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i live 7 miles from a unversity and the street is a pretty much a straight line so i get a race or 2 every week. i figured id post one, let me know if its to slow of a race to post.

i was going back to campus around 10 at night (was going about 45-50) and i see a guy in a mazda 6 coming fast behind me, so i downshift in 3rd and floor it. he floors it too and i stay a little in front of him i shift in 4th and there is a high speed curve coming, i take the curve at about 95 without braking and i see that he brakes a little bite so i get 5-6 car lenght on him. we arrive at the light but we are behind 2 cars so wee cant race(he looks mad, he doesnt even look at me). 2 lights later we have a free road so he starts reving his engine. i get him a little on the start about 3/4 of a car, and he pulls at the end of 2nd, in the middle of 3rd gear we stop racing because there was a train track with a turn. he was about half a car in front of me.

i tought it was not to bad for a stock 02 lx. (i just got new tires so i had no spare tire in the trunk)
he had after market dual exhaust.

 
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good killin. our cars are better on the turns.

 
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i raced a 6 like a month ago i stayed dead even with her on the highway

 
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I kind of find this hard to believe if it was the v6 mazda 6 because they are 15 second cars.

 
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having driven an auto civic, and an auto 6 (4 cylinder), i'll say that both are slow turds, til the corners. then the 6 really impressed me far more than civic, it didn't feel as big and heavy.

4 and 6 cylinder mazda 6's look verrry similar. badges by the doors are the easiest way to spot (not the exhaust, same on both). i do note you never claimed it had 6 cylinders, which is good. nice kill, i find it 100% plausible, and you launched better, thus the edge early. then .6L took over...

 
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well hers was the 4 banger and yes i did keep up u can ask mspro cause she was following behind us when we raced

 
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i thought the 6 had either the V6 or the turboed 4 banger that they called mazda speed. i thought the 3 was the 2.3 ford motor.

 
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it could have been the 4 banger, but i dont know if they have dual exhaust.
these are the specs for the mazda 6 V6 on edmund:


220 hp
192 ft-lbs
3300 lbs
0-60 = 8 sec
1/4 = 16.15 @ 87
slalom = 63.1

i dont know how fast my car is, i never found #'s for the lx (8.6 ish...)
i thought it would be faster than that too.
his car was moving a lot when he was shifting (i dont know if that means anything)

 
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jeese those times SUCK. our times are around the same with almost half the horsepower.
ok and our cars weigh like around 600 pounds less. well ****. next time i see a V6 6, ill just have to give it a run.

 
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i just found this for the 2001 lx sedan on edmund:

0 - 60 (sec): 8.4
1/4 Mile (sec @ mph): 16.5@84.0
60 - 0 (ft): 145
Slalom (mph): 61.5
Turning Circle (ft), curb-to-curb: 34.1

kinda similar #'s

 
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yeah but if i have an EX then that 0-60 drops to like 8 seconds
EDIT: its not 8. its 7.9. and the lx is 8.4.

 
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they do

Base Number of Cylinders: 4 Base Engine Size: 2.3 liters
Base Engine Type: Inline 4 Horsepower: 160 hp
Max Horsepower: 6000 rpm Torque: 155 ft-lbs.
Max Torque: 4000 rpm Drive Type: FWD

 
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hold up!? the LX can run 16's stock!?

holy crap, so is it plausible to run mid 15's with say bolt ons and VAFC?

 
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16.35@85 for the 2001 ex on autoweek.com

i ran my lx at 17.6 at 3500 ft elevation which is suppose to = 16.9 at see level.
i had old tires and my car's weight was 2800 pounds with me in it.
so i guess it is possible to run in the 15's with V2 headers and exhaust. (VAFC??)

 
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if your a good driver and its not an auto then maybe.

 
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15's with just intake exhaust and headers?????? dude that's damn suprising to me. thats close the speed of a stock SI. assuming i can drive.

 
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it's impossible because vafc can only be used if u have vtec

 
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just cause it says VAFC don't mean you have to use the V part of it lol. there is the SAFC. thats the non vtec version. same thing but at higher rpm increments. i think the VAFC is like 50 rpm or 100rpm increments and the SAFC is 500rpm increments.
i also believe a stock RSX type S is 15 second car.

 
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Car and Driver
september 2005

rsx type S = 14.9@95 (although i never heard of a stock one going in the 14s)
wrx = 14.6@94
cobaltss = 14.6@99

when i say that -maybe- it is possible to run in the 15s h/i/e. i mean 15.9999999999999999999 (with the wind in your back)

 
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i know, i was just being a smart ***

 
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the type S can't run 14's stock. Maybe the 05's cause they have a higher redline and slightly more hp. so what is SAFC? would I get much power out of it?

 

It wasn't no v6 mazda it was a four and him beating you sounds about right but he should have gotten a little more on you.

 
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I dont get it; what is the major fascination with econoboxes? They're fine for goin from point a to point b, but damn.

 
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dude to you its an econobox. to everyone else its a freakin opportunity to make something out of it. to make it their own. thats what its about to me anyway. its just a fun hobby.

 
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BANNETIZATIONATED

 
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ha i didn't even realize he got banned

 
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yes, depends on the drivers if he's at 4 cyl mazda6, but still, mazda has more chance to win due to mazda has more powers and torgue, even it's little heavier. because i drive the mazda 6 at least twice a week, i can feel it has little more power than the LX. And. you can't keep up with mazda 6 if it's 6 banger, especially from a roll, or the top end. they are not at the same league.

 
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VAFC II and SAFC II are the same things and are adjusted at 100rpm increments. the VAFC/SAFC are adjusted in 500rpm

 
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lol nice run.