Update: Catback exhaust pictures at the bottom of page 1
Update: New FMIC kit, with install pictures on page 4
Update: Vacuum Manifold install and a few other misc. things on page 5
So, from the beginning... I'll go through everything I've done and plan to do to my Mazdaspeed 3 :D
Here's how she looked when she came home the first time, July 28th, 2008 :D
My first mods; Cobb Short Ram Intake, HKS SSQV Black Edition, Cobb Short Shifter, HKS Turbo Timer, Street Unit shifter base bushings, and the Street Unit solid rear motor mount.
Sadly I have no install pictures of any of these except the TT since I did a write-up on the install on a different forum. However, here is what I do have pictures of out of the above! :D
Cobb SRI and HKS SSQV:
HKS Turbo Timer:
Cobb Short Shifter:
After this, over the summer I picked up my Cobb AcessPort (no pictures sadly) and I have to say it's been one of my most sound investments, despite the $700 price tag, although being able to reflash my ECU completely and not just "piggyback" it is a major plus, not to mention the actual unit doubles as a multi-function display, data logger, and diagnostic tool.
Soon after that, I found a Cobb FMIC for sale on the forums with under a year of use for $675 shipped (for us MS3 owners this is a good deal, that FMIC kit retails $995 excluding shipping new)
Pictures of the install and finished product:
There wasn't a whole lot for a while after the intercooler. Right around New Years' (NY Eve actually) I had a custom catback fabbed for the car, including the stock exhaust tip, 3" straight from the cat back. No pics unfortunately
This year (2010) has brought quite a few new additions however in the past few months alone as of this post. In June I got the windows tinted after putting it off for almost 2 years! Sadly, after getting into an accident August 1st I was forced to fork over most of the money I had saved up for the Cobb Downpipe (a $700, custom high-flow cat, cast inlet, full 3" flow piece, beautiful, really.)
As a result of my body shop deciding not to cover one of the rims damaged in the accident, I took the opportunity to buy the Konig Zero rims currently on the car, it was that or almost $600 just for one rim through Mazda.
Here are some pictures of that whole ordeal (Mazdaspeed 6 rims were on the car at that point, and I liked them quite a bit, too.):
Tinted Windows:
Accident and resulting rims:
Right before the accident I bought an MSD DashHawk OBD-II tool and just recently (in the midst of not having the Speed3 from the accident) bought Jinx's GReddy Profec B-Spec II EBC, I also have blue LEDs in for the maplights. In addition I bought Nokya Hyperyellow foglights for that JDM look ;D
Picture of my cockpit setup now (yes, the DashHawk has a custom loadup screen with the evil M/Mazdaspeed logo, the guy who I bought it from did that, cool eh? :D):
With the funds leftover after the accident and all that, I had enough to buy the ATP 3" catless Full Downpipe from Enjuku Racing! This was put in the week before Flyrtle 6.0
Downpipe pictures (yes that's my obnoxiously ugly stock manifold):
Next up, the Cobb Protune at Japtrix the day before Flyrtle 6.0's Dyno Day. That got me 40whp and 54lb. ft. of torque to the wheels, definitely a solid investment there. I hear there are some guys down in WPB who don't like Japtrix or had whatever issues with them and now rely on HP Logic for tuning... well my only experience has been positive from Japtrix, especially considering HP's lack of communication led to me losing my spot that same day and failing to acquire the software I needed for them to tune the car, not to mention since they're not certified Cobb Pro tuners, I felt more comfortable at Japtrix anyway.
Japtrix pictures/Dyno sheet:
There are some more pictures of my car taken at Flyrtle floating around on the site as well with a few other CP members' rides.
This next image was taken by one of the SFLA Mazda Crew, definitely my favorite picture of my car.
Future mods include lowering springs, anti-sway bars, and eventually a turbo upgrade to probably a T3/T4.
Thanks for looking!
Update: New FMIC kit, with install pictures on page 4
Update: Vacuum Manifold install and a few other misc. things on page 5
So, from the beginning... I'll go through everything I've done and plan to do to my Mazdaspeed 3 :D
Here's how she looked when she came home the first time, July 28th, 2008 :D
My first mods; Cobb Short Ram Intake, HKS SSQV Black Edition, Cobb Short Shifter, HKS Turbo Timer, Street Unit shifter base bushings, and the Street Unit solid rear motor mount.
Sadly I have no install pictures of any of these except the TT since I did a write-up on the install on a different forum. However, here is what I do have pictures of out of the above! :D
Cobb SRI and HKS SSQV:
HKS Turbo Timer:
Cobb Short Shifter:
After this, over the summer I picked up my Cobb AcessPort (no pictures sadly) and I have to say it's been one of my most sound investments, despite the $700 price tag, although being able to reflash my ECU completely and not just "piggyback" it is a major plus, not to mention the actual unit doubles as a multi-function display, data logger, and diagnostic tool.
Soon after that, I found a Cobb FMIC for sale on the forums with under a year of use for $675 shipped (for us MS3 owners this is a good deal, that FMIC kit retails $995 excluding shipping new)
Pictures of the install and finished product:
There wasn't a whole lot for a while after the intercooler. Right around New Years' (NY Eve actually) I had a custom catback fabbed for the car, including the stock exhaust tip, 3" straight from the cat back. No pics unfortunately
This year (2010) has brought quite a few new additions however in the past few months alone as of this post. In June I got the windows tinted after putting it off for almost 2 years! Sadly, after getting into an accident August 1st I was forced to fork over most of the money I had saved up for the Cobb Downpipe (a $700, custom high-flow cat, cast inlet, full 3" flow piece, beautiful, really.)
As a result of my body shop deciding not to cover one of the rims damaged in the accident, I took the opportunity to buy the Konig Zero rims currently on the car, it was that or almost $600 just for one rim through Mazda.
Here are some pictures of that whole ordeal (Mazdaspeed 6 rims were on the car at that point, and I liked them quite a bit, too.):
Tinted Windows:
Accident and resulting rims:
Right before the accident I bought an MSD DashHawk OBD-II tool and just recently (in the midst of not having the Speed3 from the accident) bought Jinx's GReddy Profec B-Spec II EBC, I also have blue LEDs in for the maplights. In addition I bought Nokya Hyperyellow foglights for that JDM look ;D
Picture of my cockpit setup now (yes, the DashHawk has a custom loadup screen with the evil M/Mazdaspeed logo, the guy who I bought it from did that, cool eh? :D):
With the funds leftover after the accident and all that, I had enough to buy the ATP 3" catless Full Downpipe from Enjuku Racing! This was put in the week before Flyrtle 6.0
Downpipe pictures (yes that's my obnoxiously ugly stock manifold):
Next up, the Cobb Protune at Japtrix the day before Flyrtle 6.0's Dyno Day. That got me 40whp and 54lb. ft. of torque to the wheels, definitely a solid investment there. I hear there are some guys down in WPB who don't like Japtrix or had whatever issues with them and now rely on HP Logic for tuning... well my only experience has been positive from Japtrix, especially considering HP's lack of communication led to me losing my spot that same day and failing to acquire the software I needed for them to tune the car, not to mention since they're not certified Cobb Pro tuners, I felt more comfortable at Japtrix anyway.
Japtrix pictures/Dyno sheet:
There are some more pictures of my car taken at Flyrtle floating around on the site as well with a few other CP members' rides.
This next image was taken by one of the SFLA Mazda Crew, definitely my favorite picture of my car.
Future mods include lowering springs, anti-sway bars, and eventually a turbo upgrade to probably a T3/T4.
Thanks for looking!
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