What have you done to your MS3 today?

[oaklandopen]

on paper a nissan gtr will beat the **** out of a prius....yet i can't fathom why your car is so bad after your description of your driving habits

worst part about my car is a fart smell i can't get rid of. i could stop farting but i don't think it would help

 

[bbrich57]

No problem, Man. I would be pissed too.

 

[79535]

...i can't fathom why your car is so bad after your description of your driving habits...

She's not abused if I catch your drift.

Either way, I should have word back from Mazda next week to see whether it is warranty or not.

If not, I guess the motor will be going to a machine shop to be rebuilt and while I'm at it, I'll go after market forged rods and pistons just because it will make me feel better.

Keep in mind, this is the same Mazda that I picked my car up from after the tranny work, and my engine/trans fell on the ground 2 hours later (thankfully at 50km/h). They said it was due to taking it apart so many times. Haha. That mechanic has since been let go.

Take everything in stride.

I'll stop cluttering this thread now. Happy long weekend to whom it applies.

 

[Domino81]

Why not get a short block from CP-e?

 

[not yellow]

switched back to the stock hood. i tried real hard with the CF hood but the relationship was going nowhere...

 

[boosted1]

Back to the scheduled program, I had new rubber(Eagle GT 215/45ZR18 - 93W) installed today.

 

[79535]

Why not get a short block from CP-e?

I never really considered it. I also don't want to guess what shipping would be to send my block to them and to get their block to me.

 

[Kyrosfactor]

switched back to the stock hood. i tried real hard with the CF hood but the relationship was going nowhere...

Just couldn't get comfortable to the carbon fiber on white look? That sucks. You selling it?

 

[not yellow]

Back to the scheduled program, I had new rubber(Eagle GT 215/45ZR18 - 93W) installed today.

i have these in 235/40 for DD. it's a pretty solid all-around tire. you had them before?

Just couldn't get comfortable to the carbon fiber on white look? That sucks. You selling it?

i initially got it to save weight up front but i didn't turn out to be as light as i anticipated with the ducting and all. as far as looks... sometimes i liked it and sometimes i didn't. looks decent with my black track wheels but looks like absolute s*** with my bronze RX-8s which are my DDs. so, yes, i will be selling it...

 

[Domino81]

Why anyone would translate 280 ft-lbs of tq through 215mm of contact patch it ******* beyond me.

 

[Rotus]

It's beyond mazda also. They did put 225 on the 2010.

I went to 235 when I put the RX-8s. BTW, I'm really happy with the Sumi HTR-ZIII.

 

[not yellow]

yup, even going up to 225s makes a difference. i have 235s on both my track and DD wheels and they do the job well.

 

[8.5MS3]

245s ftw

 

[meicalnissyen]

Nice, anything special with wheel,offset etc

245s ftw

 

[8.5MS3]

rx8's with a good fender roll

 

[Jdm_Mica]

tires filled to 32psi and full tank of shell premium. back rear passenger tire was at 15psi...

 

[LaraS]

My MS3 got a new present last night, installed today. =)

 

[bbrich57]

Very cool... at least we hope so?

 

[Domino81]

Installed my Dashhawk. Drove around, collected data - Nice to finally see what's really going on.

 

[Jdm_Mica]

Isn't that autoexe tmic $1k??