Order Cp-e Speed3 Intakes Now!!

[sixerjdm]

I ordered directly through cp-e and received the first lot of air intakes and an intro price of $308. Will ship between now and 2/1/07. Call CP-E, as they will not take orders on the Internet until demand regulates.

P.S. Turbo back exhaust is on the test car and completed, ready to produce.

Picks of install available on request and long term impressions.

 

[udontknowjack]

hmmm turbo back exhaust...yummm....more info for that ?

I ordered directly through cp-e and received the first lot of air intakes and an intro price of $308. Will ship between now and 2/1/07. Call CP-E, as they will not take orders on the Internet until demand regulates.

P.S. Turbo back exhaust is on the test car and completed, ready to produce.

Picks of install available on request and long term impressions.

 

[Refonbass]

I ordered directly through cp-e and received the first lot of air intakes and an intro price of $308. Will ship between now and 2/1/07. Call CP-E, as they will not take orders on the Internet until demand regulates.

P.S. Turbo back exhaust is on the test car and completed, ready to produce.

Picks of install available on request and long term impressions.

so you haven't actually received the intake yet?

 

[sixerjdm]

That is correct, I have not taken delivery of the part yet. I apologize, I just wanted to make people aware of the nature of availability for eager owners out there.

Josh, the tech I talked to, had the turbo-back car running in the background. Quite nasty indeed. They are nearly ready for production on those parts and they will also ship out soon. As of now the intro price and free shipping saves you about $40 to $50.

PS. I work for a Mazda dealer, before putting the intake on please have your intake manifold switch and gas cap fixture checked before install. This takes about 4000 miles to discover. After that you are home free for potential recalls on the car and the only voided warranty will be the part you are replacing. The Mazdaspeed intake is not currently available, but it will be almost identical to the CP-E design (aka it could pass for a speed intake and will be as high quality with the same type of filter so there is no real risk here accept for hydrolocking which hinges on you, the driver).

I recommend the CP-E or Cobb intake route as the mazdaspeed intake wil be a lot of money and its warranty is the minimal color code any way so have fun. If you need further assistance with a straightforward Mazda dealership please indicate that you wish to be contacted and I will run you through what the dealer can protect in case of mishap.

The MZR engine is solid as a rock and no owner should have any worries about warranty after initial break in. Enjoy this cheap monster and start squeezing!!

 

[kyliac]

Warranty Questions

PS. I work for a Mazda dealer, before putting the intake on please have your intake manifold switch and gas cap fixture checked before install. This takes about 4000 miles to discover. After that you are home free for potential recalls on the car and the only voided warranty will be the part you are replacing.
I recommend the CP-E or Cobb intake route as the mazdaspeed intake wil be a lot of money and its warranty is the minimal color code any way so have fun.

Sixerjdm,

I have a few quick questions concerning your post about the intake and exhaust.

1. I'm not sure what you meant by "before putting the intake on please have your intake manifold switch and gas cap fixture checked before install. This takes about 4000 miles to discover. After that you are home free for potential recalls on the car and the only voided warranty will be the part you are replacing." What exactly does this do?

2. The warrenty being a minimal color means exactly what and will this same minimal color be on the exhaust that cp-e is coming out with as well?

Thank you soo much for your time.

Sincerely,

Steve

 

[udontknowjack]

same question after i read that....kinda lost me there...!? (nailbyt)
is good to have someone work at mazda modd the ms3 here too...now we have the insign.....what department?(cool)

Sixerjdm,
I have a few quick questions concerning your post about the intake and exhaust.

1. I'm not sure what you meant by "before putting the intake on please have your intake manifold switch and gas cap fixture checked before install. This takes about 4000 miles to discover. After that you are home free for potential recalls on the car and the only voided warranty will be the part you are replacing." What exactly does this do?

2. The warrenty being a minimal color means exactly what and will this same minimal color be on the exhaust that cp-e is coming out with as well?

Thank you soo much for your time.

Sincerely,

Steve

 

[dread]

Are you a mazda tech? This is off topic, but I was wondering if you guys can tell if a cobb accessport was used to re-flash the ecu, if the ecu is returned to the stock program before bringing it in and the accessport is unmarried from the car. Basically does the equipment used by mazda to read the ecu, give you a date and time of the last flash of the ecu or does it just tell you that nothing is wrong with the car? Thanks in advance.

 

[Olestra]

2. The warrenty being a minimal color means exactly what and will this same minimal color be on the exhaust that cp-e is coming out with as well?

I believe the minimal warranty colour (yellow I think?) means that the part will not void any other warranty on the car but the part iself is not warrantied by Mazda. There is no "minimal color" on the CP-E exhaust as this is not Mazda, so Mazda is not going to warranty it. CP-E may have their own warranty on parts.

Edit:
it's actually orange. It means that Mazda does not warranty the part, it is "as is". And it also states that failure of any other part as a result of this mod will void warranty. So it's basically the same as installing an aftermarket part (read: Mazda doesn't recognize it as warranty valid).

There is green which is 12 mth/20k kms warranty on the part and blue which is also 12 mth/20k kms or the duration of your New Vehicle Warranty (3yrs), whichever's longest.

 

[dread]

wow, I am surprised it is orange, considered the car mags were claiming that the intake and exhaust would keep the waranty intact, that means you might as well buy aftermarket instead of wasting the 800 for the mazdaspeed.

