new mx6...upgrade or no?? dyno pic and videos too! - Page 3

**I4MX6** · 10-22-07, 23:59

Did you ever find out what its chipped/tuned with? According to the dyno, thats a top notch ZE right there!

**mx6dave** · 10-23-07, 10:30

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Originally Posted by I4MX6

Did you ever find out what its chipped/tuned with? According to the dyno, thats a top notch ZE right there!

not sure. Buddy i bought it from said that a local guy at the tuning shop chipped it with a program he had. Regardless of what it's tued with, it is a very nice tune, very smooth HP curve, and nice and flat torque band. I can tell too, whenever the accelerator is put down...it's great.

I think my goal for this car is 180-185 WHP N/A. That with some good driving can get me a low 14, no?

and ragin, very nice

David

**KSHHUANG** · 10-23-07, 11:31

where is the enterior carpets.?
and the door sills are gone as well.?
...''wow'' in the mainland you have mobile dyno 's.?

**mx6dave** · 10-23-07, 11:38

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Originally Posted by KSHHUANG

where is the enterior carpets.?
and the door sills are gone as well.?
...''wow'' in the mainland you have mobile dyno 's.?

suprised it took this long for someone to point out the carpet being gone.

the previous owner left a window open and there was a puddle behind the driver's seat
i vaccuumed it, but it was so thick that the pool formed again.
so i spent a few hours stripping the carpet out and getting it to dry.
so it's been out the car since saturday.
After the carpet was out, and i drove it in the rain, some more water formed on the floor in the same area.
So i do have some leak testing to do to see where this water is coming from. My guess is the firewall, or one of the drain plugs on the floor has a bad seal and spray underneath the car is getting up inside.

David

**I4MX6** · 10-23-07, 11:41

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Originally Posted by mx6dave

not sure. Buddy i bought it from said that a local guy at the tuning shop chipped it with a program he had. Regardless of what it's tued with, it is a very nice tune, very smooth HP curve, and nice and flat torque band. I can tell too, whenever the accelerator is put down...it's great.

I think my goal for this car is 180-185 WHP N/A. That with some good driving can get me a low 14, no?

and ragin, very nice

David

Low 14's is very doable on that amount of power. Hell, some have made it into the 13's with that and even low 13's with slicks.

I believe the custom chip and tune. Steeda has a program for our cars now, so I might check that out when I get around to this ZE swap.

**KSHHUANG** · 10-23-07, 11:53

well i just this saw post right now

has it been rainning ? do you feel wetness by the rear view mirror and sunvisors where the headliner ends towards the windshield or near the front pillar garnish's .? should check youre front windshield molding's if those go bad water seeps threw an follows down threw the front pillar's an on to the floor..or the rear quarter panel window molding's may be bad...i had the same problem with 1 of my mx6's ..it was the windshield molding.. g luck

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Originally Posted by mx6dave

suprised it took this long for someone to point out the carpet being gone.

the previous owner left a window open and there was a puddle behind the driver's seat
i vaccuumed it, but it was so thick that the pool formed again.
so i spent a few hours stripping the carpet out and getting it to dry.
so it's been out the car since saturday.
After the carpet was out, and i drove it in the rain, some more water formed on the floor in the same area.
So i do have some leak testing to do to see where this water is coming from. My guess is the firewall, or one of the drain plugs on the floor has a bad seal and spray underneath the car is getting up inside.

David

**Car-InsanE** · 10-23-07, 14:24

yea you can get a 14 with that

**mx6dave** · 10-23-07, 15:59

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Originally Posted by KSHHUANG

well i just this saw post right now

has it been rainning ? do you feel wetness by the rear view mirror and sunvisors where the headliner ends towards the windshield or near the front pillar garnish's .? should check youre front windshield molding's if those go bad water seeps threw an follows down threw the front pillar's an on to the floor..or the rear quarter panel window molding's may be bad...i had the same problem with 1 of my mx6's ..it was the windshield molding.. g luck

my yellow mx6 had a leak from the windshield as well, leak in through the front of the headliner. The headliner is dry, and so is any moulding inside the car. The majority of the water is behind the driver seat, in front of the back seat (where your feet would rest). Im thinking it is possible that the C pillar drain for the sunroof is clogged and might be backing up and then down a small hole behind the quarter panel. I hope not though.

I hope it's just a scenario where i have to take the floor plug off, put some silicon on it, then put it back in.. lol

**Alex** · 10-24-07, 4:56

A nice upgrade!!!! congrats

**Car-InsanE** · 10-24-07, 11:12

man i really wish i knew what the guy tuned that car with.

**SAdrmmr04** · 10-24-07, 11:15

just found this thread dave! congrats on the new car, it should be a great "replacement" so to speak. just fix that crush bent exhaust and get some new rims

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**mx6dave** · 10-24-07, 12:07

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Originally Posted by SAdrmmr04

just found this thread dave! congrats on the new car, it should be a great "replacement" so to speak. just fix that crush bent exhaust and get some new rims

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the rims have grown on me

i really think im gonna go for an N/A build on this car...
spend you know....2000 bucks or so and get a 185+ whp mx6...maybe 190!

decent exaust, cams, and MS... done with performance at that point...

Rims will stay. They are ok with me. And with some more work to the cosmetic side, will match nicely. You'll see

David

**SAdrmmr04** · 10-24-07, 12:26

MAZDA MIATA & MX-6 & FORD PROBE

mx-6800 or 7400 plz

ive always wanted to order from those guys, just never had the money. but i guess you could just have a machine shop near you do the same thing

**mx6dave** · 10-24-07, 12:34

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Originally Posted by SAdrmmr04

MAZDA MIATA & MX-6 & FORD PROBE

mx-6800 or 7400 plz

ive always wanted to order from those guys, just never had the money. but i guess you could just have a machine shop near you do the same thing

damn...200+ per cam plus springs etc?? look promising, but expensive...i was thinking colt cams

cost effective

**SAdrmmr04** · 10-24-07, 12:40

meh, i see it as being cost effective if you want to exceed the 200hp mark NA
you should be able to break into those kind of numbers you want with the right tuning and cams. i think a while back Justins car (before it was turbo) dyno'd around 181 and that was just the ZE im on a DE iirc, could be wrong about it though

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