What have you done to your MSP today?
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hornsfan10609
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That looks great man! I have been wanting to do a retrofit for a while and the new Morimoto mini 3.0 setup seems so easy to install.
Believe it or not i paid way less than the morimoto ones , I bought my set off of amazon , cost me $40 and the look just as good for way less. I even took the time to compare the pieces it comes with and they are the same as the morimotos.
Ill take some good pictures tonight so you can see what I'm talking about .
Ill take some good pictures tonight so you can see what I'm talking about .
jumaaneface
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Are those volks?
universal fitment , here's a link
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hornsfan10609
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Car has been running a little funny lately and i've been hearing an exhaust leak so I pulled the turbo mani heatshield today to find 3 cracks in the manifold and two of my supposedly indestructible ARP exhaust mani studs snapped off completely. At least I found the leak. #MSPOwnerProblems
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Installed my morimoto hid setup, I would not go with anything else besides Morimoto.
Got the evilMonkey home from Florida (had to name it after PO).
This didn't turn out to be easy. Took car to trans shop in Titusville last Monday. LSD had started to disintegrate. Dif clutch plates had broken up and were throughout the trans. 3rd was looking pretty rough.
They deemed it un-rebuildable.
So, I ordered a 72k trans off ebay and had it fed-ex overnighted from Chicago. $500 shipping! Got trans on Thursday AM and had installed by Friday @ 11am. Drove home to AnnArbor.
BUT, not out of the woods. Still has bad front wheel bearing. Will attack that with my neighbor this weekend.
I had never driven a MSP before. The evilmonkey had done the BOV and it sounds like someone cracking a whip whenever off/on throttle. You guys like that?
Weird dead spot in the power curve. This is where it goes rich? So if I want to fix that I need to do a split second A/F? Do I really need datalogger or are their maps out there that would be compatible with the mods I have? I assume that I'll need a A/F gauge and 4 wire?
Point me where I need to go.
This didn't turn out to be easy. Took car to trans shop in Titusville last Monday. LSD had started to disintegrate. Dif clutch plates had broken up and were throughout the trans. 3rd was looking pretty rough.
They deemed it un-rebuildable.
So, I ordered a 72k trans off ebay and had it fed-ex overnighted from Chicago. $500 shipping! Got trans on Thursday AM and had installed by Friday @ 11am. Drove home to AnnArbor.
BUT, not out of the woods. Still has bad front wheel bearing. Will attack that with my neighbor this weekend.
I had never driven a MSP before. The evilmonkey had done the BOV and it sounds like someone cracking a whip whenever off/on throttle. You guys like that?
Weird dead spot in the power curve. This is where it goes rich? So if I want to fix that I need to do a split second A/F? Do I really need datalogger or are their maps out there that would be compatible with the mods I have? I assume that I'll need a A/F gauge and 4 wire?
Point me where I need to go.
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Sucks you have had so much trouble with it.
Welcome to the family none the less. Very exclusive and slowly declining family lol
Ssafc will fix the bogging and will fix fuel cut on cold days. Datalog and ftc is only useful if you intend to spend time and money at dyno.
I got my v1 afc20 with stock super map preinstalled here used.
Haven't changed the map or even loaded up r4
It does need a battery pull refresh from time to time though.
I don't follow build threads very much but maybe he had an hks bov? Kind of peircing sound?
I do like mine but now that I've had it a while ill swap it for a greddy.
Still manacing but more the gush of air over a peircing whistle that undoubtedly deafened a few as I drove past lol.
Ps. At least it Looks fantastic. Full motors and trans for these cars are pretty cheap. I personally just don't have patience for a rusty pos. Clean body, ill make it work =]
Welcome to the family none the less. Very exclusive and slowly declining family lol
Ssafc will fix the bogging and will fix fuel cut on cold days. Datalog and ftc is only useful if you intend to spend time and money at dyno.
