MattGibson1

I have a '89 Iroc with a 305 tpi. Only mods are gutted airbox, k&ns, taylor wires and a granatelli MAF. A kid that I know has a '06 Mazda 6. It has the inline 4 with a 5 speed. Car made 160hp new. He talks it up so much. And I read somewhere that its 0-60 in 10 seconds, but you can't trust the Internet. Anyone have any ideas on who would win?

IrocRoadRacer

The Mazda 6 would smoke you lol.

Thirdgen89GTA

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A mazda 6 with the 4 cyl? Probably not, but you could still lose. A well running TPI car should still beat a stock 6. Mainly due to the FWD launch, but you won't trap much faster if at all comparatively.

A V6 Mazda 6 would be a loss. And a MazdaSpeed 6? You lose, horribly. Speed 6's tend to run a high 13 second pass around 99-101mph.

transamws6

tpi will win

Mrbanados

Yea if you pushed them both off of a plane at 15,000 feet at the same time. Hands down the tpi will win.

MattGibson1

A friend of mine has a 99 integra ls and was behind him while he was at WOT and had to press the brakes to avoid hitting him. And I know I could get the Integra

MattGibson1

My buddy has a 99 GTP with a smaller pulley, exhaust, ignition and a CAI and I lose to him by about a car length and he is putting out 300ish hp

cs80camaro

I rented a Mazda 6 before with the autostick was a pretty sharp car felt a tad faster then my 87 305 iroc

92g92

**** YOU CHEVROLET FOR GIVING US SUCH AN AWESOME CAR THAT WE NOW HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING TO ANYTHING WITH THE WORD MAZDA ON IT

MattGibson1

Only acceptable Mazda is the RX7

Thirdgen89GTA

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Relax. Thats progress. There are more cars now than those with "Mazda" nameplates for you to worry about. And if cars were getting "slower" as time went by that wouldn't be progress.

Its just a reason to mod the car then.

My Focus would give even a 350TPI a scare. Its making more power at the wheels than some year L98's made at the crank. And its lighter too.

I know that were my GTA still stock I could not abide by that and I'd promptly start modifying the GTA so it was faster than the Focus.

MMroc86

Chevy would probably respond by telling you to STFU & buy a 2014 ZL1.....

92g92

Haha touche. I'm a little too earlier in my career to be affording one of those, however. I can't be the only one who thinks "Damn my car looks awesome. And it sounds vicious. Too bad it's slower than a Taurus."

Thirdgen89GTA

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Its slower than a Focus.

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Kevin Lee 487

Just gotta remember that these cars WERE the **** 20 something years ago when they were new.

transamws6

tpi started everything in the american "racing class" mazda is no were close to compare

Thirdgen89GTA

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Sounds like ignorance truly is bliss.

TPI was indeed at the front of the performance revival in the 80s. But Mazda also has a rich racing heritage.

midias

X2

Mazda has made some really fun and fairly fast cars. They in the past and present push technology to bring innovation to the track. Yes they do make econo boxes for some people but that does not mean everything they produce is slow and handles poorly.

86Z

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never driven one, i have an 04 mazda6 with the ford duratec 3.0 in it, stock hp is 220, it's a 5 speed, it's a quick car, it will out handle a stock iroc-z i have fun with bmw's in turns..

i'm betting money on the iroc depending on launch against a 4 cyl mazda. a v6 no way

i can't really compare my car to my 305 tpi becuase it isn't stock and makes over 400hp

penguinpanda0

Just putting it out there, thats not how gravity works.... they'd both hit the floor at the same time. Just sayin.

Z28Disaster

My daily driver( 2009 Altima 2.5 4 banger) put 2 car lengths on a 86 LG4 camaro from 20 to 70 mph. Gotta live in fear when driving a 3rd gen around with its original engine......so many cars out there that are faster.

92g92

Live in fear? Live in fear that you are driving too awesome of a car? The last gen 1 powered Camaro? A true muscle car, harkening back to the glory days of American Iron? Hahahaha I laugh in the face of fear when I ride my steed, fattened on rice and strengthened by the consumption of horse meat. Fear quakes at its rumble.

dereklicon

Im gonna say if you have a good running TPI car you should pull him no matter what if you do a 20-30 roll. Get him down low where you have the low rpm advantage. 4 cylinder 2.3 powerband isnt until past 5k. Its a drivers race but remember you have the torque advantage and I think the Mazda 6 may be a bit heavier. I get to drive all trim levels of those cars, I personally wouldnt own one, I think theyre garbage. However, I wouldnt waste my gas on a V6 car unless you have gears and some other mods.

Kevin Lee 487

Wait, I just saw this.

Your friend isn't putting out 300hp with just a couple of minor bolt ons. He MIGHT be cracking 270 crank. If hes only beating you by a car, theres something wrong with his.

Sleeper Z

Have your 89 Iroc go against anything Mazda in 89 and see. Lol Times have changed! More power in smaller power plants these days.

midias

You mean except the1989 1.3L Turbo 200hp and 200tq rx7s that ran mid 14s factory?

Or the 160 version that ran low 15s?

MattGibson1

Yeah, he was lying about his mods a bit. It has since been to a dyno I believe it was around 250whp

dmccain

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midias

Except the RX7 turbo from 1989

thilp

Well that would depend on which one is more aerodynamic and/or heavier so the mazda would win in both categories probably.

Thirdgen89GTA

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Trap Speed > Dyno.

My Focus Dynoed 228whp, and 259lb/ft then ran a 14.3 @ 98mph.

I later tuned said Focus and it dyno'd 231whp, and 299lb/ft, at the drag strip however it only went 14.7 @ 99mph wheel hopping so bad I had to pedal the throttle for fear of breaking something.

Aka the car is MUCH faster now, but I can't put the power down due to marshmallow mounts and lack of a true limited slip diff.

On paper it looks like the tune did NOTHING for power. But in reality I've got a ton more power EVERYWHERE from 2000rpm to 6000rpm.

dmccain

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Years ago I messed up bad and raced a mid-late 90s RX7 twin turbo with an 87 Firebird Formula that had a few mods and ran high 14s. This RX7 gave me the worst beating i ever had! It was an absolute rocket

The_Wraith

On Fords tab. They were almost completely bankrupt when Ford bought them years ago.