Just placed my order with essential speed

[Mark94]

I know Kevin and Essential Speed don't have much of a following or aren't well known yet, but I decided to place my order with him because his product just appealed to me. It was tough deciding between Ion, Spool and Essential but everything Essential had to offer just caught my attention. Kevin was very professional and full of information during the ordering process. He definitely set my mind at ease and am looking forward to receiving the items.

Anyway, I will be receiving his polished hard pipes with all couplings and clamps, GReddy BOV, CAI and his FMIC in about 2 weeks.

Hopefully shortly after I receive them, I will start to install the pieces and take a lot of pictures along the way.

Stay tuned

Mark

[DiscreetSpeed]

cool man, i do like the work on the pipes.
kevins good to go, i spoke to him about the msp and i pretty much got the same feeling you did.
let us know how it turns out.

[Mark94]

Based on the pics that were posted here and on his site, everything seems to be of great quality.

After I placed the order, he just started talking about some of the cars he has and that he is working on. Honestly, I'm a car nut and have a decent knowledge of cars but he just lost me during some of the information he was relaying.

He really seems to know his way around turbo components.

Mark

[CarlM2]

Originally posted by Mark94
I know Kevin and Essential Speed don't have much of a following or aren't well known yet, but......

So, how about giving some details about the product, or links, phone numbers, pricing, etc... Not all of us are up to date with this vendor.... especially me...:D

[Mark94]

Originally posted by CarlM2
So, how about giving some details about the product, or links, phone numbers, pricing, etc... Not all of us are up to date with this vendor.... especially me...:D

www.essentialspeed.com

You can find information and pricing on his site. The prices are in Canadian. Basically to get a ballpark figure divide the Canadian price by 1.35 and you have a rough estimate as to the cost of the items.

Hope that helps.

Mark

[chillinmcmillan]

It seems to me that they are a little over priced even though it's in Canadian $'s it still seems really pricey. They are charging 1380 bucks for the hardpipe kit, a CAI and BOV that just seems way too much to me. I'm thinking if those were all bought seperate then it would cost a lot less than than 1380. Not really sure though cause I've never priced these parts out myself, but from what others have posted here, essential speeds prices just seem a little steep.

[Mark94]

The price is a little more expensive for the hardpipe kit but I think it will be worth it.

Don't forget though that the $1380 Canadian includes shipping - works out to be a little over $1000 Us shipped.

The FMIC is about on par with other offerings. It comes with the additional piping, the IC, a manual boost knob, and their fuel cut defender module. This is all for about $1075 US shipped. Their core is also smaller than other offerings but it seems very efficient and will still allow air flow to the radiator cutting the need to upgrade the radiator.

Their offerings seem to suite my wants and needs since I'm not a weekend racer or building a drag car. I just want the car to run more efficiently and be able to get me on the highway a little quicker when merging (hopefully also last longer if I get rid of some of the extra heat in the engine. I will not be touching the boost at all.

Mark

[SuperSpud]

hard pipes = $400'ish
BOV = $180
CAI = $180

we'll just say its around $800 for all..... yes, kinda pricy

[brennan]

Hey mark94 Good call on the essential speed stuff, luck for me I live like 15 minutes from him and yes he does know his shit, He is currently working on mine and he just finished up a 2003.5 titanium msp with stages 1-4 and he just dynoed 260whp. Yep my money is going to him for sure.

[Bhamsan]

I like the idea of having an FCD included with the kit, even though the FCD isn't really expensive, it just makes things convenient knowing that it all comes together from the same place.

[markmurray77]

Definintley Essentialspeed is a great place. Kevin really knows what he is talking about and has been doing this for years. Althogh they are new to the protege market, most likely longer than most companies though, they are very good at what they do and hav helped me along very nicely. I am happy with the extra 100+hp that they have given to my P5 hopefully more soon.

[oliver2000]

Originally posted by Mark94
www.essentialspeed.com

You can find information and pricing on his site. The prices are in Canadian. Basically to get a ballpark figure divide the Canadian price by 1.35 and you have a rough estimate as to the cost of the items.

Hope that helps.

Mark

Each Canadian dollar is worth ~ 74 cents US, take the Canadian dollars amount and multiply by .74. that will give you US

[Mark94]

Brennan, he definitely lost me during the conversation with all the information he was spewing. He sure does seem to know what he is doing.

markmurray, Kevin actually gave me your email address to talk with you since I was not too sure if I was going to go with Essential. Since he was not an authorized vendor I just didn't want to get ripped off for this amount of money and asked him if I could get in touch with anyone who purchased his produces just to set my mind at ease. He was telling me about your P5 and it sounded great so I didn't even bother contacting you. I had no idea you were even on the board. Nice to see that you are happy with the product.

Oliver, sorry about the wrong info, another Canadian vendor (supplier of CF hoods) gave me that figure so I just applied it to this.

Mark

[mazdaspeedpower]

I plan on getting some of the stuff for my engine from them, as they are really close to me aswell. It looks they'll stay on the market, as their stuff is really good quality.

[SonicRacer]

Dang, what a purchase to do at once. That'll be a nice increase in power. :cool:

[Jason94Cobra]

Hmmm, might have to ask if they plan on a SRI as opposed to the CAI.... I'd be more interested in that... the slightly smaller IC might suit my purposes better anyway especially if it makes the install go a lot smoother...

[cablemirc]

Essential Speed is one seriously badass company, that dyno'd MSP is freakin amazing. i just got a sponsorship from the owner too for my board, and get raffle off one of the hardpipe kits.. all i can say is wo0t. these are awesome folks, i've been talking to them for a while.

[DiscreetSpeed]

bump for pics?

[Leadfoot]

I'll second that: BUMP....need pics

[cablemirc]

http://www.clubprotege.com/images/mspd1.jpg http://www.clubprotege.com/images/mspd2.jpg

that's the kit, but it comes with a HKS BOV flange now instead of this one

*** sorry for the double post, but both threads needed pics ***

[Vassago]

The heat shied on the ex manifold is removed in those pics. Is it removed to provide clearance for the pipes? Is there a problem with doing this?

[David MPS]

With the BOV, your car stall or not ?

[Mark94]

They fabricate a recirculating fitting onto the BOV so that you will not have the stalling problem. The HKS unit will recirculate just like the stock BPV.

Still waiting for mine to arrive, once it does I'll post some pics. Kevin is polishing the BOV and the intercooler so it is taking a little more time than expected. I'll wont install it until the winter is over though because it got pretty cold over here on the east coast.

Mark

[03MSPRO]

did you get it yet?

[Mark94]

Still didn't get it yet.

I was assured it will be hear before Christmas as Kevin got hit with the flu and was out of the shop for 10 days.

Like I said to Kevin, I'm not in a rush for it because I probably won't install it for a few months.

Anyone on the East Coast (NJ or PA) willing to give me a hand installing the parts. I'm a honda guy and don't know my way around the Mazda yet.

Seriously, anyone who has experience and willing to help, I'll buy food and beer :)

Mark

[freekwonder]

i noticed that for the FMIC (stage 2) it says it requires stage 1. do you know why. what transfers over from the stage 1