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–noun, plural -cies. 1.     the state or quality of being efficient; competency in performance. Let’s talk intercoolers for a minute.  These otherwise benign pieces of bent metal have but one pupose in life:  To take hot things and cool them off.  In the case of a forced intake system, such as the Mazdaspeed3 Turbo,…

Cobb AccessPORT in the HOUSE

What good is hardware without the software to run it?  The guys over at Cobb Tuning have developed a great tuning tool that essentially gives you the power to tell your car how to behave.  Fuel, Boost, Speed Limiter, and Torque Curves are just a few of the parameters that can be adjusted using this…

TRZ Motor Mount Changes Everything

Take a look at the picture below, and try and guess which motor mount is stock.  Now try to imagine what it feels like to shift gears with a shifter buried in a tray of jello.  That has been the experience of many a Mazdaspeed3 driver.  The factory motor mount is so soft, intercoolers have…

Test Pipe Time

Installed the StreetUnit Test Pipe to delete the 2nd cat. My goal here was to eliminate the part of the restriction from the turbo back, without shelling out the money, time, and blood that a new Downpipe would require. The added benefit of the test pipe is the nice little growl it reveals in the…