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Car is sold! So I am finally ready to list my car. I have been unsuccessful in finding an affordable house with more garage space, and I can't have my wife continue to park in the driveway when it starts to heat up again out here. I am still very much in love with my MSP, so I am listing it...

SOLD! This is the flywheel from the JDM Mazdaspeed Familia, purchased from Corksport. The consensus is that Mazda shaved 2.5kg from the stock flywheel. I weighed this at 16.4lbs, so if anyone has a stock one out of the car, they can confirm the difference. Anyway, I bought this years ago...

SOLD! These are Axxis ULT pads. I've had Axxis ULT pads on my MSP since I bought it in 2006. They have incredible stopping power but don't need to warm up like a track pad so they are very popular for autocross. They also last forever. My first set lasted over 50k miles. However, when I...

SOLD! After how much work I put into this, it is really hard to sell, but it makes no sense to keep it on a car that I am selling. The valve cover was modified to improve airflow from the breather port to the crank case in order to reduce any positive pressure created by blow by under heavy...

Radiator is SOLD! This is the radiator that Protege Garage sells for $525. It is sold as an AWR radiator but is actually manufactured by Ron Davis in Glendale, AZ. It is a stock replacement, but far superior cooling capacity than stock. I purchased it in November of 2009, so it is almost...

SOLD! This is the famous CustomMSP SMIC. It is famous because it is the only stock replacement intercooler for the MSP. Although it fits with no modifications, it is a massive performance improvement over stock. Protege Garage claims 20whp, which is overly generous. Perhaps on the hottest...

SOLD! I bought this custom hard pipe kit from Korangatang in February of 2012. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123810831 The couplers and clamps are second to none, made by turbotechniques. If you've ever tried to piece together your own kit, you know how much good silicone...

My boots are still in tact, but they are leaking at the ends and flinging axles grease everywhere. Rubber just tends to shrink over time out here in AZ. I don't want to replace perfectly good axles because of such a minor problem, so I was thinking I could just tighten the clamps, but there...

So my Optima lasted 9 years. It was dead after a short vacation; I jumped it, and drove to work. It was dead again when I left work so I jumped it again but the whole car shut off on the highway on the way home. I had to get a tow home. To test the battery, I charged it overnight and it...

So my Red Top finally died on me. I bought it for my MX6 in '03 and I moved it over to the MSP in '06. It is over 9 years old so it had a good run. It failed to start after being out of town a week, so I figured I might have left the dome light on or something and jumped it to get to work. It...

Many cars come with wider tires in the rear to achieve more traction in the rear and not oversteer as easily. Corvettes come to mind. I know of only one car that ever came from the factory with wider front tires. The mid 2000's Grand Prix GXP had 255 on the front and 225 in the back to handle...

I stupidly stripped my top passenger side exhaust manifold bolt hole this past winter. It was only the last 3rd or so of the threads so I was still able to tighten it down, but while my car used to go about 6 mos before I had to tighten down the ARP studs again, it seems to have only lasted 3...

My car started this a long time ago. It probably has been close to six months now. In the past year or so I have replaced all struts and springs, the control arm bushings, the end links, the sway bar bushings, the front motor mount, the side motor mount, and both front hubs and bearings in...

So I replaced my pads last summer with the same pads I've had on the car since I bought it in '06, Axxis Ults. I didn't have a problem until I took the car to the track for the first time in October, and just did one 20 minute session. I had already paid for the day when I picked up a large...

Are they both supposed to turn on simultaneously or are they staggered?

So I know it is not just my car, as many have mentioned this rough spot in the rev range. I have inserts on all four mounts and I am tired of the vibration when the car kicks into high idle from either the fans or A/C. In the summer, I often just keep my right foot slightly on the gas to keep...

Sorry for the double post, but the suspension forum doesn't get much traction. So my wheel bearings all seem to be going out in sequence. My right front last year, my left front a few months ago, and now I can wobble the right rear a little bit. I took a look at the service manual and parts...

So my wheel bearings all seem to be going out in sequence. My right front last year, my left front a few months ago, and now I can wobble the right rear a little bit. The fronts really suck because you have to press them out and press them back in. I don't own a press. I looked into it but I...

I picked up two extra valve covers and had one powdercoated a textured red and the other textured black to see which one I liked better in my engine bay. I chose the red, so now I need to sell the black one. I also have the original now that I don't need anymore. $80 shipped for the...

I bought this pipe in August and had it on the car for exactly 65 miles. It has simply sat in my garage since the summer. With the stainless and high flow cat options, it came out to $390. While not technically new, it is as clean and shiny as the day it arrived, and I will ship it with the...