3 Necessities that will keep you from blowing up your Mazdaspeed3 (HPFP, Spark Plugs, Accessport)

[@frankdeak2397]

First gen found me. I’m now have an owner. Even after 2 weeks and needing a rebuild. I’m hers. Glad I’m in good company

[@uniqlo_7453]

I have this same car and can’t explain how much I appreciate you guys going in depth with everything as much as you do love the series and all the content🙏🏻

[@MrT3HN1NJ4]

This series really makes me miss my black first gen gt, glad to see one getting the love it deserves :)

[@jasras5003]

I had a CWP (crystal white pearl) speed3 in 2010. I hated white cars until this one. Such a classy look in that color. Sold it 10 years ago for a Toyota 4runner and still miss it. Don't miss the speeding tickets haha

[@GhadSpeed]

Thank you man. Literally boutta pick up a 07 Speed3 in 2 weeks. Just paid off my 9th Gen Si and happy to join the Speed3 lifestyle

[@jeremydena8949]

Hope you got the speed3! I have a 2011 mazdadpeed 3, absolutely love it

[@wahweh6471]

Just got a gen 1 speed 3 and you guys have my life so easy with these video, keep up the good work

[@connorcoombs5928]

What’s the year mileage and reliability? Wanting one but leaning toward a focus ST

[@leebklebanov7181]

do a speed 3 my man @@connorcoombs5928

[@henlolneh]

The Cobb maps are absolute trash just a heads up. There are tons of custom tunes on the internet for specific bolt up stages that I would recommend.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's not that the Cobb maps are trash It's that they were created on a car that had no carbon buildup, because 1) the car was new; and 2) Cobb cleaned the carbon buildup, as buildup begins to occur with just 5k miles. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with all cobbs maps. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses.

[@henlolneh]

@@copperkeyracing6167 So what you're saying is Cobb released a public map that they hadn't tested all the parameters on. Yet still released to the public. Right. So a trash map. Thanks for wasting all that time to clarify my point even further.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@henlolneh what? You want Cobb to test it on your car, and make you another map, and then put it in the list of basemaps, and call it the "animalfries" level of ignorant carbon build up map? Come to Austin. Convince them they need to do that. I doubt they'll do anything for your ignorant entitlement thinking prideful waste of time. Fact is. Carbon buildup blows engines, because the factory tune can't accommodate a sock full of blockage in the intake ports. No factory tune ever can. Go get a custom tune for your garbage, or go clean it.

[@inook9509]

​@@henlolneh this is funny asf

[@princesssolace4337]

Cobb Accessport are rubbish and over hype. Just use MazdaEDIT software and u can delete many things plus can tune to watever pump gas u are using. On stock k04 @1.2bar , I'm making 300whp/470Nm using that software.

[@Glipglop886]

I know you’ve probably filmed most of the series and also touched on these topics in your previous Mazda series but a ride along video where you go over the build breakdown would be nice. How the upgrades change the car and thoughts on the car before and after the mods.

[@thunderroy24]

I recently got a gen 1 ms3 and had a bad missfire but almost in new condition, it came with a brembo front brake kit and a cob cai kit. The miss fire was cyl.3 and after doing some parts changing and diag found out it blew a hole in the exhaust valve, which led to buying a new head and did a timing job and afterwards changing a bunch of old sensors that showed its age, i found out cyl.3 takes more abuse then others as it hardly gets much air versus the others with the stock i take manifold. Found out arguably the best and most cost effective mod is the focus st intake manifold which has far more flow but also has true equal flow to all cylinders. Secondly i upgraded pcv baffle plate as there known to cause issues as well from daemond motorsports, also got a corksport metal turbo inlet pipe with cobb cai which makes great induction noise but less restrictive. Changed and replaced the turbo with another stock unit and upgraded the oil feed bolt to the smaller port variant which helped greatly and doesnt smoke at all, i also upgraded the turbo studs to titanium studs for the hell of it. Deleted the balance shafts and installed a baffle plate which holds more oil then stock which is a plus. Changed the oil filter assembly to the a canister setup which makes maintenance easier but also adds more space underneath in the engine bay

[@DubbaDaveski]

I was going to say on the last video "time for a hpfp." I know you can't do a single thing to these without upgrading that. Wonder if you'll upgrade the turbo or not.

[@joshhawn3988]

you should also add forged rods and pistons and swap the cam upgrade the valves and valve springs.

[@Artynos_YT]

A great help would be time marks for when you start different parts of the installs. Thanks! Great help!

