Locoyokopoco
Greenie N00B Member
Here is my build log of my 08 Mazdaspeed3.
History:
I purchased the car back in 2017, with the previous owner having done lots of mods to it already. I previously owned a regular 05 Mazda3, and wanted something faster. This vehicle has been my first experience with any kinda forced induction. What a journey and learning experience those 3 years have been so far. I didn't do much research coming into the platform, I just wanted a fast and reliable car that I had no plans on doing my own mods and stuff on. Drove pretty decent for about a year of owning it. Towards the end of the first year owning it, it started misfiring like crazy. Knowing nothing about cars, let alone forced induction cars, I brought it to a local shop when I lived in Vancouver Canada at the time. I had them take a look/tune the thing and the outcome wasn't good. I had really bad compression on two of the cylinders, most likely due to the fact the the HPFP wasn't actually Autotechs, as advertised when I purchased the car. There had been a lot done to the car by the previous owner, including a OTS tune but as I found out later, it was still the stock HPFP. At that point, I loved the car too much to just sell it, so I decided to purchase the Corksport Dankai 1 motor and have a shop swap it out for me. Since then, it's been a downhill ride for my wallet, and tons of learning and fun, trying to do most things myself.
6/6/2020:
Having ran the Dankai 1 motor at a reasonable 290WHP @ 19PSI for about 2 years or so, I figure it's time to turn up the boost. I'm sure I can get closer to 350WHP on my current mods, but as I told my local tuner, I wanted to be pretty conservative at the time. This time around, I will be going for 400-450WHP, which means the need for Aux fueling, and some other mods. As of a couple days ago, I went from a Corksport TMIC to a FMIC setup with CXRacing piping kit and a Treadstone TR8 core. After switching to the FMIC setup, I ran into a pretty big boost leak, which I'm pretty sure I solved now after some research on the CXRacing piping kit. I also wasn't sure how tight to set the clamps to, so I initially went conservative on the torque. This time around, I reefed on the clamps pretty good and also used mostly constant tension clamps on the hoses. I am currently experiencing a P0340 code for the CMP, and the car also starts and immediately stalls. So I've ordered a replacement sensor, hopefully that solves the issue. At this point, I'm also looking to swap out the intake manifold and clean the intake valves in the process. I scored a brand new ST manifold locally for cheap, so I am going with the Damond adapter pretty soon here, with PI. Also, I seem to be the only one running NGK's Ruthenium HX Spark Plugs (gapped to 0.021) on the Mazdaspeed platform. After changing back to Iridium spark plugs, I noticed a decent difference in how smooth the engine feels, so for now, I'm sticking with Ruthenium's. More to come hopefully in the next couple of weeks.
Parts list thus far:
Corksport Dankai 1 Motor
Corksport HPFP
Corksport CST4 Turbo
Corksport 3.5 Bar MAP
Corksport EBCS
Corksport Catch Can
Corksport Dual VTA Bypass Valve
Corksport Injector Seals
NGK Ruthenium HX Spark Plugs
JBR Turbo Inlet Pipe
JBR Power Path Intake
Cobb Catted Downpipe
CX Racing FMIC Piping Kit (Customized by RPM Store)
Treadstone TR8 Intercooler Core
Bilstein B8 Shocks with OEM Springs
Damond Full Motor Mount Set
Damond EGR Delete
LuK Clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
Tuned Locally by Vex Performance
Parts Waiting to be Shipped/Installed:
ST Manifold (Haven't purchased adapter yet)
JBR Raider Air Dam
New CMP Sensor
Future Stuff:
Damond ST Manifold Adapter
Corksport Battery Box w/ ECU Relocation.
