Mazdaspeed3 Vrs 05Evo Vids - Page 2

Listen to my videos.  I have no cat and I think it sounds AWSOME and sounds its best at hi revs.  a turbo car is different than a 4 cyl car they sound nothing alike.  There is no rasp in a turbo car.  And yess the VIII fuel pumps are pretty much maxed out.  I have the stock one still but I am at its limit.  the IX has a better pump in it.  I guess mitsu didnt think it was much of a big deal but then noticed the change was needed and took care of it in the IX

oh well that sucks then that the pump is at its limit, well i dont know then I might not even screw with the car anymore then, its gonna be more of a headache then. Yeah I heard your clips and it does sound good, i didnt know you were running catless too. Well now im even more stuck than i was before, I might as well just leave the car be then, cause the more little stuff i keep changing more more thats gonna screw me over when warranty time comes, thats if i ever need to us it.

plus I hate changing fuel pumps having to drop the fuel tank and and stuff. The pump itself is easy but its a PITA to do without being on a lift, but is perfectly doable, just i dont wanna do that. I just dont know.

the fuel pump is like a 30 minute job in the EVO man,  it is located under the rear seat there are I think 4-5 screw and that is it There is no need to drop the tank.  all you do is remove the cover under the rear seat then unplugg the sending unit harness and pop out the pump.  And the new one only cost $75-$90 depending if you get the install kit too.   It is easy and well worth it.  Trust me you WILL NOT be dissapointed with a pump, exhaust and a tune.  I garentee you that you will be a very happy evo owner and at that point calling it quites for mods I can see logical because the car will be very fast.

Take my word for it.  I thought my EVO was so fast when I had a filter an that was all but then after the exhaust and a Tune they were deffanatly the best $$$ ever spent on the car to date 

no lift needed either.  just some hand tools and your good

sounds alot easier than what I had to do to the mustang, do you know a link to show me the kit I could buy?

http://lancershop.com/customer/home.php?cat=11 to buy it... Note you may find a slightly better price because I just went quick to find it
 
Here is a small how to showing the Fuel pump install http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=238098

thanks for the link emonz, hey I have been emailing ams back and forth the last couple of days, it looks like im gonna go there to get my tune and other stuff done, they seem really good and they respond very very quick, i sent an email to them and 10 mins later I had a reply back. Only problem they dont have any sound clips of thier exhaust setups, and I dont want to spend a ton of money for it to sound like crap. I got a question about my car though, why is it that when I look up for parts for an 05 evo especially the exhaust I cant find anything?? I went to hks and seen this setup i liked http://www.hksusa.com/info/media.asp?id=1764 but it says only 2003-04, whats different about my car that there is no parts???

AMS is one of the best there are.  they have a 900+ HP EVO with a 2.3L motor and a 800+HP 2.0L EVO both running nearly 8 sec 1\4s
 
The 05 is listed seperate because some require a different Down pipe to fit maily because the 05s introduced the MR edition which has a 6 spd which is bigger so the clearence is difference under the car.  I am pretty sure it will fit yours since you dont have an MR
 
 
For reference here is the AMS EVOs
 
AMS 2.3L GT42r
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/ams+evo/0/1C62EABE-28F9-40D0-A665-86DFEB500B3E.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/ams+evo/0/E5A61DBA-772C-4495-AE51-C7D99FD81256.htm
AMS 2.0L GT42r
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/ams+evo/0/C346934B-BDAC-4F67-888B-363DAA38E66E.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/search/ams+evo/0/397A9318-65A9-446C-B631-A8652F9440CA.htm

Also here is something you might want to know.  AMS is doing flashing and dyno tuning the begining of january in your area.  Hop on the bandwagon sign up make a deposit and get some Horse power out of that beast
 
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=239556

do you think that hks is a good exhaust??? I thought it was perfect, no too loud but not quiet like stock either, what do think of it??, Yeah those ams cars are freakin fast, if thats what thier exhaust sounds like then I can tell you I wont like it, I dont need to attract everybodys attention everytime i gun it. Now I can beat the crap out the car everywhere i go and since its kinda quiet it doesnt turn everyones heads, but with that its way too loud, plus it doest have too much good tone to it, kinda like a really loud higher sound. whats your opinion on the exhaust.

