Mazdas247.com - MAZDASPEED3 Forum http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/ en Sun, 19 May 2013 17:14:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Mazdas247.com - MAZDASPEED3 Forum http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/ Installed TRZ tranny mount - torque steer worse?? http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829979-Installed-TRZ-tranny-mount-torque-steer-worse&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 01:54:03 GMT So, I installed a TRZ tranny mount this weekend, in addition to the corksport RMM inserts (test driven between each install). The TRZ mount is super harsh. Much worse than i was anticipating. and I've got a fairly loud and obnoxious 2! I made a slight modification to the TRZ mount, as when you bolt it up, the transmission perch bolts tight to metal, thereby negating the entire purpose of the urethane bushing. So I slipped an additional Grade 8 washer between the rubber and the perch so it's tight on the bushing and not the steel plate.

At any rate, its still rather harsh, but I've noticed two things now aside from that, the first of which is that I think it's actually made my turning torque steer way worse. If I pull hard in a straight line, it's pretty solid, but if the wheel is over beyond a slow lane change, it almost grabs the wheel out of my hands. Anyone else have this issue?

Possible I misaligned something when I did the install? Could I have a blown passenger mount thats thrown things off? Should i have done all three mounts or at least the passenger and tranny mount together?

I'd swear the car feels slower now too, but I'm sure thats all in my imagination!

As a side question, is there a transmission mount that would sit somewhere between the stock mount and the TRZ mount in terms of stiffness? It doesn't appear the stock mount could be 'filled' but then I didn't examine it too closely. ]]> MAZDASPEED3 Forum Gravity http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829979-Installed-TRZ-tranny-mount-torque-steer-worse Anyone throwing out Fast and Furious Meet up on May 24 and watch movie together??? http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829609-Anyone-throwing-out-Fast-and-Furious-Meet-up-on-May-24-and-watch-movie-together&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 01:38:55 GMT Wonder if someone doing this in SF Bay Area~~~really want to go~~ Wonder if someone doing this in SF Bay Area~~~really want to go~~ ]]> MAZDASPEED3 Forum anicoman http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829609-Anyone-throwing-out-Fast-and-Furious-Meet-up-on-May-24-and-watch-movie-together How can you tell the OEM and Corksport springs apart? http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829286-How-can-you-tell-the-OEM-and-Corksport-springs-apart&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:10:45 GMT Bought somelightly used corksport springs off a guy. He had the oem springs close too when he wad giving me the springs. I just wanna make sure he didn't give me the wrong springs. Do the corksport springs have any lettering or anything on them? ]]> MAZDASPEED3 Forum gambit20 http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829286-How-can-you-tell-the-OEM-and-Corksport-springs-apart Broken sheet metal, right rear corner http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829149-Broken-sheet-metal-right-rear-corner&goto=newpost Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:52:26 GMT I guess my speed is getting old (I am too, but that's another story). I have been hearing this noise, sort of a rattle or something coming from the right rear of the car for several months now and have not been able to find it, and it has been driving me nuts. I have pulled the rear wheel off and inspected and tightened everything there is, checked my sat radio installation (the receiver is in that corner), poked and wiggled. Well today, I completely disassembled the interior of the rear hatch area, and drove with my son back there and the culprit has been identified!

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The crack is in the inner sheet metal just in front of the right tail light. When the body flexes a little when driving, the edges move back and forth, making the noise. It is very hard to locate the noise source, since the whole rear of the car resonates. It seems to me that this is a design defect by Mazda, though my stiff suspension components probably don't help.

I have made a temporary repair, and it is now quiet, but I will have to take it really apart and weld it one of these days.

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