About to sign on the dotted line for a 6MPS

[Nepharius]

Nice choice in car :P Hope you enjoy it a lot. Now to answer some questions

Hi All,
I've been quietly reading up on Mazda 6 MPSs (particularly the wise words on this forum) and have taken a plunge on a 2006 Black MPS with Leather Pack.

I'm taking delivery next week and am keen to work out how I can get some small performance gains in the next few months. I'm not looking to spend big bucks, but hoping to get a bit more noise (preferably exhaust rather than induction), slightly earlier boost and a few extra kw.

Would $1,500 get me some of that wish list?

Some of the things I have considered include a CAI (unsure of suitable brands - HELP!) This will definitely make you hear induction noise, also make it sound a little like you have a blow off valve. I got a corksport Short Ram Intake because I wanted both those and because it connects to the turbo instead of leaving the stock weird plastic bit, CPE Standback ECU (not sure if this is a good option - HELP!) Hmm I think from memory the Standback + Tune would be your entire budget gone and a tune by possibly the Horsepower Factory HPF can just tune your stock ECU which a few members myself inclusive have had done. This should cost less than 900 and requires not hacking into your ECU wiring (or very costly plug and play harness). I almost put in a piggy back unit similar to the CPE but decided to go the tune instead. The guys at HPF were helpful, its the only place that has ever done MORE work on my car than I asked and requested LESS payment than quoted. as I'm in melbourne. No idea about what to do with the exhaust (mainly due to the skinny pipes hidden behind the fake tips) so advice is very welcome. Exhaust depends on what you are after, if you want to do the cheapest option and only care about sound then a catback of muffler change would probably be the go. If you want performance but don't want to change sound much then just dump pipe. If you want the best of both worlds (which I reccomend) go the full Turbo back exhaust! Also note that if you do get the dump pipe or full exhaust expect to pay for install. It's a real bitch of a job.

I'm welcoming any and all suggestions and introductions & promise not to make any sarcastic retorts (atleast not for the first few days!!).

Thanks and looking forward to hearing your feedback!

(no points putting pics up I'm assuming as it is DEAD STOCK)

[Poogene2001]

Lots of food for thought there. Sounds like if im not careful I might end up $6,000 poorer very quickly!!

Thanks for the suggestions. Should be getting the car mid week!

[Poogene2001]

Howdy again.
Picked my car up today and it looks nice.
But here's the story... on the drive home from the dealership the car exhibited signs of power loss under medium/hard acceleration (40%+ thorttle openings).
The power loss did not appear to be associated with boost kicking in (as it had the same symptons in 6th gear at 1800rpm). It felt like the car was misfiring and cutting fuel to avoid damage.
Then to make it even more interesting the "check engine" light came on and flashed for half the drive back to work. I took it easy and called the dealership to advise them that they are a pack of F&#KWITS for letting a customer take delivery of a vehicle with such a fault.
Took it in to City Mazda who cleared the codes and told me "all fixed" but as you can imagine, after 10km of driving the same problem came back. So it's back on the phone tomorrow for arguments and swearing. Wish me luck!

[Yeldarb]

get a Dump Pipe and Welcome

What she said... Welcome.

[Vanq]

Take them to task under Statutory Warranty mate, I had similar things with a SP23 I bought used from a dealer. Keep records, keep on them, you will get a result.

[rogwick]

Welcome buddy and sorry to hear of your problems in your last post.

Mate, your welcome to check out my rides thread if you like rather than a long post of mod ideas etc. You can do this by clicking the yellow RR below on my sig. If you have any questions, shoot. There's a fair bit of text, pics and info. You have many options but in any case you have to be prepared to spend some coin to get the benefits. Mods are listed in my sig and as you can see I'm running the hypertech tune which was around $430. Not the best tuning option but for a stock turbo she goes hard. Had all four wheels spinning in the wet this morning going slightly sideways in a straight line! Downpipe's are expensive yet worth it. I have a full turbo back exhaust which set me back around $2,500 (details in my thread). An intake helps for increased air flow as the stock intake path is pretty small and I can imagine more restrictive. A SRI or CAI would sort that, if your budget allows a TIP to go with and a high flow filter.

BOV = save you money I reckon. Mine was $400 and I've since taken it off as it was making rattling noises, wish I took it off sooner. Although the sound was nice but the MPS goes better IMO now.

Hope you get your issues sorted with your car.