What have you done to your MS3 today?
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MANSUspeed3
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- 2007 mazdaspeed 3
blowoff valve for a mazdaspeed 3
anyone know anyone who has hooked up a bolt on blowoff valve on their ms3?!........thats gonna be the first mod im gonna get......and ive had my ms3 since September.....dayaam.....so far all i know is that corksport is gonna have one in a month or so.......but cant wait that long........anyone?!
anyone know anyone who has hooked up a bolt on blowoff valve on their ms3?!........thats gonna be the first mod im gonna get......and ive had my ms3 since September.....dayaam.....so far all i know is that corksport is gonna have one in a month or so.......but cant wait that long........anyone?!
Well to be honest I took my own oil to the mazda dealership and had them do the filter change for me. 9.95 filter included, is worth not getting messy to me. Anyways I don't really want to change the filter I think the cartridge types work better. They use them in alot of performance cars so I think I'll just stick to what they have on there.Kansei said:I would imagine it isn't hard but can be quite messy. I'd just buy the parts to retrofit to a screw-on filter
voiceKoil said:I hate wuss balls!! lol
I put kicker Components in the rear doors.....Nice....That was yesTODAY more like last nite....plastic speaker adapters for those wondering!!! I just admired it today!
i got the bose stuf that came with gt and im gona buy some 15's i saw online very very light they are 2ohm for trucks really skinny. gona be baaaad
fourthmeal
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I took mine with friends and wife up to Hoover Dam the long, twisty way. For those that don't know, you can take Lake Mead Pkwy to the State park area, then run the high speed sweepers to the Dam.
I am working on lots of little things:
For the exterior, I'm going to Zaino Clay the whole car, then apply as many coats of Zaino Z1 polish as I can until either a: my hand falls off, or b: I run out of Zaino. The more coats, the more glossy! Zaino rules, btw. Once it saved one of my cars from a brutal keying. Scratched the Zaino coats, but never got to the paint. Thats PROTECTION! Anyway, I might post before/after shots if I get the time
For sound, ...well car audio sound quality is a big issue for me, so I'm going to Dynamat and/or Cascade the doors, hatch, and trunk floor as soon as I can. Then, I'm going to work on a fiberglass stealth enclosure for a 10-12" sub. I'm thinking of going entirely Polk Audio MOMO Carbon series, since they sound great, and their amps are very attractive, and will compliment the Silver MS3 nicely. The entire system will be stealth as possible, with the amps either in a false floor arrangement or a sneaky side panel install. The spare tire must be usable for it to meet my needs of daily driver use. As my budget grows (had to start a new career/job, what a wallet pincher), I'll post pics and how-to's of what I'm doing. I don't yet know if the head unit of this car will be replaced. It would disable the steering wheel controls (forcing me to get an infra-red remote repeater to use them again), disable the pretty red dash display, and likely interfere with the style of the car's dash quite a bit. So, I may just install a top-notch Line Converter to save the hassle.
For performance, I'm going to dig through the engine compartment and look for cheap or free horsepower. I'm certain there is a reason the car won't rev to redline easily, and I'm curious as to why. Then, after a cure is discovered, I'll invest in the right parts to maximize the powerband. No exhaust work for me though, its already loud (for my taste if the car is to remain under the radar), so I'm going to work on the intake.
Other improvements, I'm waiting to hear what we can do about a short shifter with the MS3, and I can't wait to pick out a lighter/easier to clean set of wheels, probably still in the 18" class, but a little wider so I can use more rubber when I get new tires.
I am working on lots of little things:
For the exterior, I'm going to Zaino Clay the whole car, then apply as many coats of Zaino Z1 polish as I can until either a: my hand falls off, or b: I run out of Zaino. The more coats, the more glossy! Zaino rules, btw. Once it saved one of my cars from a brutal keying. Scratched the Zaino coats, but never got to the paint. Thats PROTECTION! Anyway, I might post before/after shots if I get the time
For sound, ...well car audio sound quality is a big issue for me, so I'm going to Dynamat and/or Cascade the doors, hatch, and trunk floor as soon as I can. Then, I'm going to work on a fiberglass stealth enclosure for a 10-12" sub. I'm thinking of going entirely Polk Audio MOMO Carbon series, since they sound great, and their amps are very attractive, and will compliment the Silver MS3 nicely. The entire system will be stealth as possible, with the amps either in a false floor arrangement or a sneaky side panel install. The spare tire must be usable for it to meet my needs of daily driver use. As my budget grows (had to start a new career/job, what a wallet pincher), I'll post pics and how-to's of what I'm doing. I don't yet know if the head unit of this car will be replaced. It would disable the steering wheel controls (forcing me to get an infra-red remote repeater to use them again), disable the pretty red dash display, and likely interfere with the style of the car's dash quite a bit. So, I may just install a top-notch Line Converter to save the hassle.
For performance, I'm going to dig through the engine compartment and look for cheap or free horsepower. I'm certain there is a reason the car won't rev to redline easily, and I'm curious as to why. Then, after a cure is discovered, I'll invest in the right parts to maximize the powerband. No exhaust work for me though, its already loud (for my taste if the car is to remain under the radar), so I'm going to work on the intake.
Other improvements, I'm waiting to hear what we can do about a short shifter with the MS3, and I can't wait to pick out a lighter/easier to clean set of wheels, probably still in the 18" class, but a little wider so I can use more rubber when I get new tires.
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fourthmeal
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clos561 said:
Dude do you even know what ohms are?
I don't think you should touch car audio for a while bud.
No offense, but its for your own good.
ohm rating does nothing (nothing) nothing! to the frequency response of speakers. Nothing. The T/S parameters, known as thiel/small params., are the main specs necessary to understand what type, and size of box a certain speaker will need.
Ohm ratings are simply how the speaker is wired. There can be a dual voice coil, or single voice coil sub. This choice is yours, usually. You choose it based on what amp you have, and how many speakers you intend to drive. Ohm rating is the load rating that the sub/speaker puts on the AMP. So, if an amp is stable with a 2 ohm load, you can run a single 2 ohm speaker to that amp. OR, because ohm loads can be run in serial or parallel, you can change the load presented to the amp via picking ohm ratings on your speakers and/or how you wire the setup. The goal is to not let the amp run a load it can't handle, but run as low as the amp will allow, to not waste power.
So, point is, unless you know what you are doing, leave it to the pros...OR, learn up on a site like this: http://www.caraudiohelp.com , which will teach you everything.
-Hope this helps!
...And now back to the thread...
Oh, and today, I started to plan my system in my Mazdaspeed3. Plotted the trunk and side panels on the computer, to measure everything.
