pmartz16 2008.5 BM Mazdaspeed 3
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I think the issue you pointed out is why he put the insulation there.
Yes, before I did not wrap my hot pipe for my intercooler and it faded the paint on the bottom of the hood and I did not want it to go through to the top. So I wrapped my hot pipe. But I got it pc'd now and don't want to cover it up as I think the wrap looks bad so I put the under hood shield. I don't think that shield looks good either but I got it as a gift so I used it. If I had to do it again I would have just gotten the foil stuff and use that. We have a funny shaped hood and it was hard to make it look nice.
Also the pc hides the dirt really well haha. I clean it with glass cleaner and it all just wipes off. Its really nice to have that glass finish
Also the pc hides the dirt really well haha. I clean it with glass cleaner and it all just wipes off. Its really nice to have that glass finish
it sucked. I took the hood off and made like 60 measurements. It took forever and was really hard to cut and make look nice
Also I almost forgot. I paid for a spare long block that has a spun bearing. I will be picking it up in a couple weeks when I have some free time. I will be rebuilding it as I want something to tinker with rather than doing simple stupid stuff to the ms3. hope to have it ready and dropped in this winter. Not sure if it will go in with a new turbo or not. But most likely will have a new clutch to go in with it as thats the easiest way to do it
did a compression check on the current motor in the car. The motor is the original oem motor that came with the car 100,210 miles ago. #1)191 #2)190 #3)181 #4)187 all these numbers are within 5% of each other so that is a good sign that the motor is in good health. I was very happy to see that. I won't be putting any sort of turbo upgrade on this motor though, I don't know that she would be able to handle it. But the ko4 e85 tune is now done! So I will rock this motor, turbo, clutch, and tune till the end of the year for when I hope to have some new goodies for the car. Hope everything survives my punishment!
Also did another autox this past Sunday at Pitt Race:
Also did another autox this past Sunday at Pitt Race:
That first picture is great!
And, the decals look great! You should post the photos of them here too: www.facebook.com/flatoutgraphics
And, the decals look great! You should post the photos of them here too: www.facebook.com/flatoutgraphics
Lol yes.
