Recent content by mazdaspeedson

my car seemed to have clutch issues it wouldnt move as if the clutch was slipping replaced the clutch not the issue the car will not move when it happened i was pulling out of the parking lot i heard very faintly a clunking almost like a axle 10 feet later the car wont move. if you jack the car...

as a honda and a mazdaspeed owner i see that alot of people on the forum are quick to insult and make fun i dont understand if they are so smart why they dont just inform that is what a forum is for also it is about cars that make power or cars that are for show if your car is clean does it...

best: when i smoked a audi on 22 pounds of boost and everone wanted to know what kind of car i had worst: when i threw a rod at 7000 rpms you cant treat these cars likes hondas got my head on right now new motor hasnt seen over 6000 and she is well taken care of

hey i looked up kbb on your car and it retails for 14800 with no other books available so if your looking to get another car at a dealership you can use it as a trade and use the book as a negotiating factor or even sell it to a dealership if your not wanting to get another car that is if you...

car looks good did the same set up on mine as for you coil overs just for future refrence if the steering starts to pop and it tends to pull the direction you last turned the aluminum spacer at the top hits the rubber and they conflict either you can rip it out or if your lazy like me just...

i would say custom is good for most of what he said except in a couple areas which is the ms3 and ms6 to start the ms6 is all wheel drive so road grip is better i have never drove one but i have been in one and most all wheel drive cars will out handle fwd as for the ms3 my friend has one and i...

sounds like a boost leak but if thats not it you might want to check your coil packs but it will throw a cel as it progressively gets worse so good luck happy tuning

for the starting problems it sounds like you live somewhere cold the protege i well known for being a hard start in the cold even the n/a ones try to keep it in a garage if at all possible. as for your hesitation i had a similar problem with one of my coil packs going bad it was like hitting a...

so far im on top with 92k holy s*** but had a new motor from japan at 77k

i live in az but we have some pretty brutal monsoons and i have the stock plastics that cover the underneath and i have had no problems

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i have had both and the ram air actually caused me problems because the car is equipped with 2 cooling fans over the radiator and stock inter cooler with the ram air the fans would kick on and reflect right back into my intake causing the car to think it is sucking in 214 degree air leaning it...

a squeal i am assuming out of the turbo yea i had that it was wierd i put a injen cold air intake on it and it went away

i had a similar problem with my protege with what felt like fuel cut but it was actually the engine sputtering and what it was, was the manifold bolts holding the turbo and manifold together had loosened and there was a huge seperation causing loud turbo noises and compressor surge the super...

an over rev is impossible in a stock protege because it has a rev limiter as for your abs light a wheel speed sensor could be cutting out if it is the light will come on again and stay on then all you have to do is take it and run the computer code it will tell you which speed sensor it is if...