What have you done to your car today?

[Armageus]

The springs are the only bit they might care about. Seats might be classed as "interior modifications" but best to ask, they might not care, the rest I wouldn't mention.

Can't remember which Trim Mazda you went with, but unless it is a "Sport" where the Leather Seats genuinely could have been ordered as an option, then they will need to be declared. (as they may make the car more desirable and potentially increase the risk of being stolen etc)

From what I can gather from a quick look at the brochure, all Mazda 3's have the same ride height as well, and couldn't see any optional "Sports Suspension", so the springs need declaring as well.

the only other mods is the DPF Gutting and the Remap.
Which they are aware of and its stated as "Exhaust Modifications"

I have declared everything that isn't an option on my car. It cost £10 for the Exhaust Mod.

A remap should be declared as "ECU Tuning" or "Tuning Box" and a % or bhp improvement e.g (+20% or +40bhp) or something along those lines - declaring it as Exhaust Modifications isn't good enough.

 

[Diagro]

From what I can gather from a quick look at the brochure, all Mazda 3's have the same ride height as well, and couldn't see any optional "Sports Suspension", so the springs need declaring as well.

its the Sport nav 2011.

Also no they dont.
the mazda 3 MPS is fitted with the springs.
The Mazda 3 Sport trim allows for an option of 25mm drop springs.

 

[Akagi]

Ok but yours isn't an MPS, and the springs aren't the same as those offered as an option.

My car has 30MM Eibach springs as standard. I cant just fit 50MM Eibach springs and assume the insurance company wont mind, because they are the same type of springs. As much as I wish I could.

 

[Armageus]

Ok but yours isn't an MPS, and the springs aren't the same as those offered as an option.

Exactly this - and thinking about it, don't the MPS leather seats, have bright red MPS logos stitched into them? (i.e. clearly different to the optional leather seats that were an option)

 

[Diagro]

Ok but yours isn't an MPS, and the springs aren't the same as those offered as an option.

My car has 30MM Eibach springs as standard. I cant just fit 50MM Eibach springs and assume the insurance company wont mind, because they are the same type of springs. As much as I wish I could.

No No, they are.

I asked mazda for the item number for the springs.
Came back as an Eibach spring number

 

[adam cool dude]

I wont be doing a full set - front subframe (6 bushes) is £150 for powerflex or £60 for "alternative" swedish made ones. Rear trailing arm is £50 for powerflex.

Mine has got the alternative bushes and stock replacement rear arms and is very composed over a b road. Just need a bilstein b12 kit to finish it off really.

 

[iaind]

Mine has got the alternative bushes and stock replacement rear arms and is very composed over a b road. Just need a bilstein b12 kit to finish it off really.

I'm going to end up spending so much money on this car, I can feel it

Order placed for all the bushes I need - PFS alternative subframe, powerflex trailing arm bushes and stock rose bushes (no poly ones for those) - £170 delivered and he's going to fit for £240 as it's about a days work.

Just went back to my desk and my ECU had landed back on there, might even have time to pop it in this evening

 

[Diagro]

Exactly this - and thinking about it, don't the MPS leather seats, have bright red MPS logos stitched into them? (i.e. clearly different to the optional leather seats that were an option)

Nope. Just slightly red cloth in the middle vs black.
I have checked all this before i started -.-

 

[Akagi]

But you said the option springs were 25MM springs and you fitted 30MM springs?

 

[Rybo89]

2 month old ignition coil is looking like this:



When i peel the rubber back at the top of the coil it looks even more burnt out and buggered... Sigh...

Anyone else seen anything like this? Spark splug and ignition barrel are spotless. Hopefully just a faulty ignition coil.

 

[Akagi]

Was it replaced because the old one did the same? If so I'd suggest it is something else...

 

[Rybo89]

Sherlock acme here

I would have mentioned that if that was the case lol.

 

[Diagro]

But you said the option springs were 25MM springs and you fitted 30MM springs?

25mm front, 30mm back.

 

[flinco]

Put 700 ml of oil in the S2000. Checked the dipstick after getting to work this morning and it was on the minimum mark. Drove home carefully with no VTEC, got my oil and checked again to find the oil 1/3rd of the way up the dipstick. Must have been the slight slope at work!

Eitherway, 700ml of oil in the last 600 miles, that seems about right. 109k miles, a lot of VTEC and plenty of downshifting with engine braking at high revs.

 

[On Holiday]

What oil are you using?

 

[flinco]

Fuchs Super Synth 5w40. The car has always used a fair amount of oil in my 9k mile ownership. I suspect it wasn't run in very well.

 

[Diagro]

Ah well. Oils cheap enough.

 

[Dup]

1l per 1k miles is within spec for the high revving Hondas

 

[iaind]

Remapped ecu installed. Between getting the boost leak sorted and that, I have to admit some wee came out when I put my foot down in the midrange for the first time.

Downside is that it had highlighted another small issue - the information display now shows loads of useful engine data and a common one to check is air mass requested against air mass measured. It's measured at the MAF, before the turbo and obviously the 2 should match or be very close. Under wide open throttle my delivered air mass spikes to hit requested but drops down again. Probably just a weak wastegate spring or diverter valve but another thing to sort out in due course

 

[Diagro]

Sounds good!