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Nutari
01-20-2008, 04:17 PM
Ford Focus zx3 article.

They install a nitrous kit and get cocky...

"..we realized that, in just a few hours, the foci went from mildly quick to being a straight sleeper. Think we're kidding? Just ask the guy in the Mazda Speed 3 who couldn't pull our little foci; sometimes , a facial expression is worth a thousand words"

the only way a speed 3 couldnt pull on a focus with nitrous is if the speed 3 was behind a semi truck doing 40mph.

im going to write in and set them straight..

"With just the intake and exhaust we gained roughly 5hp and a healthy 17lb-ft for a total of 89.5hp and 114.8lb-ft. While that isn't bad, had we used the correct plugs, both figures would have been higher. Next came the nitrous pull..... we hit the juice and spun the axles to the tune of 117.2 hp and an impressive 175.2ft-lbs. "


seriously..

stock speed 3's dyno at the minimum 220whp and 250tq.

Please address your complaints to

inbox@projectcarmag.com

CitizenPro
01-20-2008, 05:38 PM
Just another reason why i dont purchase that mag.

Nutari
01-20-2008, 06:01 PM
Just another reason why i dont purchase that mag.

I bought it last month because they build up a pretty sweet looking 1st gen miata with a hardtop.

this months issue, they added a turbo kit to the maita. The idiots bought some $800 turbo kit and nothing fit.

ForceFed
01-20-2008, 06:06 PM
I beleive it..and sorry..your second set of numbers are backwards.....Look at your original Dyno numbers...I doub they hit it with a 25 shot.....But I guess they could have?

BlueWolfCry
01-20-2008, 06:07 PM
we gained roughly 5hp and a healthy 17lb-ft for a total of 89.5hp and 114.8lb-ft

LOL

ForceFed
01-20-2008, 06:08 PM
LOLLooks more like stock P5 numbers to me...Biut I bet with a 100 Shot..the Foci might shock an un-suspecting driver of a 3.

Nutari
01-20-2008, 06:26 PM
Looks more like stock P5 numbers to me...Biut I bet with a 100 Shot..the Foci might shock an un-suspecting driver of a 3.

50 shot.

The numbers I posted are correct. Copied them straight out of the mag.

ForceFed
01-20-2008, 06:28 PM
50 shot.

The numbers I posted are correct. Copied them straight out of the mag.Doesnt mean they were printed right..but yeah..50 shot..I'm gonna have to say no to them whooping on a Speed3.

MakeMeGoFast
01-20-2008, 06:29 PM
Are they sure it wasnt a regular 3?

Nutari
01-20-2008, 06:31 PM
Are they sure it wasnt a regular 3?

probably.

Forcefed:

"Before you grab a calculator, that's a gain of 27.7 hp and 58lb-ft. ..."

They followed it up with that.

ForceFed
01-20-2008, 06:34 PM
Forcefed:

"Before you grab a calculator"LOL!
I thought about it..

but I agree with you guys...No way a ZX3 with a 50 shot is whooping on a Speed3...did you read my last post.
I AGREE WITH you.

It had to have been a regular three hatch they thought was a Speed3.