Originally Posted by x'ed
The Mazdaspeed 3 takes very well to bolt on's. The guy who trapped 113 had a boost controller set to 19psi (stock is 15), intake, testpipe, and a fuel pump.
I just have a test pipe, cold air intake, map clamp, and an boost controller set at 17psi. They trap 100mph stock. I currently have 260whp with 305 wheel torque. The car has alot of fuel problems though, I want to sell and get a gto, car has way way way too many problems for a factory car, I blew my motor when I was stock, then my clutch went out before I had ever launched the car hard. Now we have found out that because the engine is DI, there is all this crud sitting sitting in the head. There was also a service bulletin recently because the pcm is not sending enough voltage to the fuel pump, hence the reason so many motors are blowing, random lean spots.
I was going to get a gto when I turned the crossfire in, but got the ms3 for the utility of the hatch (I have two large dogs), but it was a mistake.
Those Mazduhs are full of problems...........two local MS3 guys had their cars burn to the ground due to engine fires.