Some kind of PI setup with E85
Corksport 3.5" Intake
Corksport Turbo Back Exhaust
Corksport's new Exhaust Manifold
Styling and Misc Stuff:
Ledconcepts LED Halo Ring Lights w/DIY LED Driver
Eonon Android Headunit
Mapletech Performance 6.5" Component Speakers
Rockville 4 Channel Amp
JL Audio 10w0 Subwoofer
Scosche 2 Channel Amp Bridged
Car as of early to mid 2020:
Styling and Misc Pictures:
When I first purchased the car in 2017:
History:
I purchased the car back in 2017, with the previous owner having done lots of mods to it already. I previously owned a regular 05 Mazda3, and wanted something faster. This vehicle has been my first experience with any kinda forced induction. What a journey and learning experience those 3 years have been so far. I didn't do much research coming into the platform, I just wanted a fast and reliable car that I had no plans on doing my own mods and stuff on. Drove pretty decent for about a year of owning it. Towards the end of the first year owning it, it started misfiring like crazy. Knowing nothing about cars, let alone forced induction cars, I brought it to a local shop when I lived in Vancouver Canada at the time. I had them take a look/tune the thing and the outcome wasn't good. I had really bad compression on two of the cylinders, most likely due to the fact the the HPFP wasn't actually Autotechs, as advertised when I purchased the car. There had been a lot done to the car by the previous owner, including a OTS tune but as I found out later, it was still the stock HPFP. At that point, I loved the car too much to just sell it, so I decided to purchase the Corksport Dankai 1 motor and have a shop swap it out for me. Since then, it's been a downhill ride for my wallet, and tons of learning and fun, trying to do most things myself.
6/6/2020:
Having ran the Dankai 1 motor at a reasonable 290WHP @ 19PSI for about 2 years or so, I figure it's time to turn up the boost. I'm sure I can get closer to 350WHP on my current mods, but as I told my local tuner, I wanted to be pretty conservative at the time. This time around, I will be going for 400-450WHP, which means the need for Aux fueling, and some other mods. As of a couple days ago, I went from a Corksport TMIC to a FMIC setup with CXRacing piping kit and a Treadstone TR8 core. After switching to the FMIC setup, I ran into a pretty big boost leak, which I'm pretty sure I solved now after some research on the CXRacing piping kit. I also wasn't sure how tight to set the clamps to, so I initially went conservative on the torque. This time around, I reefed on the clamps pretty good and also used mostly constant tension clamps on the hoses. I am currently experiencing a P0340 code for the CMP, and the car also starts and immediately stalls. So I've ordered a replacement sensor, hopefully that solves the issue. At this point, I'm also looking to swap out the intake manifold and clean the intake valves in the process. I scored a brand new ST manifold locally for cheap, so I am going with the Damond adapter pretty soon here, with PI. Also, I seem to be the only one running NGK's Ruthenium HX Spark Plugs (gapped to 0.021) on the Mazdaspeed platform. After changing back to Iridium spark plugs, I noticed a decent difference in how smooth the engine feels, so for now, I'm sticking with Ruthenium's. More to come hopefully in the next couple of weeks.
Parts list thus far:
Corksport Dankai 1 Motor
Corksport HPFP
Corksport CST4 Turbo
Corksport 3.5 Bar MAP
Corksport EBCS
Corksport Catch Can
Corksport Dual VTA Bypass Valve
Corksport Injector Seals
NGK Ruthenium HX Spark Plugs
JBR Turbo Inlet Pipe
JBR Power Path Intake
Cobb Catted Downpipe
CX Racing FMIC Piping Kit (Customized by RPM Store)
Treadstone TR8 Intercooler Core
Bilstein B8 Shocks with OEM Springs
Damond Full Motor Mount Set
Damond EGR Delete
LuK Clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
Tuned Locally by Vex Performance
Parts Waiting to be Shipped/Installed:
ST Manifold (Haven't purchased adapter yet)
JBR Raider Air Dam
New CMP Sensor
Future Stuff:
Damond ST Manifold Adapter
Corksport Battery Box w/ ECU Relocation.
Some kind of PI setup with E85
Corksport 3.5" Intake
Corksport Turbo Back Exhaust
Corksport's new Exhaust Manifold
Styling and Misc Stuff:
Ledconcepts LED Halo Ring Lights w/DIY LED Driver
Eonon Android Headunit
Mapletech Performance 6.5" Component Speakers
Rockville 4 Channel Amp
JL Audio 10w0 Subwoofer
Scosche 2 Channel Amp Bridged
Car as of early to mid 2020:
Styling and Misc Pictures:
When I first purchased the car in 2017:
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