What have you done to your Mazda6 today?

[Tungsten6]

lol. Ew, no. It would be a low mileage Gen1 speed3. Which I have found a pearl white one I want. I have been trying to like the gen2 for a while but I just can't do it. I may be able to pull off the white when it comes out in 2012 but it would make for a lot of work I would have to do for it apeal right to me. The interior is terrible. Mazda had it right on the gen1. I have sat in a speed3 a few times and I must say it was much more comfy than my speed6 was.



Haha. I just miss mazda. I don't feel right on the corvette forum... like im too young and broke. Which the corvette has made me. Few hundred bucks here and there adds up after a while. And with no over time at work the bank account is dropping fast.

But in all seriousness I put a whole lot of work into the vette to get it right. Time to sell while its in prime and start fresh with something newer and less miles thats I am very familiar with. fwd may suck but I dont plan on big power with it.

Get a MSM

 

[Guest20182]

Threw a new battery in.

 

[EDM6-zoom zoom]

Emblem painted black and installed.

 

[EDM6-zoom zoom]

Here are some quick night pics I will try to get better pics later.

 

[mglavina]

Might have a potential buyer for my car............. uh-oh

 

[JDM-P5]

Oh...its on.

 

[kahmikahze]

schmexy.

 

[JDM-P5]

http://slammedsedanregime.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-nore-boost-leak-happy-speed6.html
peep the video clip...

 

[kahmikahze]

Which BPV do you have?

 

[JDM-P5]

HKS SSQV BOV on the turbo of my fmic - venting to atmosphere

 

[xxxmonoxidechil]

new wheels and tires.

 

[The Great NY]

Nice change pat

 

[Guest20182]

new wheels and tires.

Were those the Mazda3 rims on the Milwaukee CL a few days back?

Look good Pat.

 

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[JDM-P5]

$ Pat.

 

[Funkster777]

Great job Phil. Any fitment issues or install problems?

 

[JDM-P5]

Great job Phil. Any fitment issues or install problems?

With my application, the fmic was not very large so I didn't have to cut my crash bar. as for the kit itself, I pieced together my bits & pieces. I searched craigslist & picked my a fmic kit that a local vw vr6 turbo was selling ($100). It came w/2.25" pipping (no bueno). So I scrapped the pipes & kept the fairly nice IC core. My buddy traded in his ms3 and had some pipes laying around. It wasn't enough, so I bought a generic ebay 2.5" piping kit ($60). As for installations, you have to remove the windshield washer tank & relocate it. The piping pretty much lined up the way I needed it to, but had to cut a few to shorten them etc. The only real issue I had w/fitment was the stock intake that runs off the bottom of the hood & seals on the stock tmic. I ended up removing that & that's a nice amount of weight gone (in addition to the stock tmic lol) & the other fitment issue were the fog light housings. They had to be slightly modified. The backside of them stuck out too far & I couldn't get the bumper to line up & be bolted on. Ended up taking a sawzall to the rear corners of the fog housings. Not a big issue since you can't see it from the front/exterior (I left the clips so it would still hold snug). Also had to drill into the bumper support to bolt in the FMIC. Aside from all that, it was about a 6-hour job from start to finish. Just making sure everything lined up & cutting stuff etc because I didn't want to mess anything up.
IN the end I'm happy.

 

[Funkster777]

Where did you relocate the washer to? I'm going to do this but I want to wait until BT before I do.

 

[JDM-P5]

Relocated to my garage for now. lol.
I will try mouting it on the lower intake side (driver side) or get a smaller unit from another car.

Soon*.


*+ more.

 

[xxxmonoxidechil]

Were those the Mazda3 rims on the Milwaukee CL a few days back?

Look good Pat.

thanks! those are RX8's actually. i bought them over a year ago locally here in rockford. and have just been sitting on them till i could afford tires for them. i still have my speed3's. but plan on selling them soon.