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    custom fmic what ya think?

    aluminum doesnt rust, when it becomes in contact with air, it forms a layer of aluminum oxide which protects it from rusting (the top of the metal is already oxidized).. none of us have ever seen the element Al
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    Cost of tires?

    did you guys not get a tire warranty with your cars? my dealership garaunteed them for 48000 miles...
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    If you could buy your car over again.... would you?

    I think I woulda gotten that WRX for $15000 instead of going with the MSP, FWD is really frustrating me after driving only rwd for last 2-3 years (my entire driving career) and performance issues are also starting to creep up, but the warranty and creature comforts mazda offers are great
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    New MSP2 owner

    Wow, if the knowledge of the defects helped get you down, I wonder how it would have helped me. In NC they were asking $21000 for the 2003.5 and after a couple days of working on em I got it for $15,500 out the door and I gave them the title to my 1993 suzkuki sidekick with 122600 miles on it...
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    Possibility for huge HP gain

    he cares about emissions because he wants it street legal as well
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    Possibility for huge HP gain

    maybe my intentions aren't clear, im not trying to increase the compression ratio, im going to make the combustion chamber larger to bring the compression down, for a more boost-happy engine, shooting for 14psi or so, with a dual stage boost controller i'll be able to flip from econo-mode @...
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    Possibility for huge HP gain

    I've decided on a spearco 24.5x6x3 intercooler
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    who else has an FMIC kit for the msp?

    are the prices on essential speed in canadian dollars? $1250 for an intercooler seems pretty steep if its USD
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    msp vs rsx type s

    were you at cary towne mall yesterday? the last two times i've been there i've seen a titanium msp, the last one was just sold from capital and al smith grrr so i had to get silver, meh the silver's growin on me, anyways im in fuquay technically but whats up
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    Any third gen performance enthusiats in raleigh?

    Im in raleigh, friends in ncsu's marching band have my digital cam with em.. so no pics as of yet, had a black 2003, now ive got a 2003.5, silver if you guys are ever up a group buy or something, im down, im in the market for injen intake B&B exhaust, sound clip...
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    Heathen's MSP *56K caution

    sigh.. makes me miss mine so much, I'm also in raleigh, well fuquay technically, totalled one just like yours, got a 2003.5 silver one now though, we should go cruising sometime
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    Possibility for huge HP gain

    well the idea behind the 2002 is to make it an all engine NA beast, so he needs a really radical cam
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    Possibility for huge HP gain

    So my friend is rebuilding a bmw 2002 from the ground up, for scca and autocross. While planning out what he was gonna do with the engine, he ran into the problem of meeting emissions standards with his uber-radical cam (304 i believe). Anyway, he came up with the idea of getting a cylinder...
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