Hello everybody!
A month ago I became a happy owner of 323f '95 with 1.8 DOHC engine.
I should admit that my previous car was a microscopic Daihatsu Cuore '97 with 0.85 engine and 600 kg of weight
So now get back to the topic. The engine of Mazda feel very different from Daihatsu and not always in better way. First of all it doesn't rev up as quick as I expected and what is worse it does rev down pretty slowly when I release throttle pedal. Revs go down a bit lazy I can say. Is it normal behavior? Daihatsu small 3-cylinder engine had more motorcycle-like responses and Mazda's one feels like something big and heavy.
The second thing that bother me is acceleration. It's very impressive over 4000 rpm!!!! And I realy like (even LOVE) it! But when I drive as usually in 1500-2500 rpm and need a quick acceleration even 1 gear down doesn't make a deal. I ought to make 2 gears down! Is it should be like this? On Daihatsu it seemed to be more easy and predictable. Are your engines lazy at low revs too?
Hope you dispel my doubts guys!
therefore, there's a lot more rotating mass to get moving and to slow down 
