Basic Motor Q's

[Falconx84]

Okay, I hate to be a newbie, but I'm an old-school honda guy who just recently converted to mazda. I was in the market for a new car (ie reliable with warranty -- and power!!) and motorweek enlightened me on the virtues of the speed3 vs civic si. Anyway, I'm used to NA b18 power, not this new-fangled turbo setup


Point being, as petty as it may sound, I love the sound of my turbo, and I'd like to know what I can do to achieve the BOV sound while preferably not voiding my warranty. The turbo is still a novelty for me, and I want to take full advantage of it. Also wondering how difficult a boost gauge is to install, and how-to.

Any suggestions would be appreciated -- I'm used to working with cars that are 10+ yrs old, so most of the parts are tried and true. I don't even know where to begin with a brand new car(uhm)

Thanks!!

 

[Jasonstiller]

Cheapest and easiest thing to do is chop your stock airbox and buy an unchopped one from someone on this forum incase you ever have warranty issues to deal with. I gotta admit, the sound is GREAT. Let it be known that this is my 1st turbo car though. I still wonder what it would sound like with a proper CAI or Bypass valve though but that costs 300 and 200 respectivley.

 

[mcb]

The sound with the cai is wonderful... made me sick of getting one when i heard it on an other competitor at auto-x. But i'm in stock no CAI for me this year.