The Ultimate Debate!!!!!

[chkmgnt58]

the problem w/ the nitrous is a couple things... no matter how much you know about it, its always a big risk. and mazda doesnt have the best track record of building strong engines... and the shock of nitrous is second to nothing. you can do it safe, but then you're not talking about gaining alot of power. nitrous is most famous for its uses on engines that are generally considered bulletproof, aka 2jz, sr20, large, fully built chevy and ford v8s, and almost anything those bastards at honda make lol. i just dont see n20 as a viable option on a mazda engine, no matter how much you've built it

 

[mobomelter]

but realistically, if you're talking about serious power capability, turbo is the way to go. and using a boost controller and ems system, you can quickly change between your daily driving setup and a track setup with low/high boost. just my .02

tgv i think that is the exact quote you are looking for. you could tune your car to be able to handle the high boost (race), which in turn would make it handle low boost (street) even better. plenty of cars have been tuned so that they can be switched between high and low boost.

 

[Super Matty P]

the ford duratec motor found in the 3 and 6 is a great engine and judging by focus users. The duratec V6 I owned took a helluva pounding (and 100hp shot of n20) just fine.

The problem is that you're talking about adding boost to a somewhat high compression engine AND adding nitrous. How much strain will you put on your fuel system and pistons?? It almost sounds as if you've just heard some terms in a magazine and are trying to mimick what they've done. This is NOT the way to go about modding your daily driven street.

The last time I used a nitrous booster to spool my turbo I was running 11's in a 4cyl pinto. I had also spent $7K working out the bugs in the system and spent 4 years of my life tweaking it. It's not just as simple as throwing some parts on your car. Do some more homework, come up with a sensible plan, go from threre.

 

[chkmgnt58]

^^^^
listen to him, this kid knows his s***

 

[mobomelter]

it isn't the duratec in the 3. because if it was we could use focus parts.

 

[Mazda3Zoomer]

Manual. Rev up crazy. Release clutch. No Turbolag?

 

[anarchistchiken]

I don't know if its the duratech, but I know that the engine in the 3S is the exact same as the new 2.3L foci. I actually thought it was developed by Mazda and was the same one in the 6i, but I could be wrong.

 

[mobomelter]

Manual. Rev up crazy. Release clutch. No Turbolag?

nice.

the engine is not the same as the focus. it runs different compression and the parts are not the same. it simply is the same size as the focus.

 

[Super Matty P]

according to "Focus" magazine they reviewed the 3S and the Focus ST or whatever it's called and said that the mazda was faster even with the same engine....I'll se if I can still get that article off the stand....the point is this though....corn is good isn't it?

 

[mobomelter]

corn is good wtf?

 

[tgv121281]

This is gret info, would be great to see that article..

BTW, corn???

 

[Super Matty P]

yeah, I use the "corn is good" line when I lose my train of thought. I couldn't find the article. It was like a month or 2 ago.