Do you think you own a boring car? I though so too, until I dug in a little bit deeper and tried to learn more about my car. I drive a 2004 Mazda 6, which happens to feature a 3.0 Liter V6 manufactured by Ford, called the Duratec 30. Wait… my Mazda has an engine made by Ford? That’s right, my Mazda’s 220 horses come from straight out of Detroit. After learning this fact I decided to try and learn more about my engine and the potential it has for making more power. What I learned surprised me and showed that learning more about your car can show you some surprising things.
My car isn’t fast,as much as I would like to think it is. However, by researching my engine I discovered that my engine has untapped potential. My car is a Mazda, but it has a Ford engine, the same engine featured in cars like the Fusion and the Mercury Milan. But more importantly it is the same engine in the Noble M400.
Noble M400
That’s right folks! This super car features the same 3.0 liter V6 that my old Mazda does. The only difference? A twin turbo charger and a bit of rebuilding. My stock V6 makes 220 horsepower, but this tuned beauty produces an outstanding 425 turbo charged horses. Potential? You bet, and this car shows that any engine can be turned into an absolute monster, even if your car is old or mundane. I thought the same too until my research proved that any engine, including mine, can become something special with enough hard work.
So finding this out was pretty cool, but this wasn’t the only thing I found out about the potential of my car.
Rossion Q1
Wait… so my engine is featured in more than one modern supercar? That’s right. Meet the Rossion Q1. Probably a car that you’ve never heard of, but you should know. The Rossion Q1 is a supercar that featured a Duratec 30 engine that is rebuilt and twin turbo charged. Unlike the Noble, the Rossion breaks the 500 horsepower level, as it produces an incredible 508 horsepower from the 3.0 liter V6.
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