Mazda's are in Australia
 

Hello to anyone from Australia

hi Scott whereabout in Sydney are you?:)

are you a member of fast-fours forums?

if not..take a look at forums.fasfours.com.au ;)

the forums members hold weekly cruises and other events

Hi there.

I am also in Australia (Melbourne). Do you know of any good places in Australia that sell parts for the SP20. I want to do some modifications but I cannot find any good parts. May have to import them from the US.

what kind of parts?

Yes I also need some parts for my car 1999 1.6 Protege 323 Wagon. What I need are cheap parts to improve the top end of my car. All it does is 170kph and thats all. Spoke to US Protegetech and thay recommend I increase pipe size and put in a sports filter. Any suggestions to the appropriate pipe size and also filter type. I heard alot of people talking about numerous parts (Engine & Aero Parts) in Hong Kong but I do not know where to go to get the stuff. Care to shed some light on this.

Well basically for ideas on what to do, just go to '3rd Gen Drivetrain/Engine' and look around.

You could always ask www.corksport.com what they got for you and if they could ship to your place.

And another Hello from Australia
I am running a Champagne SP20 with some mild mods.
These include a 2" cat-back, sports muffler, K&N panel filter and a Unichip. Goes much better and revs more freely. A good tuning shop should fix you up. I went to Croydon's in Silverwater, Sydney.

Otherwise, bigger wheels, lowered on Kings and a NUTS stereo.

Hey Critter!:)

where is Winmalee?

how much did you pay for the unichip?...did Croydon install it?...have you dynoed the car..if so how much gain did the chip give?

cheers
Cris:)

tresdos3
Winmalee is Lower Blue Mountains outside of Sydney, and you?
Croydon did, $A1100 in and dynoed, 9kw at wheels gained, 70 to 79Kw (close enough).
The big deal is how smoother and more eager it is to drive, revs cleaner. Happy with it :)

i'm not that far from you then..i live in Plumpton which is next to Mt Druitt:)

have checked out the fastfours forums (forums.fastfours.com.au)..the guys from there hold regular cruises and bbq's etc..in fact we recently had a cruise to Katoomba..Bells line of road..and bbq at Katoomba prk..you can see photos of this cruise in the latest fast fours

my car (1.6l) put out 55.5 kw atw..at C&V..that was with a cat back only..so your're dong pretty well with your numbers ;)

while my pro is a bit of a slug it is comparable to a swift gti in terms of performance

how long did it take Croydon to the work?

cheers
Cris

Spent most of the day there, they had to figure out the wiring loom and so on (first one they'd done). They were pretty happy with the numbers we got, especially as we really tuned for best driveability.

Yeah, I have been on a couple of fastfours cruises (the Anzac Day one with the rod club was great) but missed that one with motorsport commitments.

Hi all another Ozzy here ;)

Welcome! I can say I had the priviledge of traveling to Australia about 2 years ago....a great experience :D

The people were a real blast to hang out with ;)

Thank you, I'm glad you had fun when you where here, where about's did you visit in Oz? I live in Central Queensland.

Mostly Sydney, but also around Victoria / Melbourne, Brisbane, and some stops along the way. So mostly I went up the coast of NSW, but I got a tiny bit of Queensland ;)

I actually went with a pretty large performing arts group, good fun.:wave: :angel: :camaro:

hi,
I'm from OZ also, Brisvegas to be exact...
I'm also in need of performance parts for my car...

The 323 wagon had the 1.6 over there ? what else is different with the proteges ovetrseas? sorry in from the states ..Jon

Balgowlah, Sydney, Australia
 

hey everyone,
im in australia near manly in sydney, anyone want to meet up fora cruise i am more than happy to join up... finally someone in aus with SP20's =p

Sydney
 

anyone wanting to meet up for a crusie in Sydney just PM me.

If you want some pointers to get some trick bits I've been doing my homework for several months now....

I keen for a group buy of some clear "Altezza" tail lights.

Hey all u guys from oz.

Im in sydney..

Im currently looking at getting cold intake system for my SP20.

Can anyone suggest where to go???

well im looking into it as well (although after the rain today makes me think twice...lol)

i asked some local people (Magic Mufflers - Brookvale) same people that did my race tuned exhaust and they said $200 but i want something like an Injen kit i can install myself... feel as one with the car...lol

-=SP20=- said that there was somewhere in aus that sold them, but that they were $800 which although expensive i would happily go along with for both quality and the feeling that it is a tried and tested product for our cars...

my 2c... would love to hear of anyone that knows of an australian Injen supplier

GCG Turbochargers in Sydney sell injen cai's...
expect to pay $500AU+ for one though

www.gcg.com.au

thankyou very much
 

thanks for the dealer local...

im calling them tomorrow...

least i can get a price....

Hey pplz.

Anyone recommend any upgrade alarms to supplement our keyless entry???

Re: thankyou very much
 

How did you go with the dealer?

Re: Re: thankyou very much
 

it sucked... i called the guy and it went like:

me:
hey there im calling because i heard you guys sell injen cold air intakes for mazda 323 astina sp20's

him:
nah, we got one a while ago but it runs around $900, so it not worht our while

me:
not even if i got them in bulk, eg 5 at a time? there is quite alot od interest in my area

him:
nah, its not worth our time, as we get no mone out of it, anyway i got work to do so i gotta go

me:
ok bye

him:
beep beep beep beep

seemed kinda rude but much to the point... there you go. but if anyone is interested pm me as i have found someone that can get em for around $470 a piece, yeah expensive for an CAI but hey its an injen, you can be the cool dude with the intake noone else in aus has... =p

Sorry guys, it's probably because of me that GCG don't want to deal with them. I got an Injen CAI from them about 5 months ago. There was a few problems with getting them out here. They first sent out a WRX CAI, so that had to be sent out and a new one sent back. But it didn't cost me $900. It was around the mid $450 mark. What what they said did sound a little rude.

On another subject, did you guys all get the PM i sent about the Shorts shifters. Any other Aussie SP20 owners can check out the thread which outlines a group buy of Short Shifters + Bushings from the U.S. Following is the link:


SP20 Short Shifter + Bushing Group Buy.

Regards,
TDK

Re: Re: Re: thankyou very much
 

I got a quote for a CAI Injen US$200 and the racing beat exh... US$400 plus US$200 shipping for both items... I am considering really hard about getting them....

Re: Re: Re: Re: thankyou very much
 

$200US to ship... tell them to go get fucked... thats too much, tell them us post and US$75.....

thats a joke

Injen Intake system
 

Well it might be time to go get uniflow to hurry up and do an Aust jobbie to sell to us. I will call them again get us a better ETA on the build.

Re: Injen Intake system
 

I heard that the Rampod is finished...hopefully they get the intake finish soon...

Have you heard much about their systems? are they any good??

Ram pod / induction
 

Q: I heard that the Rampod is finished...hopefully they get the intake finish soon...

Yeah I spoke to them the other day and they are keen to get something to geather but timing is tuff at the momment.

Q: Have you heard much about their systems? are they any good??

Yeah the work well being in the guard and out of the engine bay which is good due to Temp etc..., but the down fall is they are hard to get to and can get wet and dirty?

I'm still keen to get one though and will see about a group buy for all the aussies if I can? I assume you would be keen?

And I'm sure the others would be too.

id be keen
 

id be keen yes yes yes i would.... =p

just hurry it up!!!