Thats what I have always planned on doing, all that plus the front engine mount. I drive my car daily and need a nice reliable car, but also the hesitation kills here in houston. Its nasty hot and humid so heat soak is almost instant. I plan on getting the turbohoses smic when it comes out along with the hardpipes and their short ram with heat shield when the less expensive one becomes available. Also I would like to get the circuit sports catted downpipe. All this I believe should make my car much more exciting to drive, plus you should get a bit better gas mileage. (rockon)Dexter said:If you dont plan to do much, an SMIC is a good idea. I would do that, hardpipes, intake and downpipe.
If you get a Greddy type-S (or any other BOV for that matter) and run a dual setup when you get your turbohoses hardpipes you will not have a turkey with the upgraded intake.MazdaNeal said:Dude get the turbohoses sri, you will love the sound of the turbo spooling, plus supposedly with this intake there is no turkey.
FYI.canuck_bulldog said:Another Calgarian with a MSP new to the forum. Hey Geomatics I just switched my manual tranny to redline MT-90 ~$30CAD, but I found that it made very minimal difference to shifting quality. As far as using GM synchromesh I chose not to due to it not listing its weight and wanting to stay within warranty specifications. I will next try the Kartboy shifter bushing solution, overall I find the quality of the tranny dissapointing. I also want to make my MSP a little stronger ~180 rwhp, but will probably just upgrade the intake and a new SMIC when the cheaper one on the forum comes out. I previously installed a turbo kit on a miata from sourcing out parts. I find turbo upgrades in the MSP insanely expensive (uhm) in comparison(eg some FMIC+pipes kit for over $1000+ USD or 2 simple hardpipes for $400USD). I mean seriously you could buy the whole car for $15,000USD. I love my MSP but I sure as heck would not of chose it as a platform to make a racer using aftermarket parts, and I think any one who does the "big" dump of cash into it will have big regrets when they get walked on by a $5000CAD 5.0 mustang with a $1000 blower or turbo on it.
you mean FWHP, or just WHP will do...sorry for being a dick, but man, we have FWD cars, and everyone says i have such and such RWHP, lol, not razzing on you, just everyone...lol.canuck_bulldog said:Another Calgarian with a MSP new to the forum. Hey Geomatics I just switched my manual tranny to redline MT-90 ~$30CAD, but I found that it made very minimal difference to shifting quality. As far as using GM synchromesh I chose not to due to it not listing its weight and wanting to stay within warranty specifications. I will next try the Kartboy shifter bushing solution, overall I find the quality of the tranny dissapointing. I also want to make my MSP a little stronger ~180 rwhp, but will probably just upgrade the intake and a new SMIC when the cheaper one on the forum comes out. I previously installed a turbo kit on a miata from sourcing out parts. I find turbo upgrades in the MSP insanely expensive (uhm) in comparison(eg some FMIC+pipes kit for over $1000+ USD or 2 simple hardpipes for $400USD). I mean seriously you could buy the whole car for $15,000USD. I love my MSP but I sure as heck would not of chose it as a platform to make a racer using aftermarket parts, and I think any one who does the "big" dump of cash into it will have big regrets when they get walked on by a $5000CAD 5.0 mustang with a $1000 blower or turbo on it.
Some good points....Although I am already aware of the issues with increasing the boost. I am pretty conservative when it comes to mods. I will start with the stock numbers and gradually increase it. My guess is that I would be happy at about 10 psi, but even if everything looks good, I won't go above 12 psi. There will likely come a point where traction will become an issue. Keep in mind that almost doubling the boost can be doable with a better chiller and associated tuning. Some people are going well beyond 12 but that's not for me. I do have the cash to rebuild the entire car or even buy a new one but I like the car because its different so I will stick with it for now. I appreciate your comments, but I know my limits as well as the MSP for my set-up.canuck_bulldog said:Good for you. Like I said in my previous post I am also planning on putting in a new SMICand intake. I think Mazda should be ashamed that their product came with such an inferior IC for this setup. I think you definitely will have a stealthy car but at 12psi reliability may be a different issue. Don't forget the MSP engine was designed to be normally aspirated. You must also have a lot more cash than I do because I would feel pretty stupid at blowing up my engine that is still on warranty. Think long and hard what Mazda is going to do when you bring in your car with a hole in the block and moon shaped rods. They will be very thorough to make sure the bill probably 3-4k will be yours due to tinkering (just the forged rods run ~$1000). You are basically deciding to almost double the boost with the same injectors and stock fuel delivery system(IE no Haltech or other stand alone upgraded ECU). You will not be that stealthy when you detonate your engine. My point is that the MSP is a great daily driver, but my advice for mods would be strictly bolt on intake,IC, and maybe an exhaust(but will be louder and probably not legal with no cats). If you go down the slippery and expensive slope of 12psi then prepare to spend big $$$ to do it right. Which by the way expect to recover about 1/10th of the cost of when you go to sell. I just know through personal experience with a JRSC Acura you reach a point where to do more speed upgrades it cost so much you wonder if you should have bought a different car as a platform. My 2 cents on good MSP upgrades
Intake, boost controller to slightly up the boost, SMIC.geomatics_tech said:Just like the title says, I drive my car every day and want to make it a better daily driver (ie. a little more "zoom zoom", with less hesitation, and not much louder than stock). I was thinking about getting an upgraded smic, hard pipes and a unichip. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
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Shaun
