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Old 09-04-2013, 06:18 PM   #47
TheMAN
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Originally Posted by HMT View Post
I know. Its not about that though. If i look at it like that, i can just leave the Z5 in there since its really running great. The difference between Z5 and BP ist not too big and i'm now really more after the smoothness and sound of the V6...and the option of the KL is also a nice one to look forward to. So i dont know yet what im gonna do, for now ive just rediscovered my love for this car and just want to drive it a bit more :-)
you may think that, but the BP is a much more powerful motor and has greatly more potential of producing more power than stock.... forget the specs, they aren't really factual... let's just say mazda overrated the Z5 and underrated the BP

besides, there are far more parts for the BP and the BP is a much stronger engine than the Z5... the Z5 have a weak valvetrain, and in fact mazda actually issued a recall for the very early Z5 engines for broken valve springs!

the fact remains that a Z5 powered 323 is slow and the BP makes it much more tolerable... I don't know about you, but if I lived in germany, I'd like to have a car that can go faster than 200km/h
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