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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Tungsten6's Avatar
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    They are really fun as is..... I loaded up my dads acessport on the car tonight though... Omg...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ihatecars View Post
    I didn't know the ms3 had that many horses under the hood. I wish I had the cash to pick on up. It's a damn awesome car. I don't know how you could stop yourself from modding it, Phat.
    it's easy to not mod it, I just buy Miata parts, then I has no monies for MS3 parts

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    Halloween Mods................

    its the "MONSTERspeed3' now.




    complete with spooky skeleton co-pilot.




    on a side note, the car now has 33k miles and is still balls to the walls fast!

    I took it to the dealership for the oil change and they said I need a new air filter. ( I just banged it on the concrete, its good )

    but maybe its time for a CAI upgrade?

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone SM16RMSM's Avatar
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    CAI and Turbosmart Dual BOV at the same time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SM16RMSM View Post
    CAI and Turbosmart Dual BOV at the same time.

    Link to items?

    I was actually looking at the Corksport Stage 2 intake kit, it says you get +25 lb. torque and +33 HP

    This would take the car to 312 lb. torque, and 296 hp

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power mx54life's Avatar
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    How is the gas mileage on this in real driving. By that I mean including some spirited revs and slightly over the speed limit highway drive. I already got an okay to trade our faithful 205k old Mazda 5 but it has to be a van or a wagon (according to the car planner I married), so I would reckon this will fall in the category.

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    I went with the JBR intake. The sound alone makes it worth while. And I get about 19 mpg average...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mx54life View Post
    How is the gas mileage on this in real driving. By that I mean including some spirited revs and slightly over the speed limit highway drive. I already got an okay to trade our faithful 205k old Mazda 5 but it has to be a van or a wagon (according to the car planner I married), so I would reckon this will fall in the category.
    My commute to work and then back home is an average of 50 miles per day @ 24.1 avg MPG, however 70% of that is highway, and 30% city.

    I have a VERY hard time not going into boost, its just too much fun. I think the car eats up tires like crazy though, probably due to the power and FWD. Last night I was accidentally riding the clutch to bump the revs to make a turn light and did a quarter mile burnout instead. I was like oh crap, my bad! Looking in my rear view to make sure no cops saw that.

    Slightly over the speed limit? Not sure what you are talking about but I did some independent wind testing on the MonsterSpeed3 Halloween Teeth I used on the car to see at what speed they would break loose. Used 3M Velcro and they stayed secure at 100+

    There is a decent sized back cargo area, and a lot more if you fold the seats down. But not as much as a Mazda 5.

    As for this "Mazdaspeed" version it was a turbo version that has been discontinued for the new body style, so if you want the turbo version you would need to find a pre-owned model.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smaeda View Post
    I went with the JBR intake. The sound alone makes it worth while. And I get about 19 mpg average...
    I am sure I asked already, but do you have a link to that intake? I really want a catback exhaust but WOW they are expensive for these cars!

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    Yep I went with that one. Exhaust is generally not recommended till you upgrade the fuel pump internals. Next upgrade should be the rear motor mounts and AccessPort with fuelpump internals.

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    Ultimate Racing has some nice exhaust offerings that are on the less expensive side. There are also a number of posts I've seen referencing an eBay downpipe that's straight up cheap and works just as well as a Cobb unit.
    Keep tabs on what the weekly sale is at Edge Autosport. They post it in the vendor forums on Mazdaspeedforums. Their weekly sales are all over the spectrum, from downpipes one week to brake components the next. Their customer service is great, too! They're also a reseller for jbr, so you might score a nice deal on an intake, motor mounts, a battery box, sway bars...
    Also, if you haven't already, do yourself a favor and get a short throw shifter. Jbr for gen one, corksport (or Cobb if you can find one) for gen two.
    To the person who asked about real world mileage, my daily commute on surface streets shows about 20mpg. Four hours of highway driving last weekend, typically 75-85mph, offered up 26mpg. That's in a gen one, so there might be a little difference between mine and the newer cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phatmiata View Post
    Link to items?

    I was actually looking at the Corksport Stage 2 intake kit, it says you get +25 lb. torque and +33 HP

    This would take the car to 312 lb. torque, and 296 hp
    I was thinking Corksport Stage III. I was almost ready to buy when the MS3 was traded in for a 2010 SS Camaro. Sad day but this more gives me a reason to buy the body kit for the RB25 Miata now.
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    I thought you were gonna do an LS motor swap?

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    Bumping an old thread, but I like all this Mazdaspeed3 talk
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