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Dave wrote:Uninspiring transmissions make alot of those HP numbers seem irrelevant.
Take a throw back, if many of those meet up a well tuned L28 with as simple as a 32/36 downdraft, crapaud smoke their pipe all day long.
Ben_spanna wrote:Dave wrote:Uninspiring transmissions make alot of those HP numbers seem irrelevant.
Take a throw back, if many of those meet up a well tuned L28 with as simple as a 32/36 downdraft, crapaud smoke their pipe all day long.
long ago there was an unassuming looking Nissan B something with an sr20 in it, i heard it used to embarrass alot of people ...........
agent007 wrote:MG Man, I heard nightmares about the Ford PowerShift in the Focus 1.6 and Kuga 1.6T, however, I understand things got more stable with the 6AT replacements.
For those on the lower echelons who may never know the feeling of having a ZF transmission, kindly pay attention to Mazda’s Skyactiv Drive portfolio, it delivers all of the theoretical advantages of the CVT and DCT but without the loss in driving feel of the former and the headache attached to the latter.
Yuh gotta love this new Mazda rebirth. Their engineers are truly the descendents of samurai masters!
There is a YT video of a Mazda 6 2.5 running against an Audi A6 2.0T and the Audi just couldn’t beat it. In fact, the 6 reeled him in without the use of a turbo.
So on that note, I would like to see a new Mazda 3 1.5 run against an Elantra/Cerato 1.6. Let’s see if the Korean siblings can truly prove hp and torque superiority and let the Mazda transmission do the talking.
agent007 wrote:Phone Surgeon, I was cautious about that Hyundai dual dry clutch setup from since day 1. When key people who working at Massy tells you that they would never buy one new or used, it tells you the kind of skepticism in the atmosphere. Case in point, Best Auto Ltd. they are now fully absorbed by Massy Automotive but the dealers of VW vehicles got a massive hit in sales. The problem with VWs is their reliability and it was poor even before the introduction of DSG. But the stain of dual clutch remains and that is something a lot of people are not willing to put up with.
Then the Veloster came and that turned out to be headache for many owners. That too is dual clutch. The Tucson 1.6T with DCT combo was dropped from the North American market after suffering major setbacks due to high failure rates. Enjoy them while they new, but be warned, get rid of them while you still can, because as they increase in age and plummet in value, it may end up like Daewoo Cielos, VW Boras, Rovers, MGs, Peugeot’s, Renault’s and Citroen’s etc..ie. Parked up in an empty lot of land with bush growing around it and slowly rotting away.
Scotty, from a design perspective, I don’t understand how post 2016 DI Motors would not build carbon because fundamentally the concept remains the same which is, fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber. The injectors is after the intake valves and not before it. The only DI motor I trust is Mazda’s Skyactiv. Outside of that, it’s a no no for me.
j.o.e wrote:agent007 wrote:MG Man, I heard nightmares about the Ford PowerShift in the Focus 1.6 and Kuga 1.6T, however, I understand things got more stable with the 6AT replacements.
For those on the lower echelons who may never know the feeling of having a ZF transmission, kindly pay attention to Mazda’s Skyactiv Drive portfolio, it delivers all of the theoretical advantages of the CVT and DCT but without the loss in driving feel of the former and the headache attached to the latter.
Yuh gotta love this new Mazda rebirth. Their engineers are truly the descendents of samurai masters!
There is a YT video of a Mazda 6 2.5 running against an Audi A6 2.0T and the Audi just couldn’t beat it. In fact, the 6 reeled him in without the use of a turbo.
So on that note, I would like to see a new Mazda 3 1.5 run against an Elantra/Cerato 1.6. Let’s see if the Korean siblings can truly prove hp and torque superiority and let the Mazda transmission do the talking.
Purchased a mazda 2 hatch for my mother. That 1.5 skyactiv in that body kills everything on the road.
pugboy wrote:aqua does run ?
thought otherwise
pugboy wrote:aqua does run ?
thought otherwise
It could peel out?MG Man wrote:how did this once and formerly epic ched devolve into a land where an Aqua is a fast car?
mero wrote:It could peel out?MG Man wrote:how did this once and formerly epic ched devolve into a land where an Aqua is a fast car?
RedVEVO wrote:^^
Where in this virus Vulcan World an Optima sliding away from a BMW ?
In the 3 series try the 328i and leave the Optima in the showroom .
With it's dust
Kia beating BMW ?
MG Man wrote:how did this once and formerly epic ched devolve into a land where an Aqua is a fast car?
agent007 wrote:RedVEVO wrote:^^
Where in this virus Vulcan World an Optima sliding away from a BMW ?
In the 3 series try the 328i and leave the Optima in the showroom .
With it's dust
Kia beating BMW ?
The reference was made towards a 316i or 318i (F30). An Optima 2.0 or Mazda6 2.0 will beat either.
Oh and to all the foreign used CLA180 owners out there with yuh fancy AMG rims and Lenny Sumadh plates, alluh fwd tail would get licks by an Altezza AS200/IS200. Go ahead and wild them up cause them 1G-FE men itching to brag about a kill in their groupie sessions and leave Lancer GTs alone. GT owners done feel like they driving a non turbo evo x, so don’t puff up their ego nah.
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