3rd Gen Protege/MazdaSpeed/P5/MP3 General/Maintenance Discussion for 1999-2003.5 Models Only (BJ Chassis)

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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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The dude in Rochester with a silver MSP (I think on 'the bad place' forums his name is 'LivelyJay') does really, really well in RDS. He once was modded (FMIC, suspension work) but yeah the MSP just gets blown away in that class.

Still irks me that the RSX-S is in G but the MSP is D.. something about it being a limited production run, though the MP3 didn't get that same treatment once everyone figured out anemic the engine was :P
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Dude you were hauling *** .. good ****. The tires were screaming for mercy half the time anyway, can they take more than that?!
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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Seafoam & an oil change today
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Did you just add it to your gas tank or what? I'm curious about this seaform treatment .. I think it might be time for one of those to clean things up a bit.
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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You suck it through the brake booster line.. or like I did, through the vac line that goes into the top of the cruise control unit (easiest vac line to access). basically you pull the vac line, and put it in the bottle like a straw, while the engine is running and someone sits in the car to keep the car from stalling (hold it at 3k rpms).. there will be tooooons of steam everywhere. Then you actually let it stall while sucking some more in --after 5 mins or so (I waited.. like 2 because I was on my way to the autocross) and start the car back up and go for a little drive.

But yes, you can.. put it in your gas tank, in your oil (!), and other places. It's a petroleum product, so anywhere petroleum products can go is fair game. If your neighbors are close they will hate you (houses on my street are narrow with just the width of a single driveway between each house.. luckily my garage is detached and like 20ft behind the house so the smoke wasn't all up in their stuff --plus I was doing it at 6:15am
Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Any dangers to it? Sounds like I could easily mess that up and break everything, haha!
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 05:24 AM
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alot of people won't recommend using the brake booster line, due to the check valve. But any of the vac sources on top of the IM will work fine too.
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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smoother reving... unless i'm WOT, then same ol' hesitation... hopefully changing plugs will help that
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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smoother reving... unless i'm WOT, then same ol' hesitation... hopefully changing plugs will help that
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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When you're at WOT, the ECU ignores input from most sensors, no?

Plugs are definitely a cheap and easy way to troubleshoot.
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Our crap EGR's are a prime suspect as well.
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:17 AM
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^ as far as i know - WOT = closed loop

anyway, will be changing plugs/ doing something w/ this EGR piece j00 speak of
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:17 AM
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^ as far as i know - WOT = closed loop

anyway, will be changing plugs/ doing something w/ this EGR piece j00 speak of
Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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Had a great weekend. Found the rest of the parts I need for the interior swap, the MP3 steering wheels and the MSP mirrors were for a great price. Also, I had traded my stock radio for the radio surround trim to a forum user and by chance happened on a set of MSP wheels in pristine condition
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Looks like a coupla nice pickups.



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