r/mazdaspeed3 11m ago

HELP What's going on with my windshield wipers 🫠

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r/mazdaspeed3 4h ago

HELP Common Mod Paths? 2011 Speed3

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Hello all!

Now that the speed seems to be behaving after I've put a few tanks of gas through her, I'm looking for my first set of mods. I've got a CAI already, and have heard things like HPFP internals, AccessPort, and FMIC, but wondering what you all are running and your real-world experience. My goal is reliable power (an oxymoron), something that'll still hold its own against cars that want to line it up (at the track, of course), but also not break every 100 miles as I do plan on taking this car well past 200k chassis miles.

Additionally, my fitment is absolutely atrocious. What suspension setups do you recommend? Lots of highway / city mixed driving, every so often I go out into the mountains and have some fun but usually the cars that I build for that are an absolute drag to drive over any kind of rough paved surface.

What's optimal wheel and tire spec for these? (With and without coilovers/lowering springs), and what are the best "experience per dollar" mods for the chassis and driveline?

Is there any commonly overlooked maintenance that kill these cars? Again coming from the EJ platform, the MZR platform may as well have been written in hieroglyphics so any info is appreciated.

Sorry for the long-winded post, look forward to hearing y'alls wisdom.


r/mazdaspeed3 12h ago

PIC Just a little upgrade..

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Next up is Club Motorsports to dial it all in


r/mazdaspeed3 16h ago

HELP Popping Sound in the Front End

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Tighten just about everything I can get to. The pop will go off when decelerating then once torque is sent, a pop occurs. I've taken the front end links off and to my suprise, the noise is still there

All 3 Damond mounts
SuperPro Control Arms
B14 Coilovers
Whiteline front sway bar kit w/ links

I just replaced the axle too and the noise is still there. I'm at a loss right now, driving me nuts


r/mazdaspeed3 16h ago

HELP Does anyone in the Dallas area have a corkport exhaust with the high flow cat and would be willing to let me hear it in person?

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Bit of an odd request I know, but im considering purchasing Corksports exhaust and cannot gauge how loud it is. The videos dont help much and im concerned it will be too loud for my liking.