What's next?
February-22nd-2010, 02:50 PM
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What's next?
Hi everyone,
I'm a newby to this blog, so bare with me.
I bought a new Speed3 in Sept. of 2008. I have replaced OEM shocks with adjustable Konis, replaced OEM wheels and tires with 8"wide OZ wheels and Bridgestone 225/40/18 Expedia S-01 tires, replaced the OEM rear engine mount with a firmer unit (I forget the brand), added traction bars and replaced the OEM Limited Slip Differential with a Quaife LSD. The car is pretty close to perfect now, but I may go a little wider on the front tires when the Expedias I have on now, need replacing to delete the small amount of understeer I still have.
Recently, the belt tensioner broke and Mazda replaced it. More recently (it is in the shop now), the clutch slave cylinder went out and Mazda is replacing it. My S3 only has a little over 21K miles on it and I wondering what is going to fail next.
I would appreciate any experiences that anyone has had with their S3, so I know what might be heading my way. Both the problems I have had were small in nature, but did take the car off the road for a while. I was rather surprised with the 2 breaks that have occured. I thought my first problems would probably be with the clutch or the turbo.
Thank you much.
Poppydoodle
I'm a newby to this blog, so bare with me.
I bought a new Speed3 in Sept. of 2008. I have replaced OEM shocks with adjustable Konis, replaced OEM wheels and tires with 8"wide OZ wheels and Bridgestone 225/40/18 Expedia S-01 tires, replaced the OEM rear engine mount with a firmer unit (I forget the brand), added traction bars and replaced the OEM Limited Slip Differential with a Quaife LSD. The car is pretty close to perfect now, but I may go a little wider on the front tires when the Expedias I have on now, need replacing to delete the small amount of understeer I still have.
Recently, the belt tensioner broke and Mazda replaced it. More recently (it is in the shop now), the clutch slave cylinder went out and Mazda is replacing it. My S3 only has a little over 21K miles on it and I wondering what is going to fail next.
I would appreciate any experiences that anyone has had with their S3, so I know what might be heading my way. Both the problems I have had were small in nature, but did take the car off the road for a while. I was rather surprised with the 2 breaks that have occured. I thought my first problems would probably be with the clutch or the turbo.
Thank you much.
Poppydoodle
