New guy here, looking for some ideas!?

[Ecruzen]

Not long ago I returned home from my deployment overseas. What did I spend my money on? A 2010 Mazda 3 i! I've gotten a few things done to play around with the appearance, tint, Konig Lace rims, spoiler, etc. however I'm at a loss for performance upgrades. I should have just bit the bullet and bought a Mazdaspeed 3. So now I'm paying for it by having a 2.0, 4 cylinder with no power... Any suggestions??? Thanks

 

[Avenger_MZ3]

If you're looking for power there are dozens of threads on these and other boards that can get you started.

 

[crsmclaren]

YEAa like avenger said but to sum it up quickly....if its manual you might have one or two more options (turbo) but either way if its manual/auto you really only have intake and exhaust not much more to boost up horespower you can get headers although no company has perfected it yet so if you get headers you will prob over mix in your engine then thats why you see that blackness around the exhaust of other cars is becuase they have aftermarket headers not really made for their car and your engine light will stay on forever.

 

[Chance]

I'm in the same boat brother, I just got back from a deployment not too long ago and bought a white 2011 mazda3 iSport 2.0. Just found this club a couple days ago and decided since I can't really do much for horse power (don't get me wrong i'm gonna do what I can) im just gonna make her look and sound nice and not attempt to race what I know I can't touch. I've already aded 5% tint, hyper silver 17" Motegi racing rims, 15k HID lights im now looking into a carbon fiber stock looking spoiler, side mirrors, and a carbon fiber mazdaspeed3 hood.