The Ford Focus ST, RS, and Fiesta ST, were researched and tested by the creation of the Mazdaspeed 3/Mazdaspeed 6. It was a joint venture between Mazda and Ford. The ecoboost mustang, Ford Edge, and F150s use the same architecture for the turbo engines. The Focus RS uses the same block as the Mazdaspeed 3, it's just open vs closed deck.

Mazdaspeed began in 1967 as "Mazda Sports Corner", an independent racing team[2] and tuning operation run by Takayoshi Ohashi, who also ran Mazda's Tokyo distributor.[citation needed] They competed in numerous events at home and abroad, and they were also competitive at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the early 1980s, with the 717, 727, and ...

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Dec 10, 2014 · That being said, affordable sports cars usually get abused like no tomorrow. Avoid buying used Mazdaspeed cars from the dealers as they have zero service history records and would hide every possible problems from you. Talk to the seller, let the seller drive the car before you do. Watch him drive, ask him to push the car and watch his habits.

Mar 10, 2017 · The o2 sensor was reading rich/lean/rich/lean, but I didn't pay any attention to it. I replaced spark plugs (which were still stock and perfectly fine, amazingly) and then decided to take it to Hennessey Mazda of ATL for some real diagnostics. They were 2 hours away, but there were no Mazdaspeed certified dealerships near me, so my hand was forced.

So I have a 2008 Mazdaspeed 3, pretty stock; resonator delete, secondary cat delete, corksport intake & cobb accessport. I’ve been running on Stage 1+SF tune & getting AFR readings around 14-15 on casual driving (around 2-3k rpm).

My only advice is to drive the car. Mine doesn't sit well at all. Any longer than a week and things start sticking; wheel bearings, breaks get stiff, etc. This is after having the local mazdaspeed dealership do the 80k service. In addition to driving the car, drive it hard sometimes. I mean all the way to ~5500 for a few gears.

Oct 22, 2020 · Power loss 3000 RPM: Part 1 Power loss 3000 RPM: Part 2 It's been awhile, but I have good news...my Speed is much happier now, and my engine codes…

Gen 2 also has the various suspension modifications that were made in the Gen 2 Mazda3 - swaybar bushings are set further apart and different, the front subframe was changed and bushing replacement made easier, etc.

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