Better Late than Never to Join

Colombia28 · Postby **Colombia28** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:14

Hey! We (being the guys from the Dashworks show) were wondering if you were ever going to join/knew about the club. Glad to see you found us!

MSP SuperStreet · Postby **MSP SuperStreet** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:14

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Hey! We (being the guys from the Dashworks show) were wondering if you were ever going to join/knew about the club. Glad to see you found us![/b]

Thanks for the warm welcome. I look forward to meeting all of you and sharing our passion for Mazdas. For those of you wondering what happened and why I missed NOPI Last year. My family and I ended up moving from Edwards to Glenwood Springs that weekend. You would of though I could of planned better. Following that I was busy helping with a busy forest fire firefighting season. In the mean time I was having work done at a local performance shop. The shop blew my engine while working on it. I went around and round trying to settle the damage claim. Although it took awhile, but I was able to come out ahead on the blown engine. I got a brand new forged engine with upgraded forged internals to replace the OME factory engine with 47,000 miles on it.

The car is currently at Revolutions Performance in Colorado Springs completing the engine swap and getting tuned.

I'll have new pictures when I get it back from Revolutions Performance.

ZOOM ZOOM
-=Karl=-

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:14

wow nice dude! I absolutely love your car man and you definitely are one of the true enthusiasts for mazdas it was great meeting you back then and I'm glad we'll meet again.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

Tell us when you go to pick the car up, Maybe we could all meet up.

arctic_blue83 · Postby **arctic_blue83** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

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Thanks for the warm welcome. I look forward to meeting all of you and sharing our passion for Mazdas. For those of you wondering what happened and why I missed NOPI Last year. My family and I ended up moving from Edwards to Glenwood Springs that weekend. You would of though I could of planned better. Following that I was busy helping with a busy forest fire firefighting season. In the mean time I was having work done at a local performance shop. The shop blew my engine while working on it. I went around and round trying to settle the damage claim. Although it took awhile, but I was able to come out ahead on the blown engine. I got a brand new forged engine with upgraded forged internals to replace the OME factory engine with 47,000 miles on it.

The car is currently at Revolutions Performance in Colorado Springs completing the engine swap and getting tuned.

I'll have new pictures when I get it back from Revolutions Performance.

ZOOM ZOOM
-=Karl=-[/b]

Wow, if you don't mind me asking, what performance shop blew up your motor? If you don't feel comfortable posting the shop up, shoot me a PM. Pretty cool though that they replaced your stock cast internals motor with a fully forged shortblock. Are you leaving the compression stock, or lowering it? With the new forged internals, I'm assuming you'll be running something a little bigger than the stock turbo (T25 IIRC?!?)? If not, I'm assuming you're at least going to turn up the boost

chunbelievable · Postby **chunbelievable** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

Welcome

MSP SuperStreet · Postby **MSP SuperStreet** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

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Welcome [/b]

The perforamce shop WAS Advanced Sound and Performance of Glenwood Springs. I used WAS, because they are currently going out of busniess. They are in the process of liquidating their stock and closing the doors. I was fortunate to settle my claim before all this went down.

As for the engine I went with the lower compression 8.5/1 and increased the bore to .020. I am doing research right now on the next set of mods to take advanage of the forged block and internals. A bigger turbo is definately in the plans along with an engine management system (timeline late June or early July). But I also have my eye on beefing up the LSD which have been known to fail even under stock performance. In the meant time I plan to up the boost some and break-in the engine during the first month.

I would be interested in meeting up with folks when I pick-up my ride. I'll keep you posted as the date approaches.
-=Karl=-

MSP SuperStreet · Postby **MSP SuperStreet** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

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The perforamce shop WAS Advanced Sound and Performance of Glenwood Springs. I used WAS, because they are currently going out of busniess. They are in the process of liquidating their stock and closing the doors. I was fortunate to settle my claim before all this went down.

As for the engine I went with the lower compression 8.5/1 and increased the bore to .020. I am doing research right now on the next set of mods to take advanage of the forged block and internals. A bigger turbo is definately in the plans along with an engine management system (timeline late June or early July). But I also have my eye on beefing up the LSD which have been known to fail even under stock performance. In the meant time I plan to up the boost some and break-in the engine during the first month.

I would be interested in meeting up with folks when I pick-up my ride. I'll keep you posted as the date approaches.
-=Karl=-

PICTURES POSTED
I'm having difficulty posting my filed pictures on the forum. They exceed the maximum size. My car is in the shop so I am unable to take new pictures.

However, I did start a profile on CarDomain.com and have posted pictures there for now. The profile will need some work but its a start. Need to mention the Colorado Mazda Club. The car currently shows up as most recently added rides under Mazdaspeed Protege. My Memder ID is the same MSP Super Street.

arctic_blue83 · Postby **arctic_blue83** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MSP SuperStreet @ Apr 29 2008, 06:12 PM) [url=index.php?act=findpost&pid=43553]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div>

The perforamce shop WAS Advanced Sound and Performance of Glenwood Springs. I used WAS, because they are currently going out of busniess. They are in the process of liquidating their stock and closing the doors. I was fortunate to settle my claim before all this went down.

As for the engine I went with the lower compression 8.5/1 and increased the bore to .020. I am doing research right now on the next set of mods to take advanage of the forged block and internals. A bigger turbo is definately in the plans along with an engine management system (timeline late June or early July). But I also have my eye on beefing up the LSD which have been known to fail even under stock performance. In the meant time I plan to up the boost some and break-in the engine during the first month.

I would be interested in meeting up with folks when I pick-up my ride. I'll keep you posted as the date approaches.
-=Karl=-[/b]

Good choice on the compression IMO, as 8.5:1 is very boost friendly, and boring .020 over is the proper clearance for new forged slugs. IIRC, the little T25 on the MSP at sea level puts out about 7psi of boost right? With forged internals and lower compression, you should be able to roughly double that, assuming you have an engine management device capable of controlling the car's fuel trim & eliminating fuel cut. What are you planning to run for engine management?

Good luck with the project man, it's very cool, and I'm extremely interested to see what you put down after at least turning up the boost and tuning the car

-Brandon

jdmsp · Postby **jdmsp** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:14

Very nice man you have done a lot of work on your msp I am sooo jealous lol can't wait to see it!

MS3_Mafia · Postby **MS3_Mafia** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:14

Glad to see you joined up, welcome to the Club!! I also was one of the OG's at the Dashworks Car Show last year parked across from you in the Black Speed3. Look forward to seeing your badass MSP.

zoomin MP3 · Postby **zoomin MP3** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:14

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MSP SuperStreet @ Apr 29 2008, 09:31 PM) [url=index.php?act=findpost&pid=43588]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div>

I would be interested in meeting up with folks when I pick-up my ride. I'll keep you posted as the date approaches.
-=Karl=-[/b]

Yeah, definately keep us updated. I was thinking maybe I'll swing by tomorrow after work just to see the ride. Do you have any guess for a completion date? Any free dyno tuning or time with the swap purchase?

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