Picking on small fry, 3000GT VS. Mazda 3

Before anyone jumps on to flame me, he asked for it. I would never race a lower class car but he pushed it.

It was around 8:30 p.m. on a comercial strip, four lanes each way, smooth surface, low traffic and a light at every 300 yrds.
I was driving home after dinning out with my beloved wife when I see some little red hatch back up ahead swirving in and out of lanes like a baddass. there was no one else so he wassnt racing. I figured no point,its probably a Focus or a Golf and I got a bent rim so why push it.

I instantly forgot about it and kept conversing with my wife. about six blocks later the light turns red and I stop first at the line. I hear someone call out "hey" "HEY", I look over and its him, the red hatch. its a new Mazda 3 with the 2.3 badge on the side. the kid inside must be around 19 and dressed like a little thug P.Diddy uniform.
"hey is that a turbo" he asks.
"No" "Base model" I reply
"AWWWWW What a shame!"
My wife leans over, "what did you just say?"
"I SAID WHAT A SHAME" he shouts out.
well normally I'd pull him out and snap his neck but hey, tis the season!
so I yell back to him "as soon as the light goes green I'll show you shame punk"
he gets ready to and smirks. the light goes green and I let him jump the lead, after all I know I got around 70 more hp then him. right as my nose is to his rear door I smash 1st. my wheels break traction and I'm just sitting thier spining all through first, I get to 5500 rpms and throw in second, By now he has a full car lead on me and I'm just barely at the other side of the intersection, the wheels bite down and I match him at about 5000 rpms, I stay with him nose to nose up to the top of my gear and just before I press in the clutch I'm already ahead of him by a couple of feet. Third grabs hard and I pull ahead, one car, two cars, three cars, fourth and I'm like a good 5or 6 cars ahead by 4000 rpms, I shut it down. "I think he gave up" says my wife. well then lets tease him!
I lower the window and motion him with my hand to catch up and pass me. he goes for the old flyby, right as he os comming up on me doing like 75-80 I drop it back into third and match him again, I out run him in third to about a two car lead and then shift into fourth. I put like 5 cars on him by the time I get it up to 6000 rpms. he was tottlay destroyed. the light up ahead turns red and we stop side by side.

"hey what do you have in that car" he asks.
"not much, just intake and exhaust, stock internals"
"how big is that motor"
"Its a 3.0 v6"
"Oh no wonder, I only have a 2.3 four cyl"
my wife leans over "AWWWWWWWWWWW WHAT A SHAME"

rofl!

Your wife rocks.

I'll say...if I woulda raced anyone with ANY of my girlfriends in the car, they would have been screaming at me the whole time, and then slapped me when I was done.

haha that's awesome. i thought the base models were slugmobiles, i guess i underestimated them.

Base models are reasonably quick....222 hp stock I believe, for the 3000GT SL.

thats the best kinda race when u put punks in there place.
good kill :)
btw what do u run? mid to high 14's?my friend had a 3000gt v6 5 spd,stock..wasnt sure what he ran.some people said mid to low 15s.

Nice work :smile: Its good to read the 3000GT NA holding its own out there.

Yeah, I run Mid to low 15's my best is 15.3 but that was before the mods. and yeah the Base and SL are same power, the SL has better suspension and leather and some other comforts like digital AC and stuff. oh yeah and my wife races too, she used to have a Talon but now we bought a Starion and she's building up the motor slowly.

when i first got my car i ran against a red 3000gt 2 times within a week.beat him both times by about a car lenght from 30-65mph..i think it was a base model V6 automatic.

Sounds like BS to me, two of my best friends have a 2004 SE-R and a 2003 SE-R V-spec and I always put at least 3 cars on them. I dont know about 0-60 or 30-65 but any race that goes up to 60 or even 65 really cant be called a "race". thats more like getting out of my driveway really fast! no offense chief I just dont think a stock Sentra can hang with a stock 3000GT.
now I will admit they get better times than me at the autoX!

Edit:
just noticed I made a mistake, there is a base model 3000GT that was produced after 95. it was a SOHC v6 with 160 hp. I've never driven one but I can see how your 180hp 2.5 can out accelerate it!
(insert foot in mouth).

I'll say...if I woulda raced anyone with ANY of my girlfriends in the car, they would have been screaming at me the whole time, and then slapped me when I was done.


i totally agree i have yet to find a chick that likes the thrill of a good race and that isnt scraed for their life, your one luck man, and your wifes cool, i need to fine me a girl that likes racings and even better one that has a turbo car, one day...

one day.....

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I'm not sure which model 3000gt it was..or if the guy who drove it was even a good driver.but i kno i beat him both times..not by much tho.

If the girl doesn't like racing, then she's just slowing your car down!
Either that, or make your car faster so it knocks the wind out of her when you gun it so she can't scream...

whoa i guess your a hardcore mitsu guy. anyways i think thats pretty sweet how your wife is building a Starion. most girls now thinks its an old boxy ugly 80's car. but the starion is sweeet. probrably the best looking japanese sport's car of hte 80's. nice flared fenders, front mount intercooler, staggered wheel setup.

