This is a repost from Mazdapeedforums.org http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/forum/f286/denver-colorado-area-mazdaspeed-3-meets-rallies-97522/#post1131478

Cliffnotes: Mazdaspeed 3 specific meet in Denver, tentative dates are looking like Saturday 1/7/12, where is still open to suggestions.

Edit: Added to Upcoming Meets section

What if my car has a mazdaspeed shifter and ebrake handle? No go? too bad. Have fun though!

Haha yeah unfortunately this meet is Mazdaspeed 3 only.

Your'e getting close though, only a few hundred more parts and you've got a speed!

I'm not mature enough for a turbo, though a lot of the guys with turbos aren't mature enough for them either...

If you guys end up at Finn McCools, I'll probably swing by just to check out the cars though.

Man you're not kidding. I'll update the post once a location is settled on.

Shooter McGavin wrote:Man you're not kidding. I'll update the post once a location is settled on.

Finn McCools really won't leave very easy access for a good cruise, so I doubt that would be the best spot. It would be a pretty central location to attract people from the Springs the whole way up through North Denver though.

Im pretty mature(31) but as soon as I get behind the wheel of my MS3 I turn 16 again and have to go fast! lol P.S I giggle every time the turbo kicks in. lol

KILLER_VIZ wrote:Im pretty mature(31) but as soon as I get behind the wheel of my MS3 I turn 16 again and have to go fast! lol P.S I giggle every time the turbo kicks in. lol

When I have driven my freinds old sti, it was impossible to not have a grin from ear to ear. Boost is like crack.

Sounds interesting depending on the weather.

One thing I've found when going back to driving boosted cars, like my friend's 2011 STi, it's strange getting used to all the power being in the midrange again. Turbo 4 cylinders tend to really die off on the top end. So you have to shift a boosted 4 differently than I shift my Mustang. My Mustang pretty much just keeps pulling all the way to redline, and it's not as powerful in the low-mid range, but in my friend's STi, if you try to go all the way to redline it just falls on its face.

UPDATE:

JP at Edge Autosport in Denver will be giving away either a CP-e TowPlate or a Cobb Shift Knob!
Along with some swag for everyone as well.

The list of attendees is still growing, its over 20 right now!

You guys get a place set yet?

Nothing's been locked down yet, here is what they've got so far:

Meet Location:
TBD
Option 1: Northfield Parking Lot 8340 Northfield Boulevard, Denver, CO 80238 - Google Maps
Option 2: "fairly big parking lot at a bar/grill that my buddy owns just south of Denver" - hcbr929rr2
Option 3: Please Post Suggestions About Where You Would Like to Meet

So if anyone has any ideas let me know and I can relay the suggestion if you don't have a msf.org account.

erod550 wrote:One thing I've found when going back to driving boosted cars, like my friend's 2011 STi, it's strange getting used to all the power being in the midrange again. Turbo 4 cylinders tend to really die off on the top end. So you have to shift a boosted 4 differently than I shift my Mustang. My Mustang pretty much just keeps pulling all the way to redline, and it's not as powerful in the low-mid range, but in my friend's STi, if you try to go all the way to redline it just falls on its face.

The size of turbo you are running makes a huge difference. The stock VF series on the WRXs and STIs are chosen because the have little lag and good midrange. The Speed 3/6 is a more extreme example as you know. Ton of power down low and NOTHING up top. Swap in a 30 series and the entire power band changes. I think mine was making peak power at 6k rpm and the drop off it had past that was tiny. It pulled hard all the way till the rev limiter.

That said I do miss the top end of the 3076. The VF52 makes more power than the K04 on the speed but the pull near redline isnt nearly what the 3076 was.

erod550 wrote:it's strange getting used to all the power being in the midrange again.

Let me just say I wish that were the case for my n/a Legacy. Makes absolutely no power until like 5000-5500 rpm (6500 rpm redline). At least, that's what it feels like to me.


I have no real useful input for this topic though lol.

Have fun all you speed3 owners!