karlt_10's Mazda Mazda6S wagon: Readers Rides: Grassroots Motorsports Magazine

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Readers’ Rides:
2005 Mazda Mazda6S wagon
Added on Sept. 23 by karlt_10

MSDS headers / Magnaflow cat / Racing Beat mufflers / WeaponX ignition coils / MazdaSpeed springs / KYB GR-2 shocks / MazdaSpeed sway bars / Racing Beat end links / GT Spec trailing braces / Steeda shock tower brace / StopTech brake lines / HAWK HPS pads / Street Unit motor mount / B&M tranny cooler / Yokohama AVID Envigor tires / Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires

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ZOOMX5:: Nice ride. Wagons are so underrated I will vote up!
Sep 23, 2009 9:38 p.m.
RexSeven:: Is that a stick-shift? It's damn near impossible to find a V-6/manual wagon. Nice car!
Oct 22, 2009 8:33 p.m.
karlt_10:: Thanks (guys). I'm pretty happy with it now that the suspension is what I wanted. Need to add a bit more HP now. And nope, not a stick- yes, they're extremely hard to find. Not too long ago there was a silver Sport trim with black leather and stick here locally for a darn good price. Joked I should buy it and re-sell it….
Oct 22, 2009 8:38 p.m.
Capt Slow:: Nice ride. I love the mazda6 wagons. When I bought my mazdaspeed6 I was wishing it was availible in the wagon body style. I wonder if it would be possible to retrofit a mazdaspeed6 AWD driveline and engine to the wagon body…
Oct 26, 2009 2:23 p.m.
karlt_10:: Thanks for the comments Capt. Slow - I've really grown attached to the looks of it. As for swapping drivetrains- no go. At least not directly. The MazdaSpeed6 that you have was the true Asian/world market 'Atenza/6', built by Mazda in Japan. The only version of that car they brought to the US was the Speed6. My car is built on a North American only version of the platform that was built in Flat Rock Michigan at the joint Ford/Mazda plant. Some things will swap, but some things are different. For example, GTSpec makes an 'X' brace that ties the rear suspension together nicely- you can use it, I can't….. I joke that if I win the lottery I am going to swap the Speed6 AWD drivetrain under a wagon myself, and at the same time have professionals also converting another wagon to RWD…. :-)
Oct 26, 2009 6:55 p.m.
karlt_10:: MSDS headers & Magnaflow cat ready to go on. Also picked-up a set of out-of-production lightweight accessory pulleys. Looks like I may just need to pick-up a Fluidampr crank pulley to go with them….
Jan 29, 2010 11:41 p.m.