DG Motorsports AWD - Mazdaspeed3

[PaulG]

has anyone seen this... ?? i remeber chatter a while ago and people calling fake ...i think ???

but this looks legit as ?
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[tricache]

thats the full rally thing...a LOT of money spent on that and I can imagine it would be getting fixed pretty much all the time

[PaulG]

ha but its mad as... see that take off..no wheel hop there... just zoomed !!

[mpsgarage]

Its been around for over a year now.

[PaulG]

oh ok... i remember a while back seeing photos of it but nothin that really indicated it was all wheel drive... video is still pretty cool though !! wish they had come standard in AWD !!

[Nexus]

oh ok... i remember a while back seeing photos of it but nothin that really indicated it was all wheel drive... video is still pretty cool though !! wish they had come standard in AWD !!

Yeah people thought it was fake coz they couldn't see underneath.
It's something I'd consider outside of warranty if it can be done reliably and and pass RTA engineering checks. I doubt there'd be any real issues, as the loads should be less than an MPS6 due to lower weight.

Makes me wonder what they do to DSC (if anything) etc to avoid confusing the stability controls etc...borrow MPS6 firmware and tweak it?

[shinslinger66]

The bonnet scoop on that is the way it should be from the factory on the upcoming model.

[tricache]

Yeah people thought it was fake coz they couldn't see underneath.
It's something I'd consider outside of warranty if it can be done reliably and and pass RTA engineering checks. I doubt there'd be any real issues, as the loads should be less than an MPS6 due to lower weight.

Makes me wonder what they do to DSC (if anything) etc to avoid confusing the stability controls etc...borrow MPS6 firmware and tweak it?

I would assume so or just disengage it all together via the ECU.

I still laugh when they say its the stock clutch...I wonder for how long

The bonnet scoop on that is the way it should be from the factory on the upcoming model.

Totally agree!! It looks pefect on it.

[TUFMPS]

That bonnet looks heaps better than the new one..

I have often wondered how hard it would be to make it awd.. I know it wouldn't be cheap but isn't there an awd 3 in japan? if so how different is the layout of the floor?

[magoo]

The original DG pics showed no 4wd. They showed a Fwd and proposed to perform the conversion.