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Does anyone have working links to installation guides? My car is having MAF signal issues, I need a diagram of what wire does what on the AFC so I can rule the AFC out as the problem.

My battery started dying on me monday night, had to get a jump twice. Tuesday morning, I jumped it and suddenly it wouldn't stay running; it would idle, but died as soon as I touched the throttle at all. Put a new battery in it yesterday, now it starts fine but still dies. With the MAF...

I'm getting ready to do some maintenance on my suspension (03 MSP, 101k miles). Gonna get new struts put in, but I'd also like to replace/upgrade the suspension bushings. Couple questions: I've read that the ball joints are not replacable, you have to buy a whole new control arm. Is this true...

Hey everyone. I threw a rod bearing back in January, car's been in pieces ever since. Rather than rebuild I've decided to just get a replacement motor to swap my turbo bits onto and get it back on the road, and repair/forge the bad motor later when I have the money to do it right. What I need to...

Yeah after I posted that I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to get the last trans bolt removed, but I just can't get a good angle to pull on the breaker bar with the car up on ramps. Might just have to pull the motor and tranny together. I'm pretty sure I've got a spun bearing (there were...

Sorry for the thread necromancy, but I'm pulling my MBSP right now, and I was wondering if anyone has a diagram for the bellhousing bolts? Mainly I need to know whether I can just undo the bolts and separate the tranny, or if there's other s*** involved like yanking the axles or w/e.

Just do what I do, have no friends and buy nothing for anybody but yourself! THAT's the secret to happiness.

Yeah we still get the pig rich tune in open loop, but we have the added bonus of that nice ultra-lean spike right before.The computer in closed loop is trying to add fuel to the boosted air to keep it 14.7:1, but between the long piping after the MAF sensor and the input lag from the O2 sensor...

The ECU is probably about the same, the difference is in the turbo piping - by the time the air mass starts getting sucked across the MAF, it's already been getting pushed into the intake manifold for some time. Add to that the fact that the boost gives more oomph to the pistons and spins the...

I think we're more concerned about shooting flaming hot exhaust gas into the engine bay, what with the missing J-pipe and all.

And yeah, overheating is bad; but the point is 228 is not really overheating in these cars. The OP was asking whether it being that high meant the gauge wasn't working; I trust that the Mazda engineers were competent enough to make the gauge read correctly in the normal operating range.

? I know Mazda took some bits off the euro/JDM turbo diesel models (radiator and IC especially), but the FS-DE was always meant to run gasoline.

Our motors don't blow from overheating, they blow because of the weak-ass internals being stressed beyond their design limits, sometimes on stock boost. It's perfectly normal for modern-ish engines to run at higher temperatures with pressurized systems. Both the antifreeze mix and the cooling...

I think he was running lean on his setup. He found a quick fix, so he posted it for others who might be in a similar situation. From stock, though, you're right, you wanna lean out.

Comedy option: FD.

Not just a CAI, but also putting a K&N or other oiled air filter in the stock box. Most cone-type filters are oiled as well. The oil gets sucked in by the airflow and it coats the MAF wires. Happens all the time, it's a known major issue on the 3s, and our cars have the sensor right after the...

Do it while it's off, although if you go back to autozone most code readers should be able to erase codes if you ask them to. This has the benefit of not resetting your fuel trims if you care about that. Also, ask around for a good mechanic shop that has a smoke tester, it pumps smoke through...

Yeah meth is essentially for anti-detonation at high boost, you won't get any benefit out of it stock. SSAFC will get you pretty far, a lot of guys here run it on built disco potato cars, and it can handle up to ~15 psi iirc. It's a good investment as long as you feel comfortable wiring it in...

You'd pretty much have to take it apart to see what's up. If the throwout bearing is going bad, that plus a new clutch/pressure plate should fix it. If you've got oil, you're looking at a rear main seal, which is a huge pain in the ass, plus new clutch assembly. We can't really advise you on how...

Well first off, did the flash fix the problem this time? Plus, dealerships ripping people off is nothing new; they're called "Stealerships" for a reason. I, and most likely everyone here, can't really advise you on whether you've got a case against them, especially considering you didn't get the...