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    Default Is this Car is reliable for daily drive??

    This car would save me a lot of money...any thought?2009 MAZDA 3 MPS BL Series 1 Hatch Private Cars For Sale in QLD - carsales.com.au[Make:MAZDA,Model:3,BaseEnabledBadge:MPS]&sort=~Price

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    One would assume as its got internals it should be fine?

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    Default Re: Is this Car is reliable for daily drive??

    Should be fine, but be warned, driving a mps with a 3076 on it will be very different to driving one with a stock turbo

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    Hello ....... Thats about all i can say about the car

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    .63 rear housing.. that thing is going to spool up early, and probably be on full boost around 4200rpm.

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    Told by that if too much power on a fwd and will be more difficult to drive, is that true?

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    Default Re: Is this Car is reliable for daily drive??

    I think it would depend largely on who it was built by too.

    Some tuning shops have better track records with MPSs than others

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    Quote Originally Posted by 37371118 View Post
    This car would save me a lot of money...any thought?2009 MAZDA 3 MPS BL Series 1 Hatch Private Cars For Sale in QLD - carsales.com.au[Make:MAZDA,Model:3,BaseEnabledBadge:MPS]&sort=~Price
    Ive seen that one on the coast around Robina/Nerang. Dont know em but goes hard from what I heard and the boyfriend works for EFI performance
    2XS+ChipTorque=DeathStar

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    From what I know about the black one is that its had one owner, female. The engine blew up after 5-10k so full rebuild. Thing should be bullet proof now.

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    cheers guys

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    It hasn't had an easy life.
    The owners BF used to race it at Willowbank.

    It blew up (I've heard) becuase the mods initially fitted were not quite right (I've seen them first hand) and blew up on the dyno.
    .63 rear housing would just kill any smooth power curves.

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    Nice looking machine though,...

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    What's happened to your car Justin? Can they diagnose the problem?

    Sorry if this is covered in another thread...

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    Last I saw, was at MRT... don't know if he's updated since it was dropped off

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    No news from MRT yet :/ I was just thinking if it is worth to rebuild the engine in the future. Thanks for the info Troy

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    Does look good, every time I have seen this car and gone to admire it the boyfriend had always been pretty cocky and wants to race.
    The boyfriend was the guy who built the car (and the guy who blew it up). I will say it's the nicest looking gen II I have seen.

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    Looks like a beast.

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    if the engine is built bullet proof it would be fine as a daily......

    except if you live in vic - in which case, if you get pulled over and a cop pulls the bonnet to see that shiny arrangement he's going to think it's a christmas tree with a canary on top -tweet tweet! i

    in which case, it won't be a daily any longer.....lol

    beast car to be sure - but Cton's looks like a better BFYB.

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    It's not legal to rebuild the engine??

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    Default Is this Car is reliable for daily drive??

    Quote Originally Posted by 37371118 View Post
    It's not legal to rebuild the engine??
    It's not that , it's because under the hood it clearly a worked up car and a cop will have a field day on it.

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