.
I'm no longer on nos...removed the kit this weekend... it was fun while it lasted but the truth is I don't think I'm completely happy with this car...i'm too speed hungry for it....there are too many like priced cars that are much faster... the mazda three is a beautiful car it just not meant for performance....I'm going for the srt-4 leaving this one to my mother
Mazda3ofKent
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morris said:
is it me or do most Mazdas dont like da N2O
What do you expect, Most motors can't take more than a 50shot w/o major problems. You need to make sure that the fuel system is capable of handling the extra power, add a unexperienced tuner spraying all the time or doing stupid s*** and you're bound to break something. As far as the mazda 3 is concerned, it has boatloads of potential, just needs time and tuning to get it done. One thing I Will say is that it won't be the Fastest car you can get for the money, but it certainly is the best car OVERALL you can get for the money. I mean think about it... what car can you get that Looks sexy as hell, handles curves like all it's mazda predecessors, and has some Zoom-Zoom to it?
4u2nv BlUe M3
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As I am surely not one to jump to conclusions and say the Mazda3 has a weak tranny. Beside you DID NOT do every thing possible to run a safe shot of nitrous....no dyno time!
Now AZmz3 lets be honest what would you! have done to make it safer to run nitrous ..cuz unless you got some big bucks in your pocket i dont see you building up the tranny just to runn a 75 shot and if you do shyt now you got a tranny that can hold lets say 400hp ...what about your motor...looks like it gonna cost more... i kinda under estimated and that being that it was a fresh motor',shyt fresh evrything tthat i would have no problem ...i mean damn lil freaking civics have 100 shots and they use it all the time and dont break a damn thing ... i hope that doesnt mean honda is better then mazda cuz ill freaking flip... the bottom line EVERYONE here is in a hurry to go faster shyt at least make it more fun to drive and if you say no then why would you post in the engine performance section of this forum..there is vurtually nothing out for the car yet (intake and springs)... (eek2) for the exhuast i think somebody(VRS) has one out but is expensive as hell..but what can we do but save and wait hopefully there will be some means MZ3 out there doing major damage someday hopefully not to far
P.S. AZMZ3 i dont mean this post to come at you the wrong way just my .02 cents
Now AZmz3 lets be honest what would you! have done to make it safer to run nitrous ..cuz unless you got some big bucks in your pocket i dont see you building up the tranny just to runn a 75 shot and if you do shyt now you got a tranny that can hold lets say 400hp ...what about your motor...looks like it gonna cost more... i kinda under estimated and that being that it was a fresh motor',shyt fresh evrything tthat i would have no problem ...i mean damn lil freaking civics have 100 shots and they use it all the time and dont break a damn thing ... i hope that doesnt mean honda is better then mazda cuz ill freaking flip... the bottom line EVERYONE here is in a hurry to go faster shyt at least make it more fun to drive and if you say no then why would you post in the engine performance section of this forum..there is vurtually nothing out for the car yet (intake and springs)... (eek2) for the exhuast i think somebody(VRS) has one out but is expensive as hell..but what can we do but save and wait hopefully there will be some means MZ3 out there doing major damage someday hopefully not to far
P.S. AZMZ3 i dont mean this post to come at you the wrong way just my .02 cents
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If you want a fast, streetable car, then your best bet is to look for something used and RWD. I say used because a lot of new RWD cars are $$. Not that FWD isn't good, but once you start getting high hp numbers for a FWD car they suck to drive on the street and finding traction will become another problem altogether.
A wise man once told me While he was tunning his eclipse gsr "when using nitrous as your forced induction step 1 know your vehicles strong points and weak points. Make the strong points stronger if possile and make the weak points even stronger before you start spraying. Start off small, very small, then increase the power little by little untill you find the right ballance where your car is eating it like candy. He also said the moment you dont know the weak points or strong points and just throw a kit on and start getting power hungry you are bound to F*#K up something. With the car being so new its kinda hard to properly tune the vehicle for nos. On the opposite end if there werent for the power hungry speedsters the patient tunners wouldnt know What not to do. Thanks for the post. Im sure alot have learned something from this post. I have to say Though I hope you get a black or blue SRT4 cuz the Yellow one looks like a downsyndrome Peekachew...i dont care how fast it is its still 10 kinds of ugly. (rockon)
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you not whats sad though lets say that the nitrous was truely behind this ...just imagine how hard it is going to be when we all start boosting will the car hold its self together .... im about 100% positive that i was over 200whp on the juice damn gets you thinking huh?
Dexter said:
oh please forgive me oh great one for not checking in with you as to which is the correct termonology to use! <== Dripping with extream amounts of sarcasam incase it wasn't noticed. Lighten up you know what I was talking about as well as tons of other people....LOL I thought this was a forum not an english class.
Kimo5d3s said:
Got a kick out of this post... too funny! down syndrome peekachew... LOL. Good one Kimo
I agree with the go fast deal. Our MZ3 afterall is set up initially as an economy class leader. I believe it's doing just that... its also getting Mazda big bucks! Being an economy class leader, I am sure there are areas in our current drivetrain that are not quite set up to handle the torque and stress mega shots of Nitrous would subject it to. The SRT on the other hand was designed by the folks at Chrysler to be a sport compact leader - hell, it's the second quickest vehicle they put out - only the Viper is quicker. I've seen sites which have proven parts and machinings to Stage 3 the SRT - well over 350 whp - scary thought. The thing is this... when is enough enough and what car do you want to be in with all that power. There is currently some folks that are turning a MZ3-5 into one hell-of-a barnstormer albeit after stripping the hell out of it and putting in ultimately about 90K!!! Jeez... let me think.... bought mine for 17K, take the 3K to put in intake, exhaust, underdrive, wheels and rubber..... take the leftover 70K and put it as a down payment on 3-4 income property rentals.... LOL. Wanna spend 31K and know that you have one wicked, screaming terror on the road??? Buy the Subaru STi; spend 20K and then 6K for a stage three on a SRT neon and eat up that Subaru? - go for it. Otherwise, our 3s are pretty darn cute and a really carvin' grocery getter.
Thanks for the information on the Nitrous... I'm hoping the aftermarket folks get crackin' soon and give us some hope.
Dexter said:
hmmm well not to sound rude or disrespectfull at all but all I can say is SO WHAT! *LAUGHS* Any way lets get back to the guy that was gonna leave his mother with the ubber nice MZ3. And he was gonna go for a Peekachew car where the backseat windows dont roll all the way down... (scratch) Just like a Dodge there is always something unfinished. SHHH dont tell any one Kimo5d3s <==== previously owned 2002 Ram 1500 I should know....lol
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Mine did. I ran 50 shots all day long fri sat sunday! I used to toast cars left and right..Mazda3ofKent said:
I had cai, header exhuasts, no cats...but cost to much to keep fillin the bottle!
Sounds like the guy he blew the tranny...had been shooting while going into the gear. You have to let off between shifts!
Chas
