Mazda 6 does 1/4 in under 8 seconds

[mym6]

"MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development recently added a new chapter to its storied racing history as Ed Bergenholtz's PRO-FWD MAZDA6 dragster officially became the first import-nameplate front-wheel drive vehicle to tackle the quarter-mile in less than eight seconds. With a time of 7.934 seconds at nearly 184 miles per hour, MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development and Bergenholtz now are members of an elite group of high-octane, high-speed performers."

http://www.triplezoom.com/news/publish/article_270.shtml

[Tad218]

holy shiiiiiit

[weshole]

Zoom, Zoom!

[STiSchucky]

looks street legal

[Raider]

well Im going to take a 6 of the showroom floor and see if I can get it in the 7's...maybe with 10 grand I could

[dubbsy]

Raider wrote:
well Im going to take a 6 of the showroom floor and see if I can get it in the 7's...maybe with 10 grand I could
would take you 10x that and then some...

looks street legal
huh?
painted on headlights/stickers? not quite

[Joel]

i think he was kidding, atleast i hope so

[n2o]

Why do they even call cars like that by brand name anymore? What do they keep thats the same as a Mazda 6?

[Flowcus]

Hehe mazda has some catchin up to do... ford, dodge, and saturn all put FWD cars in the 7's... dodge did it on its first try with the SRT-4. Damn nice though... damn nice

[mym6]

That fact was stated here
*
"first import-nameplate front-wheel drive vehicle to tackle the quarter-mile in less than eight seconds"*

As for "what do they keep that's the same as a Mazda 6" I think the block might still be the same :-). But at the same time it's closer to reality than a showroom Taurus winning a NASCAR race.

[Flowcus]

As for "what do they keep that's the same as a Mazda 6" I think the block might still be the same :-). But at the same time it's closer to reality than a showroom Taurus winning a NASCAR race.

Yeah expecially since they dont make the Taurus anymore

[integra_gsr98]

For any of you that actually have followed import racing, That is Ed and Ron Bergenholtz's car. They have been in this game longer than anybody and it was nice seeing them finally achieve that goal.

They are a small team and it was pretty cool what they were able to do. They were pioneers in import racing and were the first 4 cylinder FWD car to make a 10 second pass in their CRX.

[Tad218]

thats cool you know so much about real import racing. if you asked me to name an import racer, i'd say paul walker

[Guest]

Tad218 wrote:
thats cool you know so much about real import racing. if you asked me to name an import racer, i'd say paul walker
someone watched a little too much F&F....

[STiSchucky]

I'd say Dom Turreto.

[jct_4628]

the article said that they just based the car off of the original engine. So I guess thats one thing thats kinda the same as a normal one......although im sure its nothing like the normal engine