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Almost fast enough
I was heading to a party last night after doing a photo shoot with my local Mazda club, and being a bit late after picking up a friend, I was driving a wee bit quick. Getting off from one highway and on to another, I saw something up ahead moving equally quick, so I decided to catch up. From a bit of a ways back, I could already tell it was a BMW, I could tell from the exhaust it was definitely an M. As I rolled up on it, I got the confirmation via the badge, the exhaust, and that always interesting rear end that confirmed it to be an M Coupe of the Z3 vintage. I could tell he had an exhaust for sure, most likely that was it.
I roll up next to him going about 70, looked over, and gave him a friendly little nod. My lady friend gave him the thumbs up, and I hear him down shift. I drop from sixth to fourth, and no sooner do I let the clutch out he jumps on it. I nail it just as he puts about a nose on me, and stop his pull pretty fast. Wind out fourth, slam into fifth at about 85, hold it there, and we are still running doors. 95 clicks by, I have a bit of a nose on him, and it stays that way up through 110. Shut down at a little bit over 115 with my nose just up on him a little bit, I would say his rear view mirror was at my rear door handle. Followed him a bit more on the highway, and we both take the same exit, line up at the light. I give it a few revs, he does the same. Light goes green, I slip out the clutch from 2500ish... and hop, spin, and bog out. Traction control+FWD=epic fail. The light up ahead is only about fifty yards though, and by the time I get rolling, I'm pulling him in before we have to stop. Thumbs up and waves all around, he turns of. That was pretty much it for this weekend, we didn't do any pulls or anything at our mini meet. Should have a few good ones next weekend, though, supposed to be a big RX7club meet.
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Re: Almost fast enough
You go into 5th at 85? Jee Zus. Nice kill tho, I always thought that Z3 M was quicker then that, but I guess not. What engine does it use, E36 M3?
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Re: Almost fast enough
nice to know the bmw community hasn't shunned you for buying a mazda
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Re: Almost fast enough
oh i remember the good ol' days of dumping the clutch... seems like so, so long ago:P then you realize you have to buy a new one.... 350 bux... and you dont have 350 bux.... then the car sits for a few weeks.... you order the parts... they st in the garage for a few months.... you fix the car... you break the new clutch in in 5 minutes trying to figure out how you ever did this.... nah im just messin around... im in studyhall bored as hell with nothin to do.... wow this was pointless ;p
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Re: Almost fast enough
He has a Mazdaspeed 3...he will chime in with his mods im sure
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Most people don't know about the Speed3, and thats why I love. Someone rolls up on me thinking I have some riced out 3 with 18s and a loud exhaust and they got an easy deal coming. Its a Mazdaspeed3, with a CP-e intake and Corksport catback exhaust. The intake really is the big first mod for this car, many people dynoing near 20 wheel horsepower more. The catback isn't a big deal, but I am working on the turbo back. I am picking up an HKS SSQV here in about an hour. Tomorrow morning I'm heading to a local exhaust place to see if they will be willing to get those pesky emission control things out of the exhaust flow's way. Stock boost is 15 pounds, but with our shoddy ass stock BPV I'm spiking to 16 pounds and holding 13. AFRs, however, are wonderfully rich. Wide open throttle, I start at about a low 11, and by the time I'mr reaching out into the rev range, I'm in the low 9s...I need to lean this bitch out.
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luckily i'm so very sneaky. you have to keep up with me to know what i have. which right now is practically nothing.
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yea... those speed3 kick major ass.... there was one of those at our local meetin spot last year... and if i do recall correctly, it shoved a boot in a 5.0 mustang's ass....
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nice kill
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