Buying a Mazda Xedos 9. Help!!!
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Hi im looking to but a old Mazda Xedos 9. now i have £1300 in ready's and £500 for any work needing done. But my biggest prob is what engine to go for. They come in 2.5 V6 think its the same unit thats in probe/MX6 etc. or the 2.3 miller supercharged. I know the better unit is the Miller but parts/superchargers/ reliability are a mystery. However the 2.5 V6 pasts are cheep, hell even a complete new engine is cheep.
Just buy the best one you can find, they were rare new so finding one may be difficult, to be honest if it breaks, would you really get into swapping engines ? it may be the same unit in the V6 but may have detail changes that make dropping in an MX6 version more of a job that ont he face of it would seem, I swapped engines between two cars of the same model, same year and got caught out by one having a detail revision to the immobilisier system and thus a different reluctor wheel on the back of the flywheel. I would say for a grand, if it breaks, weigh it in and get another.
The 2.5 is less refined, but feels like it performs better - Reliabilty wise, they are almost bomb proof
The Miller lump is a lovely unit, very refined, but doesn't deliver power in the way you'd expect from a supercharged lump, feeling much lazier than you'd expect, although they do go well. It was definitely a better car than the standard Xedos 9 though, just more of a luxobarge. The original BBS wheels fitted are NLA, and were quite soft, so had a tendancy to buckle easily
The Miller lump is a lovely unit, very refined, but doesn't deliver power in the way you'd expect from a supercharged lump, feeling much lazier than you'd expect, although they do go well. It was definitely a better car than the standard Xedos 9 though, just more of a luxobarge. The original BBS wheels fitted are NLA, and were quite soft, so had a tendancy to buckle easily
Superhoop said:
The 2.5 is less refined, but feels like it performs better - Reliabilty wise, they are almost bomb proof
The Miller lump is a lovely unit, very refined, but doesn't deliver power in the way you'd expect from a supercharged lump, feeling much lazier than you'd expect, although they do go well. It was definitely a better car than the standard Xedos 9 though, just more of a luxobarge. The original BBS wheels fitted are NLA, and were quite soft, so had a tendancy to buckle easily
something like this, but a good bit cheaperThe Miller lump is a lovely unit, very refined, but doesn't deliver power in the way you'd expect from a supercharged lump, feeling much lazier than you'd expect, although they do go well. It was definitely a better car than the standard Xedos 9 though, just more of a luxobarge. The original BBS wheels fitted are NLA, and were quite soft, so had a tendancy to buckle easily
http://www.dawhitecars.co.uk/used-cars/mazda-xedos...
If they're anything like the Mazda 6 (I have owned two), or any Mazda for that matter - I'd be more worried about rust, especially around the rear arches.
As said above - the Miller Cycle charger is not really there for power per se, it's there for economy. You can read about them on Wiki if you're interested of course.
As said above - the Miller Cycle charger is not really there for power per se, it's there for economy. You can read about them on Wiki if you're interested of course.
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