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Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:32 pm
by XCNuse
Since this is more of a general forum I'll just post pictures of the life my car has gone through the past two and a half years I've had her :)

I haven't made an account here until today, had preordered before, came across this game from Live For Speed forums, if you know of LFS you surely know me as being one of the moderators and have surely seen this car before too lol

anyways, this is my NA 2006 Mazda 3

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video of how she sounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvLYk93 ... ature=plcp

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:34 pm
by SX2BU
love it, that looks awesome mate!

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:32 pm
by BiotecVirus
Looks fantastic! I bet it drives that way as well ;)

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:26 am
by Orbitstrider
Love your interior. I want to rip mine out and give it that racecar feel lol. I have also always loved mazda 3's. great great cars.

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:10 pm
by devgchr
Deeeeeeaaaaaaddddddmmmmaaaaaauuuuuuu555555. :P

Looking at the exterior I could have never guessed what was going on inside. Sweet setup though. I've got a 2011 Mazda 3 myself, unfortunately an automatic but I couldn't resist the price on it. Their fun little cars.

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:07 am
by XCNuse
haha, it's actually more empty now!
All I have left is one door panel and my dash.

Finally got around to ordering a passenger seat yesterday, and waiting on my Momo Jet to arrive from Italy :)

money money money... trying to spend less for a while and save up, and start working on the engine a bit more seriously.

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:41 pm
by devgchr
Awesome. What are your plans for power? You should keep it N/A. ;)

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:30 am
by XCNuse
Yes, plan is to keep it NA, everyone wants me to boost it but.. I'm an NA person.
as far as range.. however much I can afford one day, but that's so far down the road I have no clue.

I have been looking at crate engines though ;)

quite expensive, but I can be putting down mid to high 200s for $10k which.. yeah, it's a lot, that's why I'm not sure if it will happen or not. I can't do anything now as I need to start saving period lol, and whenever this car is no longer my daily driver I will be able to start working on it, so whenever that happens!

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:18 am
by oxygen
I suggest you do the "basics". Chip tuning, camshafts and exhaust manifold. :P sounds a lot better. with better camshaft bearing and followers you are able to get the rev limit upper. I believe the conrods and crankshaft can take the increased revs. Not fully familiar with mazda engines but.. :)

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:37 am
by XCNuse
I have a header, still on stock intake manifold, but besides that technically fully bolted.
at bottom of the OP is a youtube link to hear how she sounds now.

What's odd, is a fellow mazda 3 owner on the forum I'm part of has a sedan version who IS fully bolted, like there is nothing left for him to to do externally, .. virtually same horsepower, but his peak power is around 6k RPM, mine peaks out at 7, but we both have about the same power. Only differences is he has an intake manifold and underdrive pulleys. He does have a different header though, he has a 4-2-1 I have a 4-1.

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:41 am
by Killrob
That's some very good (professional) photos I must say! :) and a nice car too... even though that is not that important to me :D

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:58 pm
by oxygen
Or why not changing the MPS engine in it? ;) 2.3 Turbo 250hp should go like hell!

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:35 pm
by LESHADOWXD
Nice ride.. Fatlace ftw

Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:19 am
by XCNuse
Haven't updated this in a while but... my lightweight race wheels and tires for whenever I start doing so!

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Re: Nuse's Mazda 3

PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:33 pm
by Daffyflyer
Love the blue wheels on it, looks excellent!