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Update... It's a new year! Since the accident in Dec 2021 I had been fighting bad depression. Nothing new to me in my life, but the accident amongst other things made it worse. I got a new psychiatrist who is much better and has actually helped me a lot! It sucks that I lost almost 2 years...

@Mtnbker3531 Smart phone fail It starts on Post#8 (Monster Torque Steer: Part Deux!) Build thread Basically, Mazda left a FUCK TON of room for improvement in handling on this car, just from proper ducting and aero. Part of it is the platform we share with the economy mazda3's. There are...

Those pucks are usually used to prevent bumpstop bind when the suspension compresses. If Bilstein didn't include them, don't worry about it.

Could be different spring rates than your previous springs. Your springs may settle a little after a few miles of driving. You may have also bound the suspension bushings at an awkward angle, if you torqued them down with the car in the air at full droop. If that is the case... Put the car...

Interested in what you did to the Cummins.

Love the trap door design!!!

They could have run it without oil for a long time, and just worn down the bearing. I would be surprised if you don't find any pieces inside the engine as you continue dismantling it. Keep in mind that the previous owner may have done some funny shit to the car that he didn't tell you. If...

+1 for morimoto. Swapped out stock halogens for them years ago, and literally night and day difference. The beam is so much brighter and significantly wider.

Either 10mm or 5mm. But if doing 10mm or more you WILL need extended wheel studs. I've got 5mm spacers and extended studs, but I am a gen2. Frankly I don't think gen's matter since the concern is clearing the strut body.

Check your swaybar endlinks, and sway bay bushings.

255 ends up being right on the edge of thr rim. Regarding wide tires making your turning sloppy, you have to get like a 275 tire which pokes out way passed the lip of the rim. If that was the case, it makes all your handling sloppy, not just your steering. One thing to note, whether 245 or...

255 will give you 10mm more tread, over the 245. Might as well get as much as you can. 40 vs 45, the 45 will give you just a couple of mm's of height, vs the 40. Honestly kind of a minimal difference between the 2. I run 255/40r17 on my rpf1's. Last 2 sets of tires were the same size too...

Old notes are old... It took me forever to get the temp right, turns out the enclosed instructions for tuning the pots were wrong for off temp. Made my notes, adjusted accordingly, and it worked great for like 3 years before I removed it. Gotta throw it back on...

My 2nd hand unit worked fine. Tuning it was tricky as the SP63 instructions were backwards. I took mine off though for reasons, desperately need to put it back on.

Love it

You can get Michelin AS4's in that size. Bought some a couple of weeks ago. Also... +1 for Bilstein coilovers

I already have a check valve in line with the OEM PCV valve. Do you have a part number for this pump? I'll look into it. I'd be interested if it saves me snaking OCC lines everywhere.

Had a chance to work on the speed yesterday. Got the oil changed, slapped my ETS TMIC back on (I had been rolling with the OEM since the accident), threw on my heavy knob and corksport steering wheel again. The little things make it feel like a real car again. One thing I did, was add extra...

Miss you too bro! Big time!

Today I was going through my mess of a garage. I have been trying to reorganize it to make it easier to work in. I found so much stuff!!!! Aquamist kit, poly bushings, gauges, so much excite! I threw out a bunch of trash I had been holding on to. Including my old clutch and flywheel. Fun...