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matt_mr2t wrote:So why do the newer ones, which supposedly have equal lengths, sound so different?
Marf wrote:No, its down to uneven header length.
Fitting equal length headers to any boxer engine smooths out the sound.
Slarty wrote:Other than the basics, 2.3L 4 pot turbo, I didn't know too much about them, I thought they might be 4WD as the Mazda6 MPS(which uses the same engine) is but alas they're FWD.
While I was googling I read that they use a
"special valve" that completely eliminates lag
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