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haha that's awesome. i thought the base models were slugmobiles, i guess i underestimated them.
they are, I beat one like it was standing still in the camaro (j/k) :)

great story.

the 95+ bases are... pathetically underpowered... almost as bad as a honda. Still look awesome though :D

Only raced with a girlfriend in the car once. It went something like this:

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god...SLOW DOWN SLOW DOWN...JESUS SLOW DOWN!"

I was only doing like, 90?

Now, I have ahd girls who are friends in the car with me when I race, and they enjoyed it. I date them, but I think it would be wierd to date my best friend's sisters...

While driving my girlfriend's trans am for the first time...

"Yeah, it accelerates pretty quick."

"Like this....?" *mashed down on the gas to try and scare her*

*without batting an eye* "yep"

Nice kill and good job putting him in his place.

I had a girl in my car when I raced that dodge hemi...she was terrified when we lined up...afterwords I was like "are you okay?"... she was like " that was a fuckin rush!"....ahh yes....speed is a natural aphrodesiac :D

so wait, i must be confused...is there a difference between the base model 3000gt and base model stealth?

i thought they were the same car, and ive beaten a base stealth by quite a bit, several times (and i drive an old prelude)...maybe im wrong

Shame on you and your wife:disappoin: don't you know you could have permanently damaged that poor boy? Ahh good job and nice catch with her, I've only met a few women that can stand racing, and good job putting that little punk in his place.

so wait, i must be confused...is there a difference between the base model 3000gt and base model stealth?

Nope the base stealth is slower, it's the same as the 97-99 3000gt
it's good for about a mid 16 i beleive. whereas earlyer gen base 3000's ran in the mid to low15's

Finally someone doesn't fall victim to the lame ass "fly by". Well done!

Mushashi...tell ur wife to drop a Buick GN motor in the Starion...i knew a guy who did and he was runnin 13s with the stock turbo (pretty sure it was the stock turbo)

As for racing with a girlfriend/wife in the car...i've done it with my ex (we were together at the time) and her best friend was in the car...i wasn't really gonna do anything...but her friend said "you know he's trying to race you, right?" so i said fuck it and took off...he didn't beat me by much at all...but then again...he did technically get a head start...

Also...i've stopped a ricer fly-by in HER tracks...TWICE...2 different girls...the first was some girl in her civic and the other was some girl in her neon...the girl in the civic had a guy in the car with her...pissed off the guy...lmao

so wait, i must be confused...is there a difference between the base model 3000gt and base model stealth?

i thought they were the same car, and ive beaten a base stealth by quite a bit, several times (and i drive an old prelude)...maybe im wrong


http://www.team3s.com/FAQ-Specs1.htm

GN motor? thanx for the tip, She knows more about that car than me now cause she spends hours upon hours talking to other owners and tunners. She ran a 15.8 in it before she took it into the shop. Guys I know have put the VR-4 motor in it, SR20's are popular, RB26DETT is in the works in one car in Texas and even 4G63's that run 8 seconds. I know the stock motor, fully built with a aftermarket turbo will run into the low 12's. the way she is building it now should get to around 350 hp and then we'll test it out. She promissed to join this forums once the car is full restored which should be around late Feb.

here is a pick of her a few weeks ago.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/196670binki-med.jpg
her moto is "It's all about the power to weight ratio" yet she feeds me like a race horse.

That's hot shit right there...girl is pretty good looking too :D.

If the girl doesn't like racing, then she's just slowing your car down!
Either that, or make your car faster so it knocks the wind out of her when you gun it so she can't scream...
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lmao

raced with girlfriends in the car in (eclipse):baby that a turn umm.... slow down? SLOW DOWN?! SLOW DOWN! me: shut up im gonna ass drag it.
(in SRT) (after first) no no no stop pleeze we love u and our lives pleeze stop......Shit! Me: (sinster laugh)

I've been trying to get a race with a non-VR4 but nobody will ever race me around here.

I had a girl in my car when I raced that dodge hemi...she was terrified when we lined up...afterwords I was like "are you okay?"... she was like " that was a fuckin rush!"....ahh yes....speed is a natural aphrodesiac :D


Haha, did u get lucky that nite?...

And Musashi man, you said you have a base model, but it looks like a black leather interior, and I didn't think they offered those on base models????? And you just gotta love the pager picture.

I've been trying to get a race with a non-VR4 but nobody will ever race me around here.


With the 1/4 mile time you've listed you'd probly beat a base/SL (95 and down) 3000GT, unless they've got pulleys, intake, etc... they're hard to find, but when you find one, tell me how it goes. Btw, sorry for the double post, I couldn't figure out how to properly do 2 quote thingies in one post...

u got urself a kewl wife.

lol thats a great story, I had almost the exact same thing happen last night with a neon with exhaust. Needless to say he tried the classy flyby but still couldnt catch up.

Haha, did u get lucky that nite?....
Nope, probably could have, but she was a reknowned slut, and I didn't wanna be another check on her list...the race was well worth it though.