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Old 21st April 2011, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BORNXenon View Post
I so need an unbreakable car!!
From the (very) limited amount of research I have done on the Mazda lump, I believe you can just bolt on a turbo, or supercharger with very little other work being needed.
Obviously a remap or standalone ECU would benefit that situation massively, but when you consider other engines need the compression lowering and uprated internals, etc, to accomplish the same thing, the little Mazda lump starts to look very appealing.

Well exactly! Apparently the standard internals can deal with 250bhp and the gearbox can cope with that too. Although the open/viscous diff may not. Being a uk build too with the steering clutch and brake hydraulics on the right you have a big empty space on the exhaust side of the engine! Intercooler might be a bit more of a challenge though!
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