Should I fear the Zoom Zoom Boom?
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Sacrilicious
boom boom!
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- Cosmic Blue MS3 of hawtness!
kingpin748
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I gotta fever and the only cure is more cowbell.
Another one.
Silver Ecstasy
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- 11 MS3 Sport
Another one what?
Silver Ecstasy
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Well ultimately, you have to remember why some of these cars were built:
SRT-4's and the Ecotec 2.4l 4cyl in Cobalt's are actually pretty tough engines. I've seen them hold upwards of 400hp until problems start.
Just because our car came stock with a turbo, doesn't mean it's meant to be bullet-proof up to the same extent. Even the turbo itself was designed in the most conservative and cost-effective fashion.
And Mazda's never been a straight up HP company anyhow, their main kick is motorsports and handling. And this car handles amazingly, brakes are awesome, and it has just enough power to punch you out of corners.
Once you appreciate the car for what it is, it makes a huge difference. It's NOT a straightline car, it's not a 1/4 mile car. You don't see me drag-racing a damn person from a dead stop. From a roll? Maybe another story lol..
Silver Ecstasy
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I still don't understand your broken english.
Your car blew up as well? Or you're being sarcastic at the low amount of actual engine failures?
Sacrilicious
boom boom!
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- Cosmic Blue MS3 of hawtness!
i think he's frustrated at the number of people panicking over "all the blown ms3 engines" when, in fact, there have not been that many unexpected engine deaths. this doesn't include the no-brainers (untuned big turbo cars).
Silver Ecstasy
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Makes sense. Thanks!
Yeah I remember reading about how Evo's and WRX's, you have to tune everytime you mod. Our cars should be no different really. Although I don't know what you'd tune, other than make the ECU recognize the new gains.
Yeah I remember reading about how Evo's and WRX's, you have to tune everytime you mod. Our cars should be no different really. Although I don't know what you'd tune, other than make the ECU recognize the new gains.
Sacrilicious
boom boom!
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- Cosmic Blue MS3 of hawtness!
our ECUs are actually pretty darn adaptive. people who are fully bolted on (intake, exhaust, mani, ic, fp, etc.) are still running the stock ECU, which is pretty damn impressive.
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Swampthing, don't you mean shifting from 6th to 2nd? Or am I the only one who read that thread yesterday. How in the hell do you go from 6th to 2nd? That's right, it is the kids first stick shift and he only had it 2 weeks.
Sacrilicious
boom boom!
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- Cosmic Blue MS3 of hawtness!
they must have a funny concept of what's "down"...
FMOS Racing
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I've pulled from 2nd to 1st a few times powershifting. Not sure how 6th to 2nd would work.
I see a lot of panicking over some strange things. I guess for me it's just matter of breaking it, fixing it, going faster.
I see a lot of panicking over some strange things. I guess for me it's just matter of breaking it, fixing it, going faster.
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no way hes running 30 lbs. if he told u that he's full of it 30lbs=by by engine
probably NOT an ms3, could be a completely different car, something build very well internally.
