I got mine installed before my first track say in October (wish it was earlier but engine builds tend to do that....). Loved how everything felt. No issues at all and had a ton of confidence in the brake system.
I did some hard braking on the street while bedding the pads before the sleeves and...
Mine at 185k km... EGR delete and OCC added around 140k km. Bought the car used. They are much shinier now though after getting the valves lapped. One pick shows before and after of the runners.
Just working on an engine build and this is pretty much exactly what I experienced. Get everything apart, realize labour is "free" to just do the clutch now, so another $1000 into the pot. Then you figure add a turbo, but that requires a new intake system. And then you should do the downpipe and...
Yea I have the 17x9 as well with +45. Also need the 5mm spacers to clear the struts and shocks. Should have looked for +40 :)
I did find a set of 5mm spacers with built in hub extenders which makes things so much nicer.
http://www.speedperf6rmanc3.com/products/sp63-valve-cover-breather-for-mazda-gen-1.html
Currently marked unavailable. I'll have to email to see if they are making more.
For me I've just always had Mazda cars (along with others) and personally just love the sleeper look of the gen1.
I'll probably tune the car for 300-320 whp (basically there already) then do suspension using all the methods described in the suspension tuning thread.
It's the first car I've...
Sure I've started down the research path but perhaps my searching isn't specific enough to have come across the various threads.
A list of links to the previous discussions would be incredibly helpful here.
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