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    What have you done to your MSP today?

    today I replaced my skrewed up Steering rack with a good one! man that was a pain in the ass!! took me 5 hours! Aligned my car, took me 45 minutes and installed my Injen CAI took 30 minutes(only because I had trouble finding the right hose clamps. Now I know what you guys mean by turky sound...
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    Clutch life

    what weight is that? 75w90?
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    Clutch life

    I have 55k miles on my car and it seems to be driving just fine with the origional clutch, but I am wondering about how long the factory clutch usually lasts. Also, I looked on alldata today and could not find anything about the increments of when the tranny fluid needs to be changed or what...
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    What have you done to your MSP today?

    im thinking about putting my injen CAI on for the weekend depending on the weather and if I get my steering rack replaced by the weekend. in the other hand I have a brand new Greddy full auto turbo timer that still needs installing... hmmm
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    head on damage hood was crumpled up and such i saw a picture of it, so the rack should be good
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    ordered a new steering rack from ebay for $114 shipped. it came off of a totaled out titanium MSP with 37k miles on it
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    I cant find an MP3 rack anywhere, and having trouble finding a MSP or regular protege rack for a reasonable price. any ideas??
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    I have heard that the MP3 has a tighter ratio. Will the MP3 rack fit on my MSP without any modifications?
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    WTB: MSP steering rack

    so any P5, or Protege rack will work? awesome, that should make it easier.
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    WTB: MSP steering rack

    I need an MSP steering rack. is the MSP steering rack different from that of a regular Protege, P5, or MP3? let me know if you got one or if you know someone that does. thanks a bunch!
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    Is the steering rack in a MSP the same as one in a regular protege, MP3 or P5???
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    well after finally getting it aligned i took it on the street today and noticed that once i make a turn, the steering wheel does not return by itself!!!! wherever I put the steering wheel it sticks. so im gonna drive it for now untill i can find a steering rack for sale. im going to take it to a...
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    replacement wastegate extra boost

    after I installed mine, I am running at 7 psi and my car runs great! as long as you don't go above about 9 psi your not really gonna hurt anything.
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    What have you done to your MSP today?

    found out that I need another part... A knuckle wich means I need another new bearing. So while waiting for them to arrive, I took my grille off and, glassbeaded, then painted my Mazda logo Semi-gloss black. Looks pretty good. Im letting it dry over night, any ideas on the best way to re-stick...
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    Hard Steering with wheels off ground???

    Well I recently nailed a curb and am still in the process of fixing my MSP. the Tie rod was not bent wich supprised me quite a bit, but when the car was in the air getting ready for an alignment, i noticed that the steering wheel felt like the wheels were on the ground and even disconntected the...
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    Sway bar end links not covered under warrenty?!

    they arent expensive, and easy to replace, just do it yourself I just replaced one of mine today
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    Ticking noise

    mine makes that sound, but way way more quiet.
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    oil used

    My car has had Mobil 1 full synthetic 10W30 in it its whole life. Which is fine, but Since I bought the car, I have been running Valvoline Syn-Power full synthetic 5W30 due to better additives. Unless you want to spend an arm and a leg on Royal purple or AMS Oil, go with Valvoline, its great...
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    What have you done to your MSP today?

    i got all my parts ordered today, and as long as i dont find anymore surprises, ill be ok. Rim-$140 Control arm, sway bar link, wheel bearing-$250 Strut from mazda-$280 Labor-$TEH FREE! Total is around $650 which kinda pisses me off cause that could have been a set of tires.
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    Need Racing Hart Wheel!!!

    10 is all it needs to be! thats pretty hard if you think about it. a 2800 pound car moving at 10 mph into a solid object that will not move. man if I, a 170 pound man walks 2 mph into a wall, im hurtin! i had probably slowed down to under 10 at the point of impact
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