I got my v1 afc20 with stock super map preinstalled here used.
Haven't changed the map or even loaded up r4
It does need a battery pull refresh from time to time though.
I don't follow build threads very much but maybe he had an hks bov? Kind of peircing sound?
I do like mine but now that I've had it a while ill swap it for a greddy.
Still manacing but more the gush of air over a peircing whistle that undoubtedly deafened a few as I drove past lol.
Ps. At least it Looks fantastic. Full motors and trans for these cars are pretty cheap. I personally just don't have patience for a rusty pos. Clean body, ill make it work =]
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float_6969
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I'm sorry that you had a rough start with your MSP ownership, but maybe I can help, LOL. The dead spot is from the stock map failing at life. The SSAFC fixes it. I'm going to pull mine out and sell it, it's just been too cold here in KS for me to be motivated to do it. The only reason I'm selling it is because I got a deal on a Unichip and decided having control over the timing appealed to me because I have a friend with a dyno, so I can spend the time on it to get it tuned well. If you're interested, PM me and we'll figure out a price.Got the evilMonkey home from Florida (had to name it after PO).
This didn't turn out to be easy. Took car to trans shop in Titusville last Monday. LSD had started to disintegrate. Dif clutch plates had broken up and were throughout the trans. 3rd was looking pretty rough.
They deemed it un-rebuildable.
So, I ordered a 72k trans off ebay and had it fed-ex overnighted from Chicago. $500 shipping! Got trans on Thursday AM and had installed by Friday @ 11am. Drove home to AnnArbor.
BUT, not out of the woods. Still has bad front wheel bearing. Will attack that with my neighbor this weekend.
I had never driven a MSP before. The evilmonkey had done the BOV and it sounds like someone cracking a whip whenever off/on throttle. You guys like that?
Weird dead spot in the power curve. This is where it goes rich? So if I want to fix that I need to do a split second A/F? Do I really need datalogger or are their maps out there that would be compatible with the mods I have? I assume that I'll need a A/F gauge and 4 wire?
Point me where I need to go.
hornsfan10609
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
Looking good BAHKACK, I can already tell you are going to be an excellent owner for that laser blue.
Thank you! I hope to keep it working. Going to try to keep it outta the salt.
Thanks for the info!
I like the car and hope to use it for a good long time. evilmonkey kept good care of it. The trans issue was nothing he hid from me. I knew it going in. Too bad it was so expensive to fix.
Car has a eBay FMIC, Relocated MAF, TurboXS Type-H BOV & Cold pipe. No BPV
What is a battery pull refresh?
Have to unhook my battery and totally draib power from the car.
Maybe not everyone has this issue but my car seems to learn around the afc. I also have to let the turbo spin up before poping full throttle. Car just seems to pull better.
I'm only at 8psi via atp wga but car is still fun. Wonder how she will be with a non leaking exhaust mani and turboback exhaust.
Your not the only one with trans pain though. I rode the car 6 years without an issue and only now has my lsd disintegrated. I'm babying it now until I get my mx3 fixed to drive and tear this apart again.
Had that planned for like... july august but some fker stealing my wheels pushed the schedule up a bit.
Maybe not everyone has this issue but my car seems to learn around the afc. I also have to let the turbo spin up before poping full throttle. Car just seems to pull better.
I'm only at 8psi via atp wga but car is still fun. Wonder how she will be with a non leaking exhaust mani and turboback exhaust.
Your not the only one with trans pain though. I rode the car 6 years without an issue and only now has my lsd disintegrated. I'm babying it now until I get my mx3 fixed to drive and tear this apart again.
Had that planned for like... july august but some fker stealing my wheels pushed the schedule up a bit.
Sorry about wheels. The racingharts were one of the reasons I like these cars (but have seen them w great looking aftermarket wheels too).
What is "atp wga"? I've got a lot of terminology to learn.
How did you know that your LSD disintegrated?
