MS3 Upgrade?

II-Savy said:
I got an official word from Mazda. The parts are not completed yet. It is going through emmisions testing. The CAI and the exhaust are not 100% completely done.

That's funny. There's the guy in RI expecting his stuff in a couple of days. Sounds to me like it's gonna be a few weeks to few months before this stuff is ready.
 
quiet desperado said:
That's funny. There's the guy in RI expecting his stuff in a couple of days. Sounds to me like it's gonna be a few weeks to few months before this stuff is ready.

Well yea...I mean that's what I was told. My parts guy called right over to Mazda. I guess we will see.
 
Pfft. *IF* these prices are even remotely close to reality, there's not a shot in hell I'm wasting my $$ on them, regardless of the cost and benefits. CAIs should not cost more than $200, I don't care what car it's for. A CB for $1,000? Hell no. I hope those parts sit on the dealers' shelves.
 

HEY EVERYONE I WAS LOOKING AROUND AND THERE IS A WEBSITE CALLED *************.COM AND THEY HAVE A TURBO UPGRADE TO A GT30 AND THEY GOT OTHER STUFF THER PLZ CHECK IT OUT I THINK THE UPGRADE IS AROUND 2500 SO THEY GOT THE MOST THINGS I SOW FOR THE MS3 CHECK IT OUT
 
mazdaspeedkid said:

HEY EVERYONE I WAS LOOKING AROUND AND THERE IS A WEBSITE CALLED *************.COM AND THEY HAVE A TURBO UPGRADE TO A GT30 AND THEY GOT OTHER STUFF THER PLZ CHECK IT OUT I THINK THE UPGRADE IS AROUND 2500 SO THEY GOT THE MOST THINGS I SOW FOR THE MS3 CHECK IT OUT

MS-KID, FYI ALLCAPS IS CONSIDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF YELLING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE SHIFT KEY, YOU CAN TYPE ALL LOWERCASE. DON'T WORRY, WE CAN STILL READ YOUR POSTS. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF WHISPERING AND ITS EASIER TO READ THAN ALLCAPS.
 
quiet desperado said:
MS-KID, FYI ALLCAPS IS CONSIDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF YELLING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE SHIFT KEY, YOU CAN TYPE ALL LOWERCASE. DON'T WORRY, WE CAN STILL READ YOUR POSTS. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF WHISPERING AND ITS EASIER TO READ THAN ALLCAPS.


ow well im so sorry that ppl care about how the font of my typing is if u ask me it dosent make a differents but to make u happy its off ok ow ya do u want to teach me how to shift while ur at it hmmmm anyways did anyone hear anything new with upgrades for the ms3
 
mazdaspeedkid said:
ow well im so sorry that ppl care about how the font of my typing is if u ask me it dosent make a differents but to make u happy its off ok ow ya do u want to teach me how to shift while ur at it hmmmm anyways did anyone hear anything new with upgrades for the ms3

Yikes! IM looks to be the final nail in the coffin for English literacy. Nope, no news except that Mazda hasn't even completed emissions testing on the MS3 products.
 
Ritchie is a parts guy at Mazda here in Tampa and tells me they plan to release the parts January 19th. So from what he says we still have about a month to wait.
 
speed3_813 said:
Ritchie is a parts guy at Mazda here in Tampa and tells me they plan to release the parts January 19th. So from what he says we still have about a month to wait.


ya i talked to a friend that works at a mazda dealer in the parts department and they are going to be getting a aftermarket book of all the aftermarket parts for the ms3 but its going to be sometime after the new year but call ur local dealer's parts department and they would tell you if they got things out for it
 
Any updates on the CAI and Catback? My dealer, working with his parts manager, quoted me $1,500 both - installed. I haven't asked the parts manager directly about this, but I'm hoping that's all it is. :-)
 
If the CAI comes with a MAF sensor that could explain the price. I have a few tricks up my sleve that I want to try, I will know more soon.
 
MikeK said:
Any updates on the CAI and Catback? My dealer, working with his parts manager, quoted me $1,500 both - installed. I haven't asked the parts manager directly about this, but I'm hoping that's all it is. :-)

That price sounds too good to be true. That sound like $350 for the CAI and $800 for the exhaust and $350 for installation. That would be about right for the regular 3 unless the dealer's selling to you at or below cost. Are you sure it's for the MS3-specific part? The part nos. are:

CAI # GRMS-8M-L29 appx $800.00
Exh. # GRMS-8M-L26 appx $1500.00
 
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ptperformance said:
Has anyone got a kit yet?

Yea I want to hear about the 30 HP gain from a CAI... then again it sure smells like a great marketing spin... rumor the parts to add > 10% HP and spin interest up on them....

If a CAI could put the car in 300HP range it would have been done stock... took the LS2 engine in the corvette an extra liter worth of engine and a higher red line to get 100HP more and yet we are to believe 30 HP can be had by a simple nobrain cai... think Im going to sell some land out in the desert...
 
NEW INFO!

The exhaust will be hitting the warehouses on the 26th. The CAI is still waiting for fed. emm testing.
 
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