[@CameronAlford]

Hey, thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate you🙏🏻 I didn’t mention too much in this video but if you’re new here, we’re giving away this mazdaspeed3, to get entered visit our company’s website carmaspeed.com

[@BabyCharlotteschannel]

Figures, here i am scouring the net for a good price on a speed3 and by now im sure i missed the giveaway at this point!! *Missed a nice one yesterday that sold for $4500 with a bunch of e tras done and all the stock stuff to go with it, Oh well, hopefully snother deal will pop up this week, or something!!

[@gcmfskg]

I miss my Gen 2 MRZ. Had full bolt on with Meth kit. What a fun ride.

[@TheLifePhoenix]

“Randall’s gonna take over THIS TIME”….never seen homie do anything besides run the channel’s face, and Randall does all the actual work. And when he does the work, filming blows and you can hardly see what he’s doing

[@Neptune8]

Cobb maps are ok like a baseline for you to start tuning , but if you want to see actual gains you’d need a pro tune

[@dannyb5863]

Question ? Why do I see most people just replacing the internals of the HPFP opposed to just buying the whole component??? Is this Due to cost of the HPFP or is there another reason? Just got my 2nd gen speed and to trying to get it up to speed 🤭 no pun intended 💀…..that’s next on my list to do on the car but was thinking just buying the whole dam thing new 🤷‍♂️

[@brendanmyrick9466]

5:10 I’m pretty sure that’s not stock that’s a CorkSport fuel pump?

[@jakepalmer1747]

Ok the inflator was the first ad i saw and tbought "oh f*ck i gotta get that" after seeing the 240 tire🤯

[@alexsnc441]

Are the NGK 3811 ILTR5A-13G sparkplugs good for the 2nd gen Mazdaspeed?

[@MechDad77]

I have a 2014 focus st3 and I want to do some mods to it. I was hoping maybe you would like to have some more content and help me get this beast to be a bigger beast..

[@RSKev]

He did a series for the st not too long ago check out the previous vids

[@MechDad77]

@@RSKev I did that's what made me want them to do it

[@TheRealMrRoyal]

Not to mention it's basically the same motor as this car so almost everything applies.

[@averyabel610]

Are you still doing the brakes?

[@carringtonjones2254]

Are you guys located in Phx az?

[@taylornolan2283]

As a mechanic, I can say this job can easily be done with little will and tools. MUST HAVE MOD

[@Noelsterrr]

The high pressure fuel pump should be the very first upgrade. Nothing else should be modified beforehand, unless you prefer to drive a ticking time bomb.

[@LikquidDutch]

must have mod I did the HPFP and every mod listed here 12 years ago and I still have the car .

[@georgeparker555]

Love this series!

[@KN-sd9lt]

I thought someone bumped the trigger on an air impact ratchet when the mech was on that 2nd spark plug. 😂

[@stefanmatton8778]

As if you're still rocking the stock TMIC. The heat soak from that thing is horrific

[@grape00jellly]

Are you going fmic?

[@DavidEdwards21992]

Don’t use the Cobb tunes they will make the car blow up. Get a pro tune from freektune or purple drank.

[@ImKyros]

100% facts bro. Get that speed 3 a healthy tune from a pro tuner.

[@nathanschomms4199]

He’s owned a speed3 before I’m sure he knows this haha. In my opinion the Cobb maps are safe to run temporarily as long as you don’t beat on the car, which I doubt they are doing since they’re giving it away!

[@ImKyros]

@@nathanschomms4199 lmao which cobb ots map is considered safe? and yea i know ive been watching him since his ms3 videos. He sold it before he got really into it tho.

[@nathanschomms4199]

@@ImKyros I would say the stage1 and stage1+sf are genuinely safe (keeping in mind that you can’t go wot with these tunes because they aren’t custom). I ran these with my car temporarily until I installed a downpipe which is when you should go custom route because you’re adding significant amount of flow compared to an intake. Just my opinion though, you do you.

[@ImKyros]

@@nathanschomms4199 true. I did had to go sf stage 1 map but for like 1 week bc i had to wait on my custom tune. I do agree that if youre using it temporarily and youre not going wot or driving crazy until you go custom, youll be alright. Soo many horror stories with these ots tunes, people thinking that you can install an intake w/o hpfp and just going wot everywhere they go.

