Recent content by ChewyChevy

Tire went flat on I580(California) from Hayward to Livermoore going about 70mph. If you want to skip the story, Paragraph 4 is where the important stuff is. 1) Around 11:15ish?? Mazda3 veers right a couple times, I check rear-views in case to pull over. A cop car behind me was flashing lights...

Ever driven a 1000hp monster with an auto?? Not saying I have, but I've sat in a few high hp cars in my time. They aren't the easiest thing in the world to control. And you're saying, many road, autox and drag racers out there are not really driving (as they're driving automatics)?? I might...

Yea when my folks went purchase our family Mazda3, 3 more were sold within the same time period (3 hours). The car is definately hot right now.

I'll probably do the 1000 mile oil change. Only 10 bucks to do. Couldn't hurt. I'll stick to Dino oil until I have some worthy mods on there to justify the extra cost of synthetic. $3 bucks more a quart at 4 quarts a change at 1 change every 5000 miles for 50,000 miles = 120 bucks...

Ah I see. Sucks to hear your knee injuries causes pain when you drive a manual. Anybody with a Mazda EPROM editing program?? I think you can up your shift-points a few hundred rpm there without risking valvetrain and bottom end damage.

Yea...always driving around in manual mode is kinda silly. Kinda takes away from the whole point of driving an automatic...pressing the gas, brake and turning. I've only gone into manual mode once, and that was to check the limits of the vehicle. Probably won't go into it again unless I...

I've never been a big fan of body kits(not enough style, too much weight,no performance bonus's), but those are pretty clean and look sharp.

No need to apologize. Your points are very valid. I agree that a lot of folks out there are mis-informed about cars. I got a bit off topic in my earlier post. I'd like to hear about your set-up with your Pinto?? Send me an email or private message?? Thanks

Hmmm....I've seen plenty of automatics(non sequential shift) dominate over manuals at the Auto-X, as most manual drivers can't heel-toe worth anything (myself included). The 3 has sequential shift on top of that... A higher stall doesn't effect top speed. Real world top speed is a function of...

If anyone is daring, he/she can make one's own cold air intake from painted metal intake piping, hose clamps and K&N look alike. I may do that this weekend..will post up pics if I do so. If you want the bling bling, one can always powder-coat for another 25-35 bucks. I did the intake on my...

Spin-Tech, Dynomax, Hooker, Random-Tech and Borla are pretty good brands...though the last two are expensive and hooker's can be ghettoish.

Soo..does any reputable company make higher stall torque convertors or shift kits/better valve bodies for Mazda tranny's in general?? I'm guessing the Focus and 3S tranny are the same?? I wonder if someone makes one for the Focus...too lazy to check myself now..so I'll depend on ya'll good...

Holy Poop 1.3 inch drop?? Do you guys offer an upgraded shock?? Bilstein, Koni??

Thanks Shag! Yikes those rims need to get beefed up to some 17x8's...hmm 17X9.5 with some fender rolling. Ah well all later...must enjoy new car in stock form while I still can. Alex

What's the Dimensions on the sport package 17 inch rim?? 17x??? Thanks