My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
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My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
I have a '89 Iroc with a 305 tpi. Only mods are gutted airbox, k&ns, taylor wires and a granatelli MAF. A kid that I know has a '06 Mazda 6. It has the inline 4 with a 5 speed. Car made 160hp new. He talks it up so much. And I read somewhere that its 0-60 in 10 seconds, but you can't trust the Internet. Anyone have any ideas on who would win?
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
I have a '89 Iroc with a 305 tpi. Only mods are gutted airbox, k&ns, taylor wires and a granatelli MAF. A kid that I know has a '06 Mazda 6. It has the inline 4 with a 5 speed. Car made 160hp new. He talks it up so much. And I read somewhere that its 0-60 in 10 seconds, but you can't trust the Internet. Anyone have any ideas on who would win?
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A mazda 6 with the 4 cyl? Probably not, but you could still lose. A well running TPI car should still beat a stock 6. Mainly due to the FWD launch, but you won't trap much faster if at all comparatively.
A V6 Mazda 6 would be a loss. And a MazdaSpeed 6? You lose, horribly. Speed 6's tend to run a high 13 second pass around 99-101mph.
A V6 Mazda 6 would be a loss. And a MazdaSpeed 6? You lose, horribly. Speed 6's tend to run a high 13 second pass around 99-101mph.
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
A friend of mine has a 99 integra ls and was behind him while he was at WOT and had to press the brakes to avoid hitting him. And I know I could get the Integra
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My buddy has a 99 GTP with a smaller pulley, exhaust, ignition and a CAI and I lose to him by about a car length and he is putting out 300ish hp
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I rented a Mazda 6 before with the autostick was a pretty sharp car felt a tad faster then my 87 305 iroc
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**** YOU CHEVROLET FOR GIVING US SUCH AN AWESOME CAR THAT WE NOW HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING TO ANYTHING WITH THE WORD MAZDA ON IT
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Its just a reason to mod the car then.
My Focus would give even a 350TPI a scare. Its making more power at the wheels than some year L98's made at the crank. And its lighter too.
I know that were my GTA still stock I could not abide by that and I'd promptly start modifying the GTA so it was faster than the Focus.
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
Haha touche. I'm a little too earlier in my career to be affording one of those, however. I can't be the only one who thinks "Damn my car looks awesome. And it sounds vicious. Too bad it's slower than a Taurus."
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
Just gotta remember that these cars WERE the **** 20 something years ago when they were new.
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
tpi started everything in the american "racing class" mazda is no were close to compare
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Mazda has made some really fun and fairly fast cars. They in the past and present push technology to bring innovation to the track. Yes they do make econo boxes for some people but that does not mean everything they produce is slow and handles poorly.
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
never driven one, i have an 04 mazda6 with the ford duratec 3.0 in it, stock hp is 220, it's a 5 speed, it's a quick car, it will out handle a stock iroc-z i have fun with bmw's in turns..
i'm betting money on the iroc depending on launch against a 4 cyl mazda. a v6 no way
i can't really compare my car to my 305 tpi becuase it isn't stock and makes over 400hp
i'm betting money on the iroc depending on launch against a 4 cyl mazda. a v6 no way
i can't really compare my car to my 305 tpi becuase it isn't stock and makes over 400hp
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My daily driver( 2009 Altima 2.5 4 banger) put 2 car lengths on a 86 LG4 camaro from 20 to 70 mph. Gotta live in fear when driving a 3rd gen around with its original engine......so many cars out there that are faster.
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Live in fear? Live in fear that you are driving too awesome of a car? The last gen 1 powered Camaro? A true muscle car, harkening back to the glory days of American Iron? Hahahaha I laugh in the face of fear when I ride my steed, fattened on rice and strengthened by the consumption of horse meat. Fear quakes at its rumble.
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Im gonna say if you have a good running TPI car you should pull him no matter what if you do a 20-30 roll. Get him down low where you have the low rpm advantage. 4 cylinder 2.3 powerband isnt until past 5k. Its a drivers race but remember you have the torque advantage and I think the Mazda 6 may be a bit heavier. I get to drive all trim levels of those cars, I personally wouldnt own one, I think theyre garbage. However, I wouldnt waste my gas on a V6 car unless you have gears and some other mods.
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Re: My Iroc vs Mazda 6?
Your friend isn't putting out 300hp with just a couple of minor bolt ons. He MIGHT be cracking 270 crank. If hes only beating you by a car, theres something wrong with his.
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Have your 89 Iroc go against anything Mazda in 89 and see. Lol Times have changed! More power in smaller power plants these days.
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Yeah, he was lying about his mods a bit. It has since been to a dyno I believe it was around 250whp
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My Focus Dynoed 228whp, and 259lb/ft then ran a 14.3 @ 98mph.
I later tuned said Focus and it dyno'd 231whp, and 299lb/ft, at the drag strip however it only went 14.7 @ 99mph wheel hopping so bad I had to pedal the throttle for fear of breaking something.
Aka the car is MUCH faster now, but I can't put the power down due to marshmallow mounts and lack of a true limited slip diff.
On paper it looks like the tune did NOTHING for power. But in reality I've got a ton more power EVERYWHERE from 2000rpm to 6000rpm.
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Years ago I messed up bad and raced a mid-late 90s RX7 twin turbo with an 87 Firebird Formula that had a few mods and ran high 14s. This RX7 gave me the worst beating i ever had! It was an absolute rocket
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