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by Spida
March 26th, 2005, 11:54 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Borla or Magnaflow?
Replies: 8
Views: 330

I have a magna flow with glass pack on my 1.8 and tis a good deep tone, definetly get the glass pack becasue with out it its way too loud in the car. I have a sound clip but i dont have it online. I will see if i can get around to put it on the web and link it. the exhaust sounds very loud around 2-...
by Spida
February 22nd, 2005, 2:56 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Water pump replacement
Replies: 4
Views: 383

Oh man i hated doing that swap every one above is 100% right Took forever to get the cover off and its lucky i hada spare engine to look at to find all the bolts and it gave me spare timeing belt covers becasue i broke one half when i coudlnt get it past the crank pully (yeah good luck finding a way...
by Spida
August 11th, 2004, 4:18 pm
Forum: Car Stereo/Alarm
Topic: good place to ground your amp
Replies: 33
Views: 1730

Re: good place to ground your amp

ok i know htis will sound stupid but where do you have you amp attached to? is it a metla peice of your car becaseu if so that might be your problem. Im sure i will get a bunch of peopel telling me they have their amps attached to the frame or somethign and have never hada problem bu a buddy of mine...
by Spida
June 15th, 2004, 7:19 pm
Forum: General Mazda MX-3
Topic: Cruise Control Problem
Replies: 1
Views: 99

Re: Cruise Control Problem

Yeah i am having the same problem wher mine jsut doest work. I looked at all the parts i coudl identify but unfortunely i dont have a good picture to go by to look for the problem part. Anyone with a link to a diagram PLEASE post it casue im going on 10 hour trip and i would love to have this functi...
by Spida
August 16th, 2003, 11:22 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Floatting Gas Gage
Replies: 3
Views: 64

Re: Floatting Gas Gage

Yeah my car does this too. The light will come on anywhere from 1/6th of a tank left to E but I'm not sure wheather to trust the gage or the light. I would have thought they were connected but it makes sence to have 2 seperate sensors incase one goes out of wack. There must be some way to re-calibra...
by Spida
August 10th, 2003, 9:42 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: WD-40 VS BELT DRESSING
Replies: 15
Views: 296

Re: WD-40 VS BELT DRESSING

its actualy really easy to toighetn the belts cause there is a bolt that puts tention on a pully. follow the belts and you will see a pully with nothing atached to it but a long bolt. If you tighten it, it will put more pressure on the belt
by Spida
August 10th, 2003, 9:38 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: V12 anybody
Replies: 25
Views: 204

Re: V12 anybody

I have seen duel engine cars before including a dule engine caddie with 2 northstar engines. My thought is it will jsut cost so much. Besides fule tank relocation (easly get a fuel cell) you would have to make a fire wall for the rear engine and find a way to cool it. The tranies would be some what ...
by Spida
August 10th, 2003, 9:24 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: HEELLLP BRAKES WENT WEIRD GOING FAST 103 OCTANE!
Replies: 27
Views: 272

Re: HEELLLP BRAKES WENT WEIRD GOING FAST 103 OCTANE!

Ok so the big octane debate is out for all to put in their 2 cents. Here is what I was told by VP fuels. When your piston goes up on compression stroke the gas/air mix heats up (as do all gases when compressed) at a certain temp the air/fuel mix ignites. If this happens rather than the spark ignitin...
by Spida
July 18th, 2003, 10:20 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Time for a new exhaust. What you got?
Replies: 13
Views: 271

Re: Time for a new exhaust. What you got?

Well got it all on. Sorry no pictures yet, was too busy showing it off to wash it last night. The mechanic convinced me that the res was not needed and felt all those complaining about it had taken out their cat but he was wrong. My ears hurt when I accelerate thru 2000 to 3000 rpm. The trunk sort o...
by Spida
July 18th, 2003, 10:10 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: side exhaust
Replies: 2
Views: 55

Re: side exhaust

While I am sure it is do-able I am not sure if you would like the results. First off because the mx-3 was designed for a rear exit exhaust it has a grove in the floor boards that allows the exhaust not to hang down and steal ground clearance. Because you would have to go out of this groove to get to...
by Spida
July 17th, 2003, 12:52 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Any Way To Get Colder Air Out Of Vents?
Replies: 6
Views: 77

Re: Any Way To Get Colder Air Out Of Vents?

Yeah I was thinking of putting a filter on those vents infornt of the window so I don't get that stuff in my car.
by Spida
July 16th, 2003, 9:26 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Any Way To Get Colder Air Out Of Vents?
Replies: 6
Views: 77

Re: Any Way To Get Colder Air Out Of Vents?

Yeah I get the same thing but I assumed that this was simply a problem of the vents and the piping caring the air to the inside had heated in the hot temps and they in turn heat the air.
I’m not sure where the air comes from but I guess it’s from right in front on the windshield
by Spida
July 16th, 2003, 12:39 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: did u guys see this supercharger thing on ebay?
Replies: 18
Views: 188

Re: did u guys see this supercharger thing on ebay?

Im not sure what would see more damage. My car or my reputation. Looks like a fish tank pump
by Spida
July 16th, 2003, 12:32 am
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: car keeps on stalling
Replies: 1
Views: 74

Re: car keeps on stalling

I had a charging problem with a car once, if it’s your alternator you will know because the lights and electronics will dim / slow down. Eventually the car was running poor (not all cylinders firing) and then it died, but a jump from another car would give me a few more Km before it died again. When...
by Spida
July 15th, 2003, 10:30 pm
Forum: V6 Technical/Performance
Topic: Time for a new exhaust. What you got?
Replies: 13
Views: 271

Re: Time for a new exhaust. What you got?

Ok. Thanks to all those who replied. I have decided to go with 2 1/4" pipes, high-flow cat, Magnaflow race muffler. I will see if they can keep the resonator but there is a leak right in that area so it might have to loose it. All goes in on Thurs so i hope to get a few pictures of it that nigh...

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