Hey everyone. I just purchased my spicy orange MSP Friday. I was wondering about others who also have MSP's and anything unusual you too may have encountered or other mods you found.
I live in TN, and heard that our dealership had an MSP in the showroom. I called Friday morning and asked if I could test drive it. The salesman told me to give him an hour or so to get it out of the showroom and there would be no problem. Needless to say after seeing it in person, I fell in love with it. I have to say that it isn't that fast, but I knew that could be fixed. It handles wonderfully and begs to be autocrossed. All the features of this car makes it worth buying. The fact that it comes with a decent stereo, 17's, and other goodies inside, make a few less mods that I would have done anyway. Besides that, since I was the first to buy one here, the dealer gave me the complete display including the Mazdaspeed floormat and neon sign. (they were great salesmen)
I also have an Acura Integra GSR turbo. I guess that is why the MSP doesn't feel that fast to me. The MSP feels like my GSR did when it was stock. Driving my MSP around, I noticed it has a bit of a lag when you get on it (keeping in mind that I realize I am still breaking it in and am not fully getting on it). It also lacks that top of the gear pull that I love about any VTec motor. I am sure it won't be long before thay have a recall to reprogram the computers and fix this problem. I did notice that my GSR intake fits perfectly on my MSP by just a couple of screws. I also had to turn the boost up just slightly ( you can't turn it up too far because there is a factory limiter on it and until someone makes a adaptor for it, your stuck with only having about 5 or 6 pounds of play) The other thing I had to do was put an aftermarket blow off valve because the stock one is way too small to work like it should. I will soon be changing out the exhaust and putting a bigger intercooler on it which will increase the hp by 50. (thanks Superstreet!) . I am also going to replace all that plastic piping which will help too. I have also ordered a boost guage and turbo timer for it as well. Everything I have done can quickly be taken off and replaced stock in the need I have to take my car in the the dealership. They also told me that by replacing my exhaust would only void the warrenty on the exhaust
Anyway, I love my car. It is fun to drive and looks great.
I live in TN, and heard that our dealership had an MSP in the showroom. I called Friday morning and asked if I could test drive it. The salesman told me to give him an hour or so to get it out of the showroom and there would be no problem. Needless to say after seeing it in person, I fell in love with it. I have to say that it isn't that fast, but I knew that could be fixed. It handles wonderfully and begs to be autocrossed. All the features of this car makes it worth buying. The fact that it comes with a decent stereo, 17's, and other goodies inside, make a few less mods that I would have done anyway. Besides that, since I was the first to buy one here, the dealer gave me the complete display including the Mazdaspeed floormat and neon sign. (they were great salesmen)
I also have an Acura Integra GSR turbo. I guess that is why the MSP doesn't feel that fast to me. The MSP feels like my GSR did when it was stock. Driving my MSP around, I noticed it has a bit of a lag when you get on it (keeping in mind that I realize I am still breaking it in and am not fully getting on it). It also lacks that top of the gear pull that I love about any VTec motor. I am sure it won't be long before thay have a recall to reprogram the computers and fix this problem. I did notice that my GSR intake fits perfectly on my MSP by just a couple of screws. I also had to turn the boost up just slightly ( you can't turn it up too far because there is a factory limiter on it and until someone makes a adaptor for it, your stuck with only having about 5 or 6 pounds of play) The other thing I had to do was put an aftermarket blow off valve because the stock one is way too small to work like it should. I will soon be changing out the exhaust and putting a bigger intercooler on it which will increase the hp by 50. (thanks Superstreet!) . I am also going to replace all that plastic piping which will help too. I have also ordered a boost guage and turbo timer for it as well. Everything I have done can quickly be taken off and replaced stock in the need I have to take my car in the the dealership. They also told me that by replacing my exhaust would only void the warrenty on the exhaust
Anyway, I love my car. It is fun to drive and looks great.
