What have you done to your MSP today?

[o0n8]

i would like to do that with my down pipe and exhaust mani, how much was it if you don't mind me asking?

test drove and the tourqe steer is gone! i'll have to keeep my eye on that bolt, if the nut is striped i'm screwed

 

[fishdonotbounce]

An MS3 sedan would be sick as hell. I think getting rid of the Protege name was somewhat silly anyhow. I mean, honestly, the 3 and the Protege are not all THAT different. Well, ok, I know they are (please for the love of God don't list every nut and bolt that's different). My argument here is that look at the Taurus. It's changed drastically in size and engine over many years, yet, it still a Taurus. It even added AWD eventually (in the new SHO). Take the Civic. It got grossly huge in recent gen's. It's even gone through a wagon stage and came out alive. And it sells like mad.

So how is that different from saying the 3 is just a slightly bigger Protege with a better engine?

There is a guy locally that had a shop do the whole MS3 swap into his sedan. My buddy in aero worked there and I saw it in person. 15k for parts, labor, install and everything.

 

[Outlawstar98]

i would like to do that with my down pipe and exhaust mani, how much was it if you don't mind me asking?

test drove and the tourqe steer is gone! i'll have to keeep my eye on that bolt, if the nut is striped i'm screwed

Well no finial price yet waiting on the quote, but anywhere from 200 for Meh quality to 300 for great quality. The mani is the most $ thing (thats for all of the things im getting done)

 

[ucMP3]

An MS3 sedan would be sick as hell. I think getting rid of the Protege name was somewhat silly anyhow. I mean, honestly, the 3 and the Protege are not all THAT different. Well, ok, I know they are (please for the love of God don't list every nut and bolt that's different). My argument here is that look at the Taurus. It's changed drastically in size and engine over many years, yet, it still a Taurus. It even added AWD eventually (in the new SHO). Take the Civic. It got grossly huge in recent gen's. It's even gone through a wagon stage and came out alive. And it sells like mad.

So how is that different from saying the 3 is just a slightly bigger Protege with a better engine?

Mazda did a marketing overhaul... Not very hard to see why they did it. Silly Dale.

 

[mgerst1]

There is a guy locally that had a shop do the whole MS3 swap into his sedan. My buddy in aero worked there and I saw it in person. 15k for parts, labor, install and everything.

pics or it didnt happen

 

[o0n8]

guys a douche, but it did happen

 

[Wagonbacker9]

hood struts are finally in.

 

[ScratchNSniff]

What all did he do for Speed3 swap?

 

[fishdonotbounce]

pics or it didnt happen

No pics but it did happen.

What all did he do for Speed3 swap?

The shop did all the work so I dunno.

 

[ScratchNSniff]

Well, there is a good friend of mine that has a 3 sedan with full speed 3 interior, suspension, brakes, 500whp turbo build...he is working on a 4wd setup right now...so I wasn't sure how far this guy went...

 

[boostfreak]

Bought a used motor for the msp today.

 

[o0n8]

What all did he do for Speed3 swap?

swaped a speed3 drivetrain in and some stuff done, it sounds nice

 

[Spiced MSP]

getting ready to replace my water return elbow so I can get rid of this annoying leak that just started causing my car to overheat. So...here are the chain of events over the past several weeks: put fsze cams in, car gets smashed by tree branch during heavy storm, car goes to shop, car repairs finished, I installed AEM UEGO ready to do some WOT pulls, car starts overheating and leaking. If it isn't one thing, it's another with these cars(I already knew that) Luckily I had a spare elbow still in the package that I got from Mazda

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

Can we run a 18x8.5 wheel/tire combo without running any negative camber or anything?

 

[o0n8]

i think the rear would rub, it would depend on the offset

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

i think the rear would rub, it would depend on the offset

The offset is 44

http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5873

 

[xDJ DUBx]

I didn't know what tire to use so I just use the same stock tire(i think?) 215/40

stock vs new
Diameter 603.8mm 629.2mm
Circumference 1896.9mm 1976.7mm
Poke 33.9mm 64mm

I personally don't know if you'll be able to do it without camber n such.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

The offset is 44

http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5873

you'd have to roll the rear fenders, and you may have to space out just a tiny bit more to clear the struts.

a 245 wide tire would clear in the front for sure, and you should be able to fit a 225 in the rear. I'm running both of those now on a 16x8 at +47

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

I could get small spacers and roll the fenders if that is all I would have to do. I just love the look of those wheels. I could also run a real low profile tire if I had to

 

[xDJ DUBx]

You sure about that? I know you have similar but that .5" might be enough to be a pain in the ass with the (roughly) 9-10mm more poke.