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ItalyAli

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Charleston, SC
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06 Mazda 6
:p First and foremost I am not very happy... My baby was totaled and I was out lots of money. I'm most familiar with American muscle(first car I ever drove was a 70 Charger with a blower, I told my dad I wanted a car like Dom's dads, 2fast too furious, so we built it!) and I also like European cars, like my totaled baby, Lexus SC. I got a Mazda 6 now, NOT my usual cup of tea. It handles surprisingly well, and isn't quite as lack luster as I thought it would be BUT I am not happy because compared to what I'm used to it doesn't live up to my expectations on excitement. That being said I can't not have a project so I want to see what I can do with this thing. I need suggestions and guidance. I would like to turbo the car but I usually have vehicles that are already turbo'ed so I have no idea where to get started. I know that I will need to alter the fuel assembly and exhaust as well so where do I start and what is the average cost of a project like this?
 
:p First and foremost I am not very happy... My baby was totaled and I was out lots of money. I'm most familiar with American muscle(first car I ever drove was a 70 Charger with a blower, I told my dad I wanted a car like Dom's dads, 2fast too furious, so we built it!) and I also like European cars, like my totaled baby, Lexus SC. I got a Mazda 6 now, NOT my usual cup of tea. It handles surprisingly well, and isn't quite as lack luster as I thought it would be BUT I am not happy because compared to what I'm used to it doesn't live up to my expectations on excitement. That being said I can't not have a project so I want to see what I can do with this thing. I need suggestions and guidance. I would like to turbo the car but I usually have vehicles that are already turbo'ed so I have no idea where to get started. I know that I will need to alter the fuel assembly and exhaust as well so where do I start and what is the average cost of a project like this?
I know this car is a bad car to work with, perhaps a supercharger will be cheaper and better? This is a temporary car until I can find one of the three cars I want ( Infiniti g35, 325 BMW or Lexus is) so I don't want to kill my pockets on it, I just like to see what I can do to improve performance so I dont have to drive around in a boring slow car.
 
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Good advise ^^^^^ and if you change the exhaust from the turbine outlet to a 3 inch mandrel bent with straight thru mufflers/silencers you will be surprised with the increased response and power|B
 
Sell it and get the mps version. 260bhp turboed already.
Thank you! I might just keep it since this is temporary. I just like to tinker with my cars, this one doesn't have a lot to tool with, at least the transmission is rebuilt so it's a little peppier than stock.
 
Good advise ^^^^^ and if you change the exhaust from the turbine outlet to a 3 inch mandrel bent with straight thru mufflers/silencers you will be surprised with the increased response and power|B
I was already on that! Everytime I get a car the exhaust is one of the first things upgrade ;)
 
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