soo i now have a hole in my block..

[dale_gribble]

OP, my guess is that car probably had red flags before you bought it. I'm curious, what compelled you to buy it? Did you buy it as a project knowing you were going to have to fix it up? Did you know what you were getting into?

[dale_gribble]

Originally Posted by Degoms3 Yea I bought the car this way. It was definitely the tune thay blew the motor. From what I'm gather he didn't have the proper info to give to his tuner to make r he car run right.

It was not definitive that it was the tune. I assert that it was a shitty assembly of mods from someone who didn't know what the fuck they were doing. Who knows, maybe the car was good at some point from previous owners but at some point things went sideways.

[brandonnicholson]

Originally Posted by Degoms3 Where's the best place to pick up a block. I wouldn't mind having a stock ms3 for now as building a better block in my own time

Better idea, donate 25 bucks and gain access to the for sale section and buy @Lakespeed6; 's bran new never installed built block.

[Degoms3]

Originally Posted by trancehead False, Ant clearly stated over and over again that all the info he needed was right there in the tuning guide. He even quite literally told him exactly what to do to get him the correct info he needed. He was either too thickheaded to understand anything he read/was being told or thought he knew better. What blew the motor was this guys complete lack of knowledge and fucks given about what he was doing to the car

You just basically re said what I said with more words...

This ed guy didn't know what he was doing so he was not able to feed the proper info to the tuner there for not letting the tune to be running properly. Trust me I had the car. It would be rich as fuck one and and learn as shit in the next with boost gains and drops.

Thanks for the help of getting to the bottom of this guys. Idk what went wrong for sure all I know is something did go wrong.. lol and I bought it just for fun I guess never had one or something like it. Before this I had a tbss. So it was new to me

[maisonvi]

Originally Posted by brandonnicholson Better idea, donate 25 bucks and gain access to the for sale section and buy @Lakespeed6; 's bran new never installed built block.

I was just gonna say, there is a built block for sale in the FS section.

[Degoms3]

I wish I had the money for that right now

[6Y MAZDA]

Originally Posted by Degoms3 or what could i sell it for as is? its a 08 127k ms3 gt. pop up navi adustable hids. inside is 10 outta 10 outside is 9 out of 10. gt3076r dual ball bearing turbo, cobb front mount kit. cobb instake. forgued bov, HPFP. full 3in cpe (i believe) exhaust. cpe exhaust mani. koni coilovers, cobb access port. im sure i am forgetting a few things.

Because of the BT and mods...I would put it up for $7k or $8k. You could maybe get something around there.

[Degoms3]

Ok than you that's what I was curious about

[Monotonous ONE]

My offer for 3 still stands

[Big Dog]

OP where's are you located? Is it a 2008.5? These effect your price point.

I would recommend stripping it. Selling all the modifications and then sell it as a blown motor vehicle on craigslist or something.

[mxlplx71]

if you do part out please post back here what brand of hpfp internals are in the car.
looks like the last guy didn't know either.

[Swinger13]

gem turned into a lemon because of previous lemon owner..

i send my condolences.

I would grab that built new block in the FS section. Line of credit???? YUUUP

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[Lakespeed6]

OP did PM me on block. I'm guessing out of his price range right now.
But as others have said an SP3 motor with those mods would be an excellent build.

[Jtaylor]

My offer still stands for trading your mods for mine

[stockms3]

Looks like OP is trying to get rid of the car: 2008 Mazda speed 3 Grand touring mazdaspeed BLOWN MOTOR


If you decide to part out I might be interested in some parts. Depending on how much you paid for it, you might be able to get some of the money back by complete part out.

If I were you I would update that posting with accurate information as to why the car needs a new engine.

[Ottousmc0341]

With those supporting mods, I would let it sit until I had the money in the bank for a new built motor. Especially if it's not your DD. The only reasons I'm not considering snapping this up is because I don't have a garage to let her sleep in until I had the money for a new motor. Otherwise I'd be on my way to chicago right now

[thems3driver]

Damn reading that email killed a little piece of me lol.

[Raider]

$3500 for stock through edge Autosport and they finance.

[Big Dog]

$3500 bucks really isn't bad for a drop in remanufactured motor that's been gone through. Bust out the credit card. Hell, MSF has documented stock motors holding up to some serious abuse from members BUT most members here are smart enough to get a proper fucking tune.