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Roddimus Prime August-8th-2004 03:14 AM

I would get a cat-less header FIRST, prior to cams. when you have cams made you can let them know that you have a free exhaust. Also, a header is HIGHLY recomended when installing the supercharger. You CANNOT use UDP's with a supercharger. It'll screw with your boost and thats not good. I'm spending a lot of time face down in my college physics book to make sure I get the boost right the first time!

Ask TOPHER, he just had the 9# flywheel installed and seems to love it.

pr5guy August-8th-2004 09:56 AM

flywheel is gonna be a little to labor intensive for me right now. im desperate for any little HP increase that i can get that isnt too much of a pain to put together. im looking into the obx header and then get that catless or high flow MP from wagner. I was just informed the other day taht DC sports is making a header for the P5 but isnt released yet. and cams im not doin for awhile till i figure out what exhaust im gonna run and get that done first.... im contiplating if it just might be worth the trip to the dodge dealer and look into a new SRT4....

gcs118 August-8th-2004 10:49 AM

Nah you don't want SRT4. Sure it may be fun for the first year or 2, but then what good is a broken down Dodge for the next 10? Your Mazda will last forever!

pr5guy August-8th-2004 11:08 AM


Originally Posted by gcs118
Nah you don't want SRT4. Sure it may be fun for the first year or 2, but then what good is a broken down Dodge for the next 10? Your Mazda will last forever!


LOL... very true :bt:

D-Man August-9th-2004 10:09 AM

Thanx for all the responses (except those that flamed me about the rad cap). Unfortunately, my g/f has decided to go the "new car" route so we will be getting the new mazda3 instead...

Roddimus Prime August-9th-2004 10:16 AM

very good! I've seen stock 3S's outrunning stock msp's here. Very funny to watch the guy in the msp not be able to pull on the NA wagon.

D-man, let me know if you ever want a supercharger on that car. That new 2.3L is PRIME for an eaton blower.

D-Man August-11th-2004 10:00 AM

What does the eaton supercharger go for, in USF or CND?

Roddimus Prime August-11th-2004 10:08 AM

depends on what size you want and if you want a jobber. If you want a jobber they are about $1200 buying indivicually. If you wait for someone like me to make one for the 3 it'll be about $3500+usd.

p.s. jobber = do-it-yourself build unit

gcs118 August-11th-2004 11:13 AM

Hey D-Man, no hard feelings about the rad cap, we were just giving you a hard time man. :p


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