[@efanham3061]

What ended up happening with the race day video in the Mazda speed 3

[@CameronAlford]

Haven’t had time to edit it because the giveaway schedule. Soon🙏🏻

[@cuhkold1688]

what does a pro tune mean?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Its mazda talk. Sounds stupid. Is stupid. You can interchange the word pro with custom. The tune/map/program that is in the factory computer can be changed with an aftermarket programmer, like cobb accessport. The maps that come with an aftermarket programmer are called basemaps or flashes or off-the-shelf (ots) tune. Basemap is the best word IMHO. You start from a basemap, then you customize it to your car. Hence basemap is the preferred term, and custom map/tune is the preferred term. Don't get bothered by this, it's a bunch of dummies that first started playing with their mazdaspeed3s back when the car was new, and that stuck with those dummies. Now, we all suffer. I was there, owned my mazdaspeed3 for 11years now, and I did my best to change the terminology. Can't win them all.

[@sergiomancilla7226]

All them dr peppers catching up to Randall 😂😂

[@carlosaraujo7491]

Good tools make good mechanic's

[@DevonST3]

So I have a question is there any reason your choosing to get the car tuned by edge over panda? I’m looking to get my focus st tuned but I’m flip flopping between the both I don’t know which is a better choice!

[@CameronAlford]

Alan has been helping me out for years, I’m loyal to him and never had a problem. Panda guys put out good stuff too👍🏻

[@TheRealMrRoyal]

I understand loyalty but when it comes to speeds wouldn't one of the big 3 speed specialty guys be the top option?? Freek, purple or drama?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@TheRealMrRoyal It's mostly hype with those guys. They are really no better that a lot of other tuners. I've seen so many bad tunes come out of all three of those. It's really better to go to a local tuner that can actually do an indepth study on how your car is running. Then, once they take a good look at it, and I mean LOOK, then they can assess what your car needs, how to get the most out of it, and tune your car to its best.

[@TonyVainosky]

Just curious, why not the corksport hpfp internals?

[@blustraw]

does the same job

[@TonyVainosky]

@@blustraw does it though? I get what your essentially getting at - but I still would like an answer, if there is one

[@blustraw]

@@TonyVainosky it’s literally the same part just the brand is different get whatever deal is better

[@burreto9225]

they will both handle up to ~600hp (obviously with supporting mods to get there) i was on the fence about getting corksport or these and in the end there's no real difference both are good so it's just availability/pricing if anything.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@burreto9225 No, they handle 400whp, on pump gas, that is all. After 400whp, you need to add 4 port injectors. If you run any mixure of pump with e85, then expect to run out of fuel sooner, maybe 300-350whp depending on the mix. Edit: back on topic. In the beginning days there were some fuel pump internals that failed, and those were returned and refunded. Some brands had more issues than others. After those initial batches, and redesigns, no brand has issues now, and they all handle the same amount of power.

[@fatihcengiz8265]

Keep it stock and they are super reliable

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's actually the carbon buildup that makes these unreliable. Keep the carbon buildup cleaned as a regular maintenance item, like oil changes, and you will have years of trouble free ownership. Stock or modded, these are very reliable. I've owned mine for 11years. Only issue I've had is the AC compressor clucth went out when the car was 7years old. It was pricey then, but now it's just $30. I'm still on all original parts: stock turbo, stock timing components, stock fuel pump (with upgraded internals), everything all original.

[@brucewayne99999]

@@copperkeyracing6167 still have the speed3? what mileage?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@brucewayne99999 i have 2 currently. One is at 115k and the other is 105k. I sold the high mileage one, which had nearly 200k miles, original engine, original turbo, never modded but an intake.

[@kyleworksoncars]

What’s the website he uses

[@Stevee-_-_-171]

I’m a year late but it’s called prodemand 😂

[@davidtodd5915]

Can y'all put my parts on please.

[@bakakaqe1072]

00:34 story of my life

[@tomastoth5026]

Hi Cameron. What torque is stock HPFP able to handle?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Stock torque, when it's really cold out. So, get a cold air intake, and that's the most the car can handle with the stock hpfp, with no upgraded internals.

[@etb2896]

@@copperkeyracing6167 i have an accessport coming in today, could the car handle the intake map with a stock fuel pump?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@etb2896 The maps on the accessport were done on a car that had a certain level/amount of carbon build up. Unless you know how much that car had, and how much your car has AND they are exact... then it's safe... Otherwise, no, the stock computer will better handle the varieties of different levels of carbon build up that you might have. "Better handle" doesn't mean your car won't blow up if you have carbon build up and you are on a stock computer. If you are running an accessport map, you are more likely to blow your engine with carbon buildup. Even if you have a customized tune/map for your car, the accesport maps are made to run at a higher risk of blowing up your car. Don't run accessport, if you don't know the amount of carbon buildup you have.... and preferably NEVER run accessport unless you have NO carbon buildup at all.... or your Zoom Zoom is all Boom Boom all over the road.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@etb2896 As for having an intake. Get a Cold Air Intake. Any open filter intake under the hood, is WORSE than the factory intake... and the factory intake is HORRIBLE. On a Civic Type-r, the factory intake is sooo good that nothing aftermarket outperforms it, not even a cold air intake which is known to be the best. The only thing you can do to a CTR is put in a drop in reusable filter, and that may give you 1-2hp. The Mazdaspeed3 intake has no fresh air pickup like the CTR has... which means, that a cold air intake results in a 20whp gain.

