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06-16-2009, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Fife, WA
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Another project Mazda
Yes ladies and gentlemen, I have finally decided that it's time to start working on my car. I have a pretty good excess amount of cash that I've built up to be used for something else *cough* honeymoon *cough* but since that's not happening, I decided to invest it in the only "love" I have right now... My 2006 Mazdaspeed6. I thought I would make this car a wee bit more fun than it already is now. Maybe some occasional track sections hopefully pitted against a certain Mustang Cobra or Mustang V6. Yes Lemming, I'm looking at you 
Today I ordered a Forge Bypass Valve, AWR Rear Motor Mount, ProtegeGarage Short Ram Intake, and a ProtegeGarage Turbo inlet pipe. Total cost? Around $425 or so. Hopefully this all will be in by the end of the week so I can spend some time putting it on this weekend. Not sure what kind of gains I'll be seeing but I'll keep you informed via the butt dyno.
I have much more in store for this car. I've already compiled a starter list, if you will. Catback exhaust, new top mount intercooler and tubing, new sway bars, strut tower brace, upgraded brakes, retuned ECU, short shifter, and perhaps....PERHAPS either an upgraded stock turbo (KO4) or a GT turbo. We'll see though... Of course, I'll probably have to upgrade my fuel management system as well. Of course, this is all tentative and is subject to change. But until then, this is what I'll have.
I'll update this thread whenever I work on my car. At the moment, all I have are Denso IVT22 plugs and a drop-in K&N air filter.
I'm pretty excited about all this! This will be the first time I've ever undertaken something like this and really, quite honestly, spent money on something for myself without being hounded about it!  |
06-16-2009, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: the moon
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cool! do you have any plans for visual mods, like rims or anything of that sort, or are you planning on doing mostly performance-oriented stuff?
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06-16-2009, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Sterling, Virginia
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Make sure you get stronger hose clamps for the turbo system.
Well, you knew someone was going to say it... 
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06-16-2009, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: South East PA
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And don't let your mom be a part of it. That meddling crack whore will fuck it all up.
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06-16-2009, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Fife, WA
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Originally Posted by afi_ninja_SWEET
cool! do you have any plans for visual mods, like rims or anything of that sort, or are you planning on doing mostly performance-oriented stuff?
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There's a badgeless grill that I have found for my car that looks pretty sweet...
http://siteground207.com/~protegeg/p...oducts_id=1059
Might do a front lip. There's a really cheap and easy method that lots of the Mazdaspeed6 owners do that uses the weather stripping from garage doors that looks really good. But, I'm not sure about that yet since I have issues with scraping the front air dam...  . Might repaint the calipers but I'm probably going to leave the OEM wheels on it at the moment.
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Originally Posted by BeerBurner
Make sure you get stronger hose clamps for the turbo system.
Well, you knew someone was going to say it...
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Yeah yeah, don't worry...
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Originally Posted by Nightspy
And don't let your mom be a part of it. That meddling crack whore will fuck it all up.
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She can't do a thing about it |
06-16-2009, 04:38 PM
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i like the looks of that badgeless grill. a front lip would probably look great, too. would you really even be all that worried much about scraping it up, if you just made one out of weather stripping, though? i can't imagine it would be either too expensive or difficult to put together. plus, it might sort of eat some of the impact that your bumper would otherwise be taking -- win, win?
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06-16-2009, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Fife, WA
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Yeah, I know. I mean, I'll probably end up doing it. I REALLY like the way it looks.
Observe... the HD (Home Depot) Front Lip
And I really like these wheels too...
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06-16-2009, 08:44 PM
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STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Duvall, WA
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That doesn't look bad, although the concept reminds me of ProjectFocusFast.
Also, you'd have an easy time catching the Slowbra. 
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06-16-2009, 09:16 PM
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The safety of quattro
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: WV
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Nice shot in the OP.
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06-16-2009, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Fife, WA
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Originally Posted by lemming
That doesn't look bad, although the concept reminds me of ProjectFocusFast.
Also, you'd have an easy time catching the Slowbra.
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Hahaha. Yeah, I thought of that too. Maybe I should aim for the Turbostang?
AchTTung, if you want, I can get you the full resolution picture of that. I've got a few different angles from that night. |
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