Originally Posted By: BeerLube
Originally Posted By: AngryRotarian
I get the impression that this might not be a fair trial for the car. If anybody here is from the NYC area, they might be familiar with the Tappan Zee bridge, which until recently, had "Bridge plates" on it. Long story short, this oil was driven in a minimum of 10(3 on the bridge each way, plus 2 of backup) miles of bumper to bumper a day. I'm thinking the excessive idling and stop and go didn't do it any favors. Fortunately, those bridge plates are up, and the traffic situation is much improved.
The warmup that I did was a quick drive. The thermostat was nearing the center, but I likely should have been a little tougher on it. The oil wasn't that hot when I got it out.
Those of you championing the 10w30, should I wait until the weather begins to warm? I say this because sometimes it is 0 degrees (F) when I start the car up in the morning.
Great analysis. This engine likes the oil to get nice and highway-miles hot on a regular basis to keep those lighter hydrocarbons burned off. That and the low miles on the car, give it another OCI or two and try again. This grade of PP has been nothing but magical in my MS3. I'm at about 42k now.
And yes, the CAI is a great first upgrade. Watch a couple of stock dyno runs on Youtube, and you'll see a new or upgraded torque mount is in your near future as well (the engine rocks all over the place!). I recommend inserts offered by Corksport, which is about the best you can do without adding any NVH to an otherwise well-tuned car. Enjoy and welcome!
Yeah, I already got the corksport inserts. They were my second mod (first was shifter bushings). I was hitting the exhaust against the bottom of my car (or something was banging) on hard shifts. The inserts fixed all that. The CP-E nano has been great. Awesome sound and power. Gas mileage has even improved when I'm not beating it.
Good to hear from another Mazdaspeeder, are you a member of a Mazda forum (I'm over at Mazda3Forums)?