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Its actually quite simple. The bypass valve is too small. The pressure wave from the throttle body being snapped closed keeps bouncing off the throttle plate and the turbocharger...think of a slinky stretched between two points and you pull on one side and let go. Or, think of an echo, but...

We had an autocross Saturday. I am now driving my buddies Miata as a co-driver as he needs help with working on the car and race tires. I've been autocrossing for about 4 years now. Since that time I've driven, my 1st gen RX7, the clubs 1st gen RX7, my TII, the clubs 1st gen RX7(again), then...

I'm looking at: Camber front: -1.0 Camber rear: -0.4 Toe front: 0 Toe rear: 0 Not really concerned with caster right now. What are you guys running for best performance?

I'm looking at: Camber front: -1.0 Camber rear: -0.4 Toe front: 0 Toe rear: 0 Not really concerned with caster right now. What are you guys running for best performance?

Went with a friend of mine today to try and fix the "only" -.5 deg of camber in the front and found out a few things. First off, I have as much camber in front as I'll ever get without caster/camber plates. The strut has already been rotated. Having said that, we measured the camber. Driver's...

Let me say, until last week I have been MORE than pleased with my local Mazda dealership(John Finger Mazda). But last week is when the trouble started. Lets start last week. Took the Mazdaspeed in for its 15k service. Yeah, last time I'll do that again. First, they drained my fresh...

Alright guys, my ProSeries 6.5's are install and sound incredable! I've got a 12w3v2 on its way, but even with my Kappa 10" I'm still missing some in the mid-low area. I've made the decision to buy a pair of JL 6W0's, but I'd like to know if I should put them in the rear doors, or on the rear...

My mom is STILL looking for a new car, and the 3 is still on the list. But we went test driving cars last night, but couldn't get to Mazda in time. We chose last night because it was raining. Why go when its raining? Because they you can see how the headlights perform. Most cars have...

To this point I have had nothing but GREAT experiences with my local Mazda dealer(John Finger). But today I had my 15k service done, plus they needed to check a few things. First, the brakes. There is a EXTREMELY noticable shudder on mild-hard braking. They said they couldn't feel...

I've been looking at pictures of the 3 around the internet, but I can only seem to find the Euro/Japanese pics(metric). I am trying to find out if these cars have electronic climate controls. That is, you set the temp to what you want and the car automatically matches it. The one I test drove...

I hear everyone say this is "DVD Navigation". So, where does the DVD go? We're going to be test-driving a car with navi in the next day or so(for my mom) and I'm curious if the DVD is to be put into the CD drive for the stereo or if there is a different drive for it? Just curious!

The good news) The car runs! I drove it home! The bad news) On its way home I managed to break an alternator belt and develop a coolant leak somewhere...it steams from just above the turbocharger. The funny thing is that Greg had the car running for like 4 hours straight today, as soon as...

Sorry about the short notice, but we were JUST given permission to use the lot and had to get the cops for this weekend. Well, everything is set and ready to go. Where: Clemson University, behind the stadium When: Registration starts at 9AM, ends at 10AM. You can still sign up till 11AM, for...

The good: 146hp and 152lb/ft torque. Not too bad, but the torque curve was VERY flat. The bad: The dipshits running the place have spare parts lying all over the place, one of those was a 14" rotor that was rusted. It was rusted and sitting in a pile of leaves/dirt right beside their...

I've got 5898 on the car right now, and here is how it stands: Average MPG: 24.192 Worst MPG: 20.04 Best MPG: 31.52(this past tank, shifting at 2k, 60% highway @ 80mph) I'm pretty happy with the results because usually I'll shift at 4-5k and redline 2-5 times per day...sometimes more, sometimes...

Title says it all, what do you guys think? I'm not going for winning any competitions here, but I'd like to get more than stock bass thats sounds good. I'm not going for dB's, I'm going for response. I know you can tune a box to do basically anything you want...but which would be the better...

Hello everyone, I am getting ready to install my stereo equiptment in my car this weekend, which has been delayed due to time/money issues. I need a little help from this forum. Let me start out with a list of equiptment I'm putting in: Alpine CDA-7893, Alpine MRP-F200(40wx4 amp), Alpine...

Took my car to Mazda today. The good, my tech agreed with me that the hesitation is a MAJOR problem. He talked to Mazda for about 2 hrs...they're sending a "prototype" ECU to try(YES!) The bad, he took off the turbocharger and guess what, it was only being fed a few drips of oil...it moved...

Mine, 1250 miles on it now, makes a horrible screeching sound when the turbo spools around 4200 rpms and then on up. I've heard lots of turbo's before, but only 2 made this noise...right before they started blowing smoke. If you can imagine a large machine drilling into a peice of metal...

Finally broke down and bought a reliable daily driver. Now I must sell my TII :-(