i also got another quick question emonz, if i were to get that hks exhaust, is it ok to drive the car for a while untuned?? what would happen without a tune with the new exhaust? popping?? backfiring? too rich? to lean??

i didnt notice you posted that they are setting dates for dyno tunes in january, sucks though cause I wanna have everything done at one time, i cant afford the stuff right now so i'll have to wait

Well the AMS exhaust wont sound like that on your car.  that is there exhaust except it is full 4 in or maybe 5 in exhaust if you bought one you would get 3inch plus there cars are such high Horsepower there cars kind of sound like crap.  at a normal HP that exhaust would sound good.  What you hear from there cars making them loud and raspy is there wastegate it is external and dumps to the atmosphere.


The HKS exhaust it good but expensive.  not sure if you noticed the price on them.  A TBE exhaust is almost always going to cost you $~1100 I got megan because theres was only $550 they are one of the cheapest, it is loud but sounds awsome personally if you heard mine you would like it.  I got a few evos in town and one of them sounds like a honda I think he said he has helix exhaust on it.
 
Oh and to answer the question about the exhaust with out a tune,  Yes you can run it without a tune But you will be losing HP you could easily have by a tune.  YOur car runs really rediculously rich stock adding exhaust makes it more rich so a tune will lean that out and you will add power as long as the tune is at the right AFR.  Without a tune your car may hit fuel cut in 3rd gear and up if you floor and it is cold out because adding a full turbo back will act a little like a boost controller you may see a few more PSI than normal but no worries.  If you hit fuel cut you will think your car blew up it feels like it breaks something but then right after it is fine again it is just a fail safe and our cars from the factory are extra extra safe Hense the easy fuel cut and very rich tune.  After a tune they will move your fuel cut so it is a higher tolerance so it will be triggered when the car is actually running to much for your fuel system to handle so it will still be there and do its job but it just wont be at like 21PSI in the cold weather like my car lol

kool, well im gonna save some cash over the next couple months hopefully and can get the work done. thanks again emonz.

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kool, well im gonna save some cash over the next couple months hopefully and can get the work done. thanks again emonz.

You wont be dissapointed at all I promise lol

I trust you Emonz you've helped a bunch since I got my car, I car is fun to drive and fast now, cant wait to see how it is with some more power.

Oh just to tell you, i have been emailing AMS it just so happened that they want to work on stuff for the mazdaspeed3, well I told them my cousin has one and that he was willing to give his car to them as a test mule, well guess what, they accepted his offer, he has to bring his car to them in january. Thats gonna be cool, they said that they were trying to get a speed3 for a while but mazda was giving them a hard time, so I helped them out and my cousin. Hopefully the will remember me when I get my work done on my car, maybe they will hook me up with something since in the long run they will make some big bucks off the designs they'll make for my cousins car. I'll find out though.

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I dont know what I wanna do for the exhust side of the car though, the car sounds fine stock and has a nice gurgle if you get on it. I just dont want that obnoxios loud sound most 4cylinder cars have when they put a huge muffler on and take off the cats. My mustang had no cats and it sounded great at idle or anything below 2300rpms anything above that and sounded like a rreal loud tin can with a bunch of bass and i had 3" tubing and a mac exhaust. Thats why I was saying that I would get the tune as is, then I wont modify the car no more once the tunw was out of the way. I really dont know.

GotBoost, check out this cat back exhaust system from Magna Flow......also has a 3 sound clip. The ehhaust nots is pretty much close to stock but with a bit more attitude. If the link doesn't work jus got to magnaflow.com and look up the Evo exhaust system.
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd.asp?zone=Sport&id=926

cool thanks i'll check it out right now.

it almost sounds identical to my car....im wondering if the previous owner of my car changed the exhaust on it... I bought my car with less than 2000miles on it but the guy that owned it might have done mods, i never really checked.

Look to see if you have 3 inch piping from the cat back or take a pic im sure we can tell.   Honestly I think you would have known it if there was exhaust on it already.  Stock these cars make some noise too so who knows.   That would be awsome if it has exhaust already

im going for some last minute shopping right now but if i get a chance i'll try to take some pics so you can see.

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=40810
 
 
Little Exhaus INFO incase you want it

thanks emonz that helped.

cool