Hey Guys & Gals. Thought I could put up a quick intro to say 'hi' to everyone.
My name is Eric and I live in Shoreview. I bought my 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 in December of 2005- white with white / black interior.
I bought the car because it had pretty much everything I wanted: good handling, factory power, AWD, manual transmission, looked good, sleeper, etc. After my experiences with my previous car I wanted to keep this one stock and actually enjoy a factory warranty for a while. I've been able to do just that.... until recently. I got a bug up my butt to start looking for a new car and I found was that I would have to spend a whole lot of money to get something that had everything I wanted and was an upgrade to the Speed6. So the next logical step was to keep my car and make a few changes to it to make it fun to drive again. Matt D recommended checking out the forum here so I stopped by and registered a week ago or so. I want to pick up the power a little and tighten up the drivetrain so I started researching what was out there.
I already picked up the COBB AP from Modern Performance and the Forge BPV should be delivered on Friday. The AP is pretty awesome and was a bigger upgrade than what I was expecting. Plus the realtime monitoring and data logging is a huge plus. Unfortunately the Cobb Sf intake was on backorder so I'll have to see if I can get that elsewhere. Other things I'm looking at getting soon are the SU rear motor mount, TWM short shifter, and solid shifter base bushings. I may throw in the CorkSport downpipe as well if I feel like getting that involved.
My previous car was a 2000 Ford Focus that was supposed to only get a few modifications... intake, exhaust, underdrive pully. That lasted a little while but eventually the car had pretty much everything done to it including full suspension, LSD, turbo, and a bottom end built to handle 500 hp. It was mostly a sleeper with the exhaust as quiet as I could get it, a stealth intercooler, and a body kit from Ford Europe. Unfortunately my experience with taking 9 months to rebuild the motor (this was my only car) killed most of the fun with the car and I sold it before I could build the turbo system I wanted. Hence the move to factory power and a factory warranty. We'll see how crazy things get with the Speed6. Hopefully I can have a bit more restraint this time.
Anyway, 'hello' to everyone and glad to be here!
My name is Eric and I live in Shoreview. I bought my 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 in December of 2005- white with white / black interior.
I bought the car because it had pretty much everything I wanted: good handling, factory power, AWD, manual transmission, looked good, sleeper, etc. After my experiences with my previous car I wanted to keep this one stock and actually enjoy a factory warranty for a while. I've been able to do just that.... until recently. I got a bug up my butt to start looking for a new car and I found was that I would have to spend a whole lot of money to get something that had everything I wanted and was an upgrade to the Speed6. So the next logical step was to keep my car and make a few changes to it to make it fun to drive again. Matt D recommended checking out the forum here so I stopped by and registered a week ago or so. I want to pick up the power a little and tighten up the drivetrain so I started researching what was out there.
I already picked up the COBB AP from Modern Performance and the Forge BPV should be delivered on Friday. The AP is pretty awesome and was a bigger upgrade than what I was expecting. Plus the realtime monitoring and data logging is a huge plus. Unfortunately the Cobb Sf intake was on backorder so I'll have to see if I can get that elsewhere. Other things I'm looking at getting soon are the SU rear motor mount, TWM short shifter, and solid shifter base bushings. I may throw in the CorkSport downpipe as well if I feel like getting that involved.
My previous car was a 2000 Ford Focus that was supposed to only get a few modifications... intake, exhaust, underdrive pully. That lasted a little while but eventually the car had pretty much everything done to it including full suspension, LSD, turbo, and a bottom end built to handle 500 hp. It was mostly a sleeper with the exhaust as quiet as I could get it, a stealth intercooler, and a body kit from Ford Europe. Unfortunately my experience with taking 9 months to rebuild the motor (this was my only car) killed most of the fun with the car and I sold it before I could build the turbo system I wanted. Hence the move to factory power and a factory warranty. We'll see how crazy things get with the Speed6. Hopefully I can have a bit more restraint this time.
Anyway, 'hello' to everyone and glad to be here!
