well i know everybody hates these posts, but i have this fool that thinks he can beat my stang (5speed) in his mazda 3(5 speed). his car is completely stock and the only performance mods i have on my car is a true dual exhaust and if you consider a short throw shifter a performance mod. im pretty sure i can beat him but if he happened to beat me i would hate to have to say i lost to his car. any ideas what the outcome can be figured id ask here being i dont really know too much about them

What ever happened to racing to find out who will win? You guys have to ask first if you can win then if everyone says you should then you grow some balls and race? Just race the guy and find out but do it at a track so you don't kill anyone else and remember, it's no big deal if you lose.

nah i know but this kid has a big mouth and i would hate to have to hear him tell everyone that he beat my "mustang" if u know what i mean

It will be a close race. Either way your car will still look and sound better than his.

i beat a 5 speed mazda 3 down in texas about 7 months ago... i walked him the whole way up to 115...then he kept going and caught me
there was about a cars length gap between my back bumper and his front, and i only had CAI at the time with crappy tires, you should be alright

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It will be a close race. Either way your car will still look and sound better than his.






There ya go, your cars a lot nicer than his.

lol well thanks for the responses guys, and if anyone else has more opinions add them

one last time before this goes down anybody else?

walk him then tell him your pony was running and his mazda was zoom zooming like a micro machine

thats actually a good one lol im guna have to remember that

close race, you just better hope he misses some shifts and you dont [&:]. or do things the old fasion way pop his tires or fill his exhaust pipe up with that foam crap

i thought they were just 4 cyl. the mazda 6 i would avoid but u should be able to handle a mazda 3........tell us how it goes

If its the turboed version you would get owned, but if its not than your ok.

I looked it up and a Mazda 3 is supposed to be good for a low 16, so if you can drive, I'd say you can take him.

My wife drives a Mazda 3s and while it is a nice car and pretty zippy for a 4 banger its still a 4 banger. I'm guessing you're a V6, if so the 3swill be close the 3i not so much. If its the Mazdaspeed 3 you are dead meat.

better hope it isnt a mazdaspeed3 they have 260 hp and 280 ft/lbs of torque. if it is just a regular mazda 3 it will be a relatively close race. just go race him and if you lose you lose who cares.

so you have a V6 stang? Whoever is the better driver will win this race

If its a MazdaSpeed3 you might as well pack up and go home bc those things are rockets

I just beat a Mazdaspeed 3 from a 30ish roll in my IS300. Check out the thread I just bumped for the story. They're definitely quick, but supposedly their throttle is limited in 1st and 2nd gear so they are at an extreme disadvantage from a slow roll.

well its not a speed3 just a regualr old 3, and iam only a sixxer so we'll see what happens ill be sure to bring the story back here

Just to be the oddman out, I'll say the Mazda has you on this one, sence you are so nervous about racing him. Take a chill pill (ya, i just said chill pill) and race him.

dont worry about it i beat my friends mazda 3 in my old saturn sc2 [:'(]. It was only by like half a car at around 110 but my saturn also only had like 130 hp lol

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nah i know but this kid has a big mouth and i would hate to have to hear him tell everyone that he beat my "mustang" if u know what i mean


if you're that worried don't race him, i think it would be even worse if his could really beat your's and when he challenged you, you'd puss out because he would probably beat you. don't even race if you're scared that he will go around saying he beat you, man up.

Is it the Mazda 3 with the 2.3, or the 2.0? The 2.3 will more than likely beat you if he can drive, they can run 15.3-15.5 stock, I've seen it done, but if its the 2.0, than you should get the win.

your going to win, so dont worry about it, calm down and make good shifts.[sm=trust_me.gif]