Recent content by 11B-33T

Old School love for the MSP out for a Sunday drive.

I remember reading the chief chucklehead at Mazda said Mazdaspeed was 'childish' and Mazda was going to meet the consumer needs of the more refined adult crowd...FTG IMHO for not envisioning or anticipating that as drivers (ok customers) needs/wants/desires progress thru life's stages, the...

Only found this thread five years later...🫤...I had the Mazda flag here in AZ before sending it to NV...

16 out of 20 does NOT qualify for the 24/7 t-shirt :cry:

Got ask what happened to your Yellow?

Gotta tell you that your requests for MSP stuff is akin to Isaiah crying out in the desert...next to no replies and might take 40 years lol. The pickings are pretty slim however, sometimes somebody wanders in and provides a bit of info. GL with your searching... Mazdaspeed Protege Performance...

I recall that everyone posted recent pics of their Mazdas, on-going work/mods, wheels, interior & exterior mods, and...engine bays! I looked at a lot of wayyy earlier posts and see that a lot have broken links or the photo bucket logo that screwed the pooch so bad...here's my contribution to...

Another vote for Dark mode here. It's more comfortable after prolonged viewing of emails, spreadsheets, Word and pdf docs, etc. all day long. Getting older sucks....

The shop used 16 Gauge 6061-T6 Aluminum, silicon connectors and T-clamps for my upgraded piping setup.

Slow, steady and determined is paying off and looking good guys! (y)

Have you had a smoke test done to rule out an overlooked vacuum piping or coupler issue? My setup is significantly different than yours so I'm spitballing 🤷‍♂️

Try the simple stuff as well: check all your grounds are good & clean, no loose or dirty connectors or corrosion within the power cable sleeves.

Welp, the shop conducted a smoke test and discovered a crack in the OEM plastic MAF to Turbo hose. Online research showed silly prices wanted for OEM 'duct' hoses and my setup was all OG so decided to go with hard pipes as I plan on keeping her for a long time and don't want to do this again...

I don't have extra time to work on this problem, so I took it to a local trusted independent shop and they're looking at the vacuum system. They need a layout/diagram for the turbo setup and used my VIN when calling around to Mazda dealerships who said my turbo setup was aftermarket!?! 🤬 Anyone...

I had a CEL come on during a drive after I had cleaned/oiled the K&N filter :unsure:. Cleaned the MAF sensor and housing then put in a paper Wix filter and cleared the CEL on Saturday. CEL came back on today and pulled a P0171 code on the Topdon diagnostic reader. Gonna have to take some time...