Mox's Mazdaspeed3

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:44 pm

Tires Mounted..

Its been raining all day so excuse the crappy pictures. As soon as I stepped outside the lens fogged up.

Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 StarSpec

haven't had a chance to open it up and see how much better the new compound is over the old Z1s I had on my SRT. Should be awesome though.

Just as Meaty as the SRT

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:16 pm

Nice tires. I believe the traction rating goes up to AA. But thats for wet and slippery conditions. That little red dot... I believe thats where the valve stem should be when they mount the tire. I work at a tire shop and I remember being told to do so. Some cars have a white or green mark too. Helps out with the balancing, so when you balance it takes less weight.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:19 pm

I nominate your car for non-2gn OTM.

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:49 pm

I already have his submission.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:50 pm

racer12306 wrote:I already have his submission.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:38 am

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Nice tires. I believe the traction rating goes up to AA. But thats for wet and slippery conditions. That little red dot... I believe thats where the valve stem should be when they mount the tire. I work at a tire shop and I remember being told to do so. Some cars have a white or green mark too. Helps out with the balancing, so when you balance it takes less weight.

These tires have all 3 color dots and they put the valve steam where the green dot is.

These tires are the updated version of the Sport Z1s I had on the SRT. The new compound really makes a difference. They unseated the Bridgestone RE01R as the best all around Extreme Performance tire (TireRack) and did something I didnt think was possible and put down faster times on a dry track than the Advans.

So far the are well worth the money. I'm breaking them in, but the few corners Ive taken, I've gotten the car 10mph faster through the apex and I'm not even really pushing it.

yellowpatrol wrote:I nominate your car for non-2GN OTM.

Thanks bro. I have a feeling that I won't win though. Some Caliber SRT or 1gen or Charger or something Mopar will probably win since I drive a stupid Import.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:58 am

I'm gonna submit my neon on jackstands.

randomZERO · Post by **randomZERO** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:37 am

I put my vote in for Jerrys Neon on jackstands

blue demon02 · Post by **blue demon02** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:57 am

MoxHair wrote:
MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Nice tires. I believe the traction rating goes up to AA. But thats for wet and slippery conditions. That little red dot... I believe thats where the valve stem should be when they mount the tire. I work at a tire shop and I remember being told to do so. Some cars have a white or green mark too. Helps out with the balancing, so when you balance it takes less weight.
These tires have all 3 color dots and they put the valve steam where the green dot is.

These tires are the updated version of the Sport Z1s I had on the SRT. The new compound really makes a difference. They unseated the Bridgestone RE01R as the best all around Extreme Performance tire (TireRack) and did something I didnt think was possible and put down faster times on a dry track than the Advans.

So far the are well worth the money. I'm breaking them in, but the few corners Ive taken, I've gotten the car 10mph faster through the apex and I'm not even really pushing it.

yellowpatrol wrote:I nominate your car for non-2GN OTM.
Thanks bro. I have a feeling that I won't win though. Some Caliber SRT or 1gen or Charger or something Mopar will probably win since I drive a stupid Import.

I realy like the new car. I think it looks too much like a subaru though but I still like it.

They should have put the valve stem at the white spot. One thing to look at is if there is a ton of weights on the wheel positioned exactly across from the valve stem then they put it in the wrong spot.

Unless they did a static balance (Weights only on the outside edge of wheel) then all bets are off. I will add that if they did that I would take it back and make them do it again and demand a dynamic balance. If they try to tell you they can't then I wouldn't even trust them to touch me wheels. That and if there is weights in two different places on the same side of the wheel I would also make them do it again. But then again I worked at a tire shop and I'm a little anal about my tire/wheel balancing.

I'm surprised you like the Dunlop's so much. I once spent almost two hours trying to get a set of direzza's to balance out. Worst tire I ever tried to balance. Micheline is the only tire I have ever mounted that when positioned correctly didn't need any weights. The only thing worse then Dunlop's are Goodyear.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:08 am

there's like 1 weight on the inside of each wheel, i'm not worried about it.

How hard a tire is to balance < Performance

so with that said I love Dunlop.

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:48 am

How's your handling compared to stock? You've added lowering springs and wider tires? Was there much improvement?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:00 pm

Springs, Sways, Lighter/Wider Rims, and Wider Better Tires.

Handling Difference = Night and Day.

The real test is the next autocross event.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:38 pm

Had an alignment done today, to correct a small issue in the zero spot of the steering.

Before

After

The Toe was pretty far out.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:46 pm

More camber in the back than the front?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:30 pm

The front wheels actually gain camber when you turn the wheel right or left due to the suspension not being mounted 100% vertical. The wheels rotate a degree or so along the horizontal axis. So since the rear camber is static, the front will match in mid corner. The outside wheel will gain negative camber, while the inside wheel will loose its negative camber and possibly even have positive camber. Both wheels will lean in the direction of the turn, which is the way its suppose to be. Depending on how hard the corner is, the front of the car will have more negative camber than the rear and both tires will be on camber.

At least thats what I remember from my road racing days.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:24 am

Had the exhaust worked on today. Removed the second resonator and the muffler and pulled the tip out a bit. Similar to what Neonix did with her MS3 when she had it.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:43 am

Looking good.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:43 pm

I demand better pics.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:58 pm

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:16 am

How does it sound?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:43 am

sounds just like hers

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:55 pm

Looking mighty nice.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:50 pm

I just noticed something....

The rear end looks like a pear.

Whats next on the mod list?

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:46 pm

ah ha, it does look like a pear

man... those wheels look better and better to me every time i see your car...

and they come in black...

and they'd fit my car.....

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:16 pm

Opi wrote:ah ha, it does look like a pear

man... those wheels look better and better to me every time i see your car...

and they come in black...

and they'd fit my car.....

do it!

MyNeonSaysHi wrote: Whats next on the mod list?

Probably Motor Mount Inserts, after than who knows, kinda just winging it.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:11 am

Nice! Plan on getting her dynod?

Also, are these cars as susceptible to boost leaks as the NSRT's?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:36 pm

Boost Leaks? nope not really. Most people have issues with the stock ByPass Valve not holding boost, thats why I have the Forge unit. There isnt a cheap cluster of vacuum lines like there was in the NSRT. No Zip Ties needed.

I plan to get it dyno'd someday. Lujan motorsports moved and I haven't heard anything about them in awhile. Noone in my area has a dyno, and I don't know the Tampa Market very well.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:29 pm

Crappy pictures

Andpto · Post by **Andpto** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:41 pm

MoxHair wrote:Boost Leaks? nope not really. Most people have issues with the stock ByPass Valve not holding boost, thats why I have the Forge unit. There isnt a cheap cluster of vacuum lines like there was in the NSRT. No Zip Ties needed.

I plan to get it dyno'd someday. Lujan motorsports moved and I haven't heard anything about them in awhile. Noone in my area has a dyno, and I don't know the Tampa Market very well.

ill tell when the next dyno day is

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:52 am

hold please.. trying to get to next page