My New Mazdaspeed 3 :)

[Protege17]

i Just bought a 2007 MazdaSpeed 3 GT super excited to pick it up soon. The car only has 58k on the clock and is true Red. Don't know anything about the engines or trans on these cars, however i do know the entire workings of a Mazda protege from the ground up. Was truly a sad day watching my car drive away.

Old car:

New car

 

[WillD]

Congrats! (2thumbs)

Your Protege looks nice in that picture, why did you trade it in?

Whatever the reason, I'm sure you will enjoy the Speed3.

 

[Flipboi89]

Looks good time for some goodies lol.

 

[Perro del Sol]

Congrats on the new ride!

 

[speed3 britz]

Looks nice, Where-abouts in Michigan are you?

 

[Jon MS3]

Congrats, and welcome to the dark side

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

Looks good!

 

[Protege17]

The new mazdaspeed 3 is a blast and in cant get over how much fun it is to drive. I am in Oakland country Michigan, near Great Lakes crossing. Any way the car came with a hypertech programmer and a short throw. The boost gauge only tells me that I'm running 12 and spiking to 13psi. I've read that the car comes stock with 15.6psi. Anyone tell me why this may be. A little worried

 

[Protege17]

Congrats! (2thumbs)

Your Protege looks nice in that picture, why did you trade it in?

Whatever the reason, I'm sure you will enjoy the Speed3.

I was going for a full build on the protege. I have pauter rods and weisco pistons and a forged crank and arp studs. I decided it was time for something that was more practical. So toothless is buying my parts now.

 

[Protege17]

Answer me pwease 8)

 

[speed3 britz]

Good to see another Speed3 owner in the MI area. We'll have to do a meet or something!

 

[Redlinez]

Congrats! I was about to go drive and possibly buy one the day it was posted on Autotrader and it sold an hour or so later. I had to go buy a new one...

 

[5port]

i Just bought a 2007 MazdaSpeed 3 GT super excited to pick it up soon. The car only has 58k on the clock and is true Red. Don't know anything about the engines or trans on these cars, however i do know the entire workings of a Mazda protege from the ground up. Was truly a sad day watching my car drive away.



New car

Congrats on the MS3. May I suggest you reinstall the lower engine shield tray:

1) Correct intercooler airflow

2) engine will stay cleaner

3) gas mileage will go up.

 

[boosted1]

With the HT, you should be seeing peak boost of 17.5 psi. You may have a vacuum leak, a bad boost gauge or both.

 

[#sand]

Protege17, Hope you figured out your boost issue by now. Mine is an '08 with ~70k miles that I bought new. Engine is stock except for the AEM CAI. My boost gage consistently reads ~15.5lbs during hard 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear pulls so your 12-13 seems low for some reason. I might verify the gage is reading right on your car before I knocked myself out trying to troublshoot the 2-3lbs of boost.