 

[Olestra]

Yeah, intake on Normal Mazda3 is orange and exhaust is green. I don't get why intake would be orange.... Maybe they're scared you'll lock up your engine on purpose in a year.

 

[sixerjdm]

Sorry for the misunderstanding,

CP-E parts are not covered under Mazda. I was referring to the mazdaspeed parts warranty color codes. The code for the mazdaspeed3 intake will match the speed6 intake code. (By the way, the mazdaspeed intake is made by AEM!!!) notice the similiarities on AEM website. And it will not be available for a while yet.

The warranty color codes are listed on the mazdausa accessory page and it looks like they are accurately listed above as well.

As far as the intake manifold switch goes. It is a very minor problem with all MZR engine applications. It happens with most CX-7s and Speed3s, so far. It is an evap switch that does not have a recall campaign yet so we move it a few mm's closer to the opening for proper fit. I have seen info for this elsewhere on this forum. Nothing really happens it just kicks a CEL and our scan tool shows EVAP LEAK.

And of course the gas cap, most of you should know about that. The MZR is especially sensitive because of the high fuel pressure, so sometimes we need to replace the gas cap on the car because of slight leaks or lack of tightness. This always happens almost right away.

My boss is coming!!!! more answers soon on cobb ecu and a semi secret reason why mazda wants the factory parts on your car!!!

 

[dread]

cant wait

 

[quiet desperado]

wow, I am surprised it is orange, considered the car mags were claiming that the intake and exhaust would keep the waranty intact, that means you might as well buy aftermarket instead of wasting the 800 for the mazdaspeed.

If true, this is a major strategy change in marketing MS parts for the MS3. Maybe they realized almost no one would buy at the Blue warranty price. If the CAI is gonna be under the same warranty code as the MS6 (Green, not Orange), I expect they'll come out at the same price, too, around $375. Also, the filter on the MS-CAI is supposed to be the AEM Dryflow filter whereas CP-E uses an oiled filter.

But I can't wait to hear the cobb and other supersecret stuff.

 

[meha11]

If true, this is a major strategy change in marketing MS parts for the MS3. Maybe they realized almost no one would buy at the Blue warranty price. If the CAI is gonna be under the same warranty code as the MS6 (Green, not Orange), I expect they'll come out at the same price, too, around $375. Also, the filter on the MS-CAI is supposed to be the AEM Dryflow filter whereas CP-E uses an oiled filter.

But I can't wait to hear the cobb and other supersecret stuff.

i just ordered the xcel but wont be installing it until i get the dry filter from aem.
my opinion is, with the oiled filter you have the potential to suck in small particles of oil which may end up in the intercooler forming a film which i think would compromise its efficiency. i think vw had this trouble once.
dont quote me on this, if i'm wrong then i only wasted $50.

 

[dread]

whats going on with the cobb and secret stuff? Can you please inform us, thank you.

 

[Rainman]

Subscribing for interesting info.

R

 

[desperado-c]

Subscribing for interesting info.

R

Might have scared him off. Or maybe it was the mods telling him he needs to be a sponsor?

 

[sixerjdm]

Sorry for the pause, its hard to get back here when we're busy.

Anyways, I better clarify the "secret" or best guess part first. When the Speed6 came out in the winter before last there was a long delay and limited info from Mazdaspeed about the parts coming out in spring with no mention until oop all the sudden the parts are available when I do an inventory scan. Well its all the same for the Speed3 until something interesting came up for the Speed3.

It was an installation protocal for the Mazdaspeed intake and exhaust. There was never any special procedure for the Speed6 so I'm curious and then I remembered that the output of the 3 is a few ponies less than the 6. I thought oh, its just an ecu recalibration for a front wheel drive car which makes sense, but i think they are saving some output for the mazdaspeed parts because we are supposed to tap into the car and "analyze" the ecu at the point of intake install. According to press release they said something along the lines of the CAI and CBE would bump it to 300bhp when installed by your local Mazda dealer.

When I took delivery of my car I thought it ran just a little too rich and I think it would be funny if this is indeed a ecu reset, but we don't know for sure. Regardless Cobb and Cp-E will make some pretty good programs for their respective planned campaigns.

By the way, smart thinking on the AEM dryflow filter. That may be the way to go. I personally will stick with the Cp-E unit and see how things go.

I will try to add more info in an expedient fashion.

 

[dread]

thanks for the info but do you know if the mazda scan tools can detect a cobb reflash if it has already been put back to stock.

 

[sixerjdm]

Hello again, just wanted to say my intake shipped on 2/1/07 @ 10a.m. central for those of you who are curious about availability and owner impressions.

An extra 20 wheel is always handy when racing my buddy's 04 M3 SMG.

With regard to Accessport on the Speed3, I can only tell you what I think and what I know. Sounds like you are coming from Subie so you are familiar with the return to stock settings and I imagine it will be the same here.

Even so, I am also a VW dealer and my girlfriends mkV GTI has a GIAC chip intake and turbo-back and truthfully......................nobody cares. The service writer thought it was novel and so did the techs. All regular warranty work will be performed and the only warranty voided is the part it is replacing and since I was straight with him about it, if the ECU fries, he will cover 90% of the damages.

That is how your dealer should work with you, if they don't, come see me @ Van Dyn Hoven Imports 3023 Victory Lane Appleton, WI 54913

Phone install pics/video and impressions available on request.