question guys, ive never attemted to beat the **** out of my car to get a 0 to 60 time... I was lookin at edmunds, for the 2005 2.3l acceleration to 60 and it said a horrendous 9.73 seconds...is this a typo? i havent "gunned" my car, but i still dont think my car is that slow. 2750 lbs...160 hp...150 tq... that doesnt add up.

 

welp, i have ATX 06' so i got vvt, and i have beaten my car so far since i already have 7500miles, in mt mode it feels like tha 0-60 is like 6 seconds, but im pretty sure im hallucinating prove me wrong someone! o and i acheive this in 1st gear 2nd kiks in like right before 60

 

I also have the atx '06 3i, and it does feel much faster than almost 10 seconds, first gear actually will redline at about 45mph, then drop to second, that can go to 80mph, 3rd gear can get to 118mph, and then 4th gear on up, although the rev limiter cust you off at 118mph and 7000rpm. I have never taken my car to a track but i am thinking, if you get on it right you should be about 6-7 seonds. and krimsonviper, i see you had a couple of 240sx before, my friend has an '89 S13 240sx 5spd N/A, and I can keep up with him in my stock 3, were your 240's modded in anyway?

 

yeah i just got back from driving around a little bit, yeah it does come really close to 50mph, my 89 had nothing modded i didnt have time, but my 90 only had BRM, and a illegal mod i dont wanna name cuz of 5-0, i also had a BRM shifter then tranny crapped on me, jus got done tossin on a brand new set of falkens and that same day it blew. anyone in the bay area thats wants steelies sittin on falken azenis? sell for $250 90+% tread wear! im wantin another 240 but i want a 89-93 coupe, thats in good shape so i can fiddle with it

edit-i live in bay area, cali LOCAL PICKUP ONLY!
edit-im willing to trade for the stock 17's from the 3s email if interested-krimsonviper@yahoo.com

 

Did some checking and the results are as follows:

AutoWeek Magazine - 2004 Mazda 3 5-door 0-60 mph in 7.97 seconds (4/05/04)
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...=7323802934927

Road & Track Magazine - 2006 Mazda 3 5-door 0-60 mph in 8.0 seconds (10/05)
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=2

Car & Driver Magazine - 2004 Mazda 3 5-door 0-60 mph in 7.4 seconds (1/04)
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=7566

Motor Trend Magazine - 2005 Mazda 3 s 5-door 0-60 mph in 7.7 seconds (4/05)
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...zda3_s_5_door/

I included the links of each article - if you would like to read it. Apparently the '06 is the slowest of all - not sure which model year is tested but it's from their "What's new for '06"...

 

yeah the 7 second range seem about right, my 2.3 Mazda 6 goes 0-60 in about 7.5 seconds. So the 3 has to be slightly faster.

 

those are all the hatchback models, with 2.3L engines, none of them was the sedan w/2.0L. I would say the 2.0L 3i and 2.3L 3s Hatchback are comparable because of the weight difference between the two cars.

 

DM3 you are the man...thanks for lookin all that up

-Mike

 

Im about to do a 0-60 run by myself to find out.

 

Just got back, and i clocked in 6.78sec@60mph, all stock 2.3L 3s.[8D]