Recent content by Stenner

Haha. Yes and no I suppose but I have no one else to blame for that but myself. For those that want to read it, I'll tell the story. For about three years before I bought my car I knew that I wanted a Mazda3. For whatever reason the styling just seemed to do me right. Anyways it got to...

Looking to switch out the exhaust on my 2010 Mazda3 2.5L. A mechanic friend of mine suggested I do a 2.50 inch cat back exhaust. I searched magnaflow and their exhaust for the 2.5L GT that I have has a 2.25 inch cat back but their cat back for the 2.3L mazdaspeed3 has a 2.50 inch exhaust. The...

Hey guys, Ok I think I've decided on a CAI as opposed to the short ram intake. The HP gains are a bit more. As far as brand names go I have a choice between AEM, Ingen (I think that's how it's spelled) and Takeda. I can't find anything from Ingen that fits my 2.5L Mazda3 only the 2.3L...

Cool. Thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it. This has actually peaked my curiosity a little now. What kind of intake do Rally cars use? They run in some pretty dirty and wet environments so if they (I am assuming as much) use a CAI what do they do to protect from hydrolock? Do they use a...

Alrighty, here's the scoop, I think I've kind of figured out where to start with my Mazda3. I was getting my oil changed at the dealership and was flipping through the parts guide they had displayed at the counter. I found some relatively inexpensive mods I can start with to add some cheap...

Thank you for the welcome! As far as plans go for my car, I wouldn't mind adding a little more pep so to speak. I enjoy the acceleration part the most out of driving and I'm not ashamed to admit that when I get out on the open road out of the city I may bend a speed limit law from time to...

Hi everyone, To confirm the obvious I'm new to this site and also new to cars so to speak. I've been driving them for years however recently I have purchased a 2010 2.5 litre Mazda3 and have become increasingly more interested in the world of tuning. I've been trying to do as much...