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This thread is to help answer those questions that have been asked so many times that its engraved into our memories and have bad dreams about them. P.S: If anybody has something to add or correct anything please just pm me with the question, all replys will be deleted, as for mods feel free to edit this post to add/change anything. __________________________________________________ _______________________________ Q: Which Intake is the best? A: Intake is a intake is a intake, theres not much difference between any just make sure if u decide to buy one from ebay that its the correct one i.e. the MAF port is in the right spot and it has a a little pipe to connect the PCV tube. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: What does CAI stand for? A: Cold Air Intake __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Does adding a intake and or exhaust void my warranty if its not mazdaspeed? A: Only if something major happens and it caused by the intake or exhaust, i.e seizing due to water intake, or emission failure from cel. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Do parts for the 2.3l engine fit the 2.0l? A: Parts like the intake, or exhaust will fit, but parts like pistons, rods, etc do require that you match with engine. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Can i tune my ecu? A: No, mazda said "were not gonna make this easy if your american", but i can tune via standalone EMU's __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Which turbo kits are available? A: Tri-point, and F2 __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Is it cheaper to make a custom kit or just buy one? A: Although it MIGHT be cheaper for the parts themselves, u will be paying out the ass if you plan letting a shop make one for you plus countless days without your car, not even mentioning that its a lot riskier. But if you know what you are doing, it will be cheaper. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: When does the speed governor kick in and how do i get rid of it? A: The limiter kicks in exactly 118mph, there is only one known way of getting rid of it is by getting the stand alone engine mangement. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Do parts from a sedan fit the hatch A: Yes and no, the suspension has different spring rates, meaning it may sit higher or lower, the exhaust needs to be extended like if you get the spd3 exhaust and put it on the sedan (like i did). None of the body parts will fit except the mirrors maybe. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Which is safer to turbo 2.0 or 2.3? A: 2.3 has lower compression ratio and will also give you more power per psi vs the 2.0, safe boosting lvl on stock block is 8 __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Is it illegal to put on any performance parts? A: To put it simple its like this....when it comes to performance if it dont come from factory its ILLEGAL, it depends which cop pulls you over. __________________________________________________ ______________________________ Q: Whats the difference between the models between 04 and 09? A: The differences are that most problems with the 04 were fixed in the 05, the 07+ just have different body dimensions in the front and rear bumper and wheels, but have the same bolt pattern if you wanna throw on a bodykit, oh and the 07+ have a extra cat converter after the exhaust mani, so intead of 2 (as if that werent bad enough) they have 3. __________________________________________________ _______________________________ Q: Can i turbo my automatic? A: You can but it cant and wont hold up past 6psi, if really want to have a turbo auto 3 you are going to have to get a performance trans which you would be the first therefore costing over 4k in cash. __________________________________________________ ________________________________ Q: How come my 04 did this or that? A: What part of all 1st gen 1st year car car did you not get? ALL 1st anything will have defects, your car, your xbox, your 1st gf etc __________________________________________________ _________________________________ Q: Do i need to replace my goodyears? A: Umm hell yes, they are the most overrated (next to pirelli) pos rubber to ever hit the road. They do not have much lifespan let alone good traction in bad weather __________________________________________________ _________________________________ Q: Why did my cel come on when i got my intake or header and how do i fix it. A: To be honest, the chance of getting a cel due to those mods is a 50/50 chance, some people get them others dont, and the tricks to lose the cel work for some and not for others. __________________________________________________ _________________________________ Q: Will parts from the Speed 3 fit my non spd? A: Anything from the outside will mount correctly i.e. ic piping, turbomani, NOTHING internally will work the spd 3 has completely diff specs on the inside. Q: Why do my rear tires wear on the inside so quick? A: This is a result of tests on the Mazda during road racing, the rear camber is out approx .8-1 degrees meaning that the inside of the tire is making more contact with the road than the outside of the tire, why? this is so that it reduces the chance of the rear sliding out during hard cornering. Q: Is my Mazda a Ford? And if so shouldnt parts from the focus fit it? A: Mazda took the design of fords ztech motor out of the older focus and completely rebuilt it from ground up. the heads are nowhere near similar and the internals in the block are only slightly the same, this is true for the 2.3l, the 2.0 are 100% Mazda design but share the same internal dimensions as a 2.3 mzr for both block and head. The newer focus use the MAZDA built motor, Ford put a different head on it and called it a duratec. Either way the motor is a mazda motor, if you come across parts that are labeled for duratec they will fit the block. With that said ill tell you what focus parts will fit: pistons, rods, rod bearings, crank (but not block itself), exhaust, intake pipe but not throttle body, suspension.

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Has the wheel bolt pattern changed for all the production years of Mazda3?