Picked up a new ride for the woman

**Stangman701** · 04-26-2012, 10:21 PM

Drove up to Franklin last night to pick this up. 07 Speed3 with some goodies. Pretty fun ride. Just spent the evening cleaning all the stickers off of it then giving it a quick bath. Took a few pics after. They didn't turn out great, but here's one in a local parking lot then back in the garage.

**Stroked03Cobra** · 04-26-2012, 10:23 PM

Iv wondered how those things run. Good looking ride!

**jaa55** · 04-26-2012, 10:33 PM

cool, i like it a lot

**Stangman701** · 04-26-2012, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Stroked03Cobra

Iv wondered how those things run. Good looking ride!

It's really strange. Not what I would have expected. The turbo is pretty small so it spools quickly and has tons of torque, but it's out of breath around 5500 or so. Not what you would expect out of a 4 cyl. I bet it would take some practice to get the best time out of this thing at the track

**mineralrob** · 04-26-2012, 11:01 PM

Nice..I saw u today on noblestown I think.(:

**95riosnake** · 04-26-2012, 11:02 PM

Looks much better than the hellaflush slammed ride height I saw pics of it at, glad you guys picked it up. Your house is officially 100% badass vehicles now.

**mineralrob** · 04-26-2012, 11:09 PM

When I saw it it had a bunch of stickers on it tho. I like the wheels.

**Slow01GT** · 04-26-2012, 11:15 PM

Should have left the stickers on brah

**Stangman701** · 04-26-2012, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by mineralrob

Nice..I saw u today on noblestown I think.(:

Yep, that was me. Don't think I saw you though. Still had the ricer stickers on it then. It needs a MineralRob makeover! Shoot me a PM with a price to give this thing a good thorough cleaning inside and out.

Originally Posted by 95riosnake

Looks much better than the hellaflush slammed ride height I saw pics of it at, glad you guys picked it up. Your house is officially 100% badass vehicles now.

I was thinking about it on the way to pick it up. Once I get my cobra tuned on E85 the average flywheel horsepower of the 5 vehicles we own will be right around 500, lol

**Stangman701** · 04-26-2012, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Slow01GT

Should have left the stickers on brah

Here's a sampling of the stickers for you. Don't worry though... I saved them for you to put on the GTO

**speedracer** · 04-27-2012, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by Stangman701

It's really strange. Not what I would have expected. The turbo is pretty small so it spools quickly and has tons of torque, but it's out of breath around 5500 or so. Not what you would expect out of a 4 cyl. I bet it would take some practice to get the best time out of this thing at the track

Mazda hasn't changed over the years, sounds like the engine in my Probe

**Terminated** · 04-27-2012, 01:22 AM

Nice ride... Are those G35 wheels? They sure look like them.

**Steve-0** · 04-27-2012, 01:35 AM

Nice ride for sure, I really enjoyed driving Bens when he had it. What's all done to it?

**95V6** · 04-27-2012, 02:18 AM

hahaha "this sticker adds horsepower"

**Stangman701** · 04-27-2012, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Terminated

Nice ride... Are those G35 wheels? They sure look like them.

Yeah, they are. They look decent, but they're a little wide for this car. The guy had 215's stretched onto them. I don't think wider tires would fit on the car without rubbing so I'd like to trade them for a set of RX8 wheels or even stock speed3 wheels if I can find someone to trade with

Originally Posted by Steve-0

Nice ride for sure, I really enjoyed driving Bens when he had it. What's all done to it?

Yeah, I think I drove Ben's once or twice myself. Been too long ago to really compare the two though.

Here's the mod list the guy gave me:

Interior-prosport pro series boost gauge and vent pod, aem wideband a/f gauge, greddy turbotimer, twm short shifter, and bushing kit with cobb light weight shift knob. Exterior-yellow tinted foglights, ddm hid kit, led smoked taillights, 20 led license plate bulbs, 2011 mitsubishi lancer oem lip kit custom fitted to the mazdaspeed, jdm imported eyebrows, shaved moldings and badges. Suspension-H&R coilover suspension, dominant camber arms, staggered rays forged g35 rims 19x8f 215/35/19 tires new, 19x8.5r 215/35/19 tires new. Engine-Stage 3 Mazdaspeed power package: includes upgraded clutch, pg turbo, injectors, cai, and ecu tune, other mods injen airfilter with hydro shield, pg shift weight, ptp kicker mount, ingalls stiffy stabilizer, pg fmic, 3p bov adapter, turbonetics raptor bov, cobb turbo inlet, hks hipower 3" exhaust, hks 3" secondary cat delete, ptp pcv smoke eliminator kit, atp boost cut defender.