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Old 02-23-2008, 05:41 PM
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Mazda 3 = Ford Focus... Personally im against American Cars. My boy owns a 68 Mustang 289 and a 00 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Supercharged and there nothing but problems... But good luck and I hope all goes well with it. I looked up the specs on it.. Not to shabby. Get that bad boy to 300hp.
American cars can be nice and fast. Like the Corvette, Camaro, Mustang, Viper, etc.
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I will admit though that my favorite car is a C5 Vette. But thats the only American Car I like. The corvette is built like no other car. Its a monster. The 68/69 Camaro SS is nice as well but all mustangs are crap to me and the Viper is absolutely overrated. I cant hit all American cars but I personally believe that Japanese automakers build A more reliable car. Ford is falling off the map and theres reasons for that. But I dont want to destroy this guys thread. Like I said before bro ENJOY your new car and stay out of trouble.
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The GT500 is crap? The twin turbo Viper is crap? And the new Z06 Corvette is wicked tho. Every company makes at least one good car. Heck, the Buick Regal has a lot of HP. LOL. Good job on the MS3. Fix the intercooler, it's prone to heatsoak at the top.
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That is to bad... 263hp 280tq at the crank? How boring man! Better upgrade the crap out of it.
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Yea, I was thinking that. Prolly 245WHP and 260WTQ, but that is near where I am, so it aint too bad.
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Less. They usually dyno around 215 / 245 stock on a dynojet. Man you need to get the mods rolling mang!
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Wow, that is a huge loss. I wonder why that's such a big loss. Better get a flywheel first thing.
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FWD = no traction at elevated power levels, last thing you need is better responce in 1st and second *LOL*
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Ford owns Mazda so.....it is not Japanese good try.
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wow some of you guys make me laugh.the ms3's engine is not american,its a jap motor completly.the turbo four that ford uses for its non usdm focus is a duratec. every mag that has covered this car has said it is the best bang for buck in its class by far,handling and power wise,and most of those have dyno'd around 235-240whp.you might want to check out cobb tuning,as i know they are working on alot of parts for these.in fact i believe they have one putting close to 400 to the wheels with bolt ons.
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Originally Posted by chrisdiablo
Ford owns Mazda so.....it is not Japanese good try.
Man, you are such a loser. Do you even have a tC? Why are you dissing everyone?
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Well if you want to get technically Ford owns about 1/3 of Mazda, Mazda owns another 1/3, and some bank in Japan owns the other 1/3.

But anywho! Congrats on that amazing car! It's beautiful in white, definitely my color of choice.
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For you ChrisDiablo:


Seriously, idiot wannabes like you really ____ me off.
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that's smooth, i just don't like the hatchback deal.
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sorry my bad the newest version of the euro st focus uses the volvo turbo 5 cyl,witch in my opinion is crap.
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Thanks Neil!
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the tC is more american than the ms3. the only thing on the mazda that is american is the 2.0L in the lowest trim. regardless of who owns who...its all japanese engineering
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Go buy a tC (if you can even afford one) and then maybe your posts would have some worth.
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the motor is a mazda design with a FoMoCo stamp on various parts...
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