What have you done to your MS3 today?

[JamesCH]

Rolled 40k... hooray!

 

[hugador]

im still on my stock battery after 4 years and nearly 70k miles. I also had a tacoma that had the same original battery for about 5 years

its all in the way you treat it. it depends on how often it gets charged up through actual engine running, how often it is left to discharge, the environment it is in, how well the terminals are kept, etc

one of the first things i like to do for battery maintenance is buy one of those battery terminal kits with the washers and spray bottle. the washers have a special anti corrosive treatment infused so battery acid wont wick up the terminal, and the spray is also anti-corrosive so you protect the terminals and wire connectors

another trick i learned from my dad before even driving was to make sure that as many electrical components were turned off as possible to it was less strain for the battery during startup. it always killed me to ride with someone who started their car and the ac was at fuol blast, stereo on, headlights on, just a bunch of unnecessary stuff

if you dont start your car for more than mabye 4 days at a time id invest in a trickle charger. the longer the battery is left to dicharge the less life the plates within the battery will have

also, check under that battery cover every once in a while and just brush or blow the dirt off the top. a clean battery is a happy battery

No corrosion on battery terminals. You could eat off of it. I do drive very short distances. Round trip to and from work is only 15 miles. Nothing is hookup that can use up power. And lately I dont move it for two days a week sometimes. Three years was all she rode for me.

 

[TaylorC]

Just saw this hilarious Mazdaspeed3 review...light hearted and funny: http://www.web2carz.com/autos/everything-else/1569/behind-the-wheel-with-sarah

 

[taf0422]

Corksport Oil Catch Can

 

[Jdm_Mica]

^^^let us know how it works our for you, i am on the fence on replacing my Perrin catch can

 

[Domino81]

If she was trying to be funny... she failed. Because that was the worst video I've ever seen.

 

[JamesCH]

If she was trying to be funny... she failed. Because that was the worst video I've ever seen.

Yeah... painful ignorance is not humor in my book.

 

[oaklandopen]

Are we ignoring the first-post-troll aspect of that video?

 

[ericrapp]

i thought you folks might want to know.
I have a braille battery waiting to install. but i was designing a tray to hold batt plus cpu and CP-e standback and some plx units.
well low and behold, Someone here ahem... turned me on to HTP and their battery box and tray designs.
Well i just got one hell of a return letter from Matt at HTP and they have some offerings not listed for the speed 3 and 6 coming on line now.
very nice. i will link as soon as i get more info.
So far i am very enthusiastic about this.
very enthusiastic indeed.
ps there is a sale too. if anyone is interested shoot them a message.
I promise to report as things progress. and any one can pm me with questions

 

[8.5MS3]

Get rid of that POS standback

I made almost as much power and more torque than a gt3076 speed6 @20psi with my AP and stock turdbo

Fail tuning solution is fail

 

[chimmike]

tune is being cleaned up too. 26psi, stock cat back exhaust.

 

[Domino81]

Needs moar boost. looks good, Mike.

 

[taf0422]

^^^let us know how it works our for you, i am on the fence on replacing my Perrin catch can

will do.

 

[speed3 britz]

Installed Corksport LED interior light kit. Only one not working it the one in trunk area when you open hatch. Old bulb wasn't burnt out or filament broken. I switched around polarity and still nothing. Anyone else know issue? All other interior lights and taillights work so not ROOM or TAILIGHT fuse...

 

[oaklandopen]

you sure the switch is on? You have a multimeter?

 

[speed3 britz]

Yeah the switch is on. No I dont, that was going to be my next step. I'm probably going to put the test light on it first to see if its even getting power since I don't have a multimeter at the moment

 

[oaklandopen]

So youre saying your old bulb works but the new LED wont? Bad LED maybe?

 

[JamesCH]

A cheap Chinese LED light that's DOA? (shocked)

 

[speed3 britz]

No the old bulb didn't work either. I assumed it was burnt out when I ordered the new ones, however the orig bulb was fine when removed... so neither of them work. So I don't think its a bad LED, whether Corksport uses Chinese LED's or not.

 

[8.5MS3]

test continuity first