New Mazdaspeed owner checking in!
I was very active here back in the day, I wrecked my p5 in 2007 and is he's been patiently sitting for years waiting to be restored, but I decided to cut and run, so I'm stealing what parts I can to improve the msp, then I'll be letting her go. If anyone wants a cheap parts car that runs perfectly and will drive fine with a bearing replacement, hit me up.
I bought titanium #508 about a week ago, been working on her pretty much every day since then. Projects so far include swapping out my Dave B gauge rings and kartboy short shifter from my wrecked protege5, installing corksport bronzoil bushings, fluid, filter and spark plug changes, and a semi thorough buff and wax job (when it's above 40* I'll give it a full day of polishing, paint is in decent shape but it needs some love.
Mods already on the car when I bought it include, but are not limited to;
Aluminum hard pipes, Injen cold air intake, aluminum SMIC (brand unknown) forge bpv, 2.5-3" ghetto fab special exhaust, straight piped from the downpipe, with a mazdaspeed tip welded on though, so it will still burn you, yellowspeed coilovers, limo tint all around (bleh), unknown 18x 8 wheels with 215/40 bfg GeForce kda's (rubs all the time, I would be interested in trading them for wheels that fit)
Let's see what else... Oh can't forget my sweet ass HKS oil cap, that's good for 15 whp. Some cheap color changing gauges, including a broken wideband mounted in a nice triple gauge single din pod, and that's about it.
Guy claimed boost was set at 10 psi but it only spike to about 9, then settles at 7.5-8, I'm not sure if this is a boost/vacuum leak issue or if that's just where it's actually set.
Going in for an alignment this week, hopefully can tuck the wheels a little more and diminish the rubbing, and I'll be welding in a 3" MagnaFlow glass pack resonator to calm the exhaust a bit.
So far I'm in love. Still has unmodified racing beats, so I'm debating between just doing the clunk fix or swapping it out for my 21mm on the p5. And the front end link is broken on the driver side, so that needs fixing. I'll keep yall updated and post pics tomorrow, website is giving me grief