[@LSR-YT21]

Injectors have been a big issue from what I've seen with this platform. Are you guys planning to get them serviced?

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Never had a problem with injectors. I've owned my car for 11years. What you are talking about is how carbon buildup causes injectors to fail. Please don't mislead people.

[@LSR-YT21]

@@copperkeyracing6167 just because you haven't had issues doesn't mean it's not an issue. These cars were used and abused in many cases. Ignoring a common issue is ignorant. You are more misleading by telling everyone injector issues don't exist because you haven't had issues.

[@LSR-YT21]

@@copperkeyracing6167 also well aware of what causes the issue hence why I asked if the injectors were to be serviced. Clearly not since its done and they are on to the next thing.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@LSR-YT21 Sorry to break it to you. I said this earlier. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with any bolt ons and up to 400whp. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses. This applies to the power you are making, whether your injectors fail prematurely, whether your turbo fails prematurely, whether your timing components fail prematurely, whether you have excessive blowby and loss of compression, whether you have excessive oil consumption, whether you throw a rod through the side of the block. Carbon buildup causes catastrophic results. Its your problem, not anyone elses. This applies to ALL DIRECT INJECTION cars, that don't have both port and direct (like toyota does it). All Fords, Chevys, Dodges, BMWs, Audi/VW, Mercedes, Hyundai/Kia, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, etc etc... not Toyota, they aren't that stupid to not put in both... check the FRS, check the new Supra. Companies and car owners are learning though (check Fords newest coyote engine, which has both)

[@copperkeyracing6167]

@@LSR-YT21 If you want to learn how to clean it, the easy way, just ask.

[@BEY.007]

I'm Randall too 😂, well in Navy i am.

[@WillJacksonNW]

Oooooh brother, what was that? 🤣🤣🤣

[@eddiesalazar-garcia7163]

Makes me miss my genpu 😭

[@BEY.007]

I agree

[@firasalbalushi3673]

Nice 👍🏽

[@lowmein7082]

Too bad my speed3 misfiring :(

[@brendanmyrick9466]

Most likely the wrong spark plugs, speed3’s are very picky when it comes to spark plugs and coils, easy fix

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Could also be the carbon buildup trying to seep out through the injector seals, causing then to fail.

[@hodad200]

dude love your enthusiasm but spellcheck!

[@brandonbonillas5158]

Should have at least one hand on the wheel

[@anthonysusa4154]

Don’t use the Cobb tunes they are really bad for the Mazdaspeed platform and they will actually make ur car run terrible and blow up and these cars are know for starving 3rd cylinder of oil so a balance shaft delete will help a lot

[@Ascends]

cobb ots tunes are bad, but pro tunes are good, and the cobb ap allows you to tap into protuning. its a really good tool for monitoring codes too

[@ImKyros]

Do you know how a bs correlates to the mzr 3rd cylinder? I know of people doing bsd for weight reduction but I haven’t heard this. Care to explain. Preciate it.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's not that the Cobb maps are trash It's that they were created on a car that had no carbon buildup, because 1) the car was new; and 2) Cobb cleaned the carbon buildup, as buildup begins to occur with just 5k miles. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with all cobbs maps. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses. I would also venture to guess that the number 3 cylinder gets the most carbon buildup due to where the pcv valve feeds the intake manifold, which then causes the number 3 cylinder to blow up first. Nothing to do with the design of the engine, other than the inherent issue that comes from having direct injection, without port injection (see toyotas engine designs with both).

[@ttfidrat]

I'm going to need tools to work on a car? Who would have thought? Why don't you talk about how much of pain in the butt changing the oil is on this car? That's why they fail. Dude, hands on the wheel to stay safe is important in this car.

[@shanesilba9423]

I just lower my Mazda 3 bro 😎 lol

[@colemandowdeswell9612]

Just so you know u spelled necessities wrong

[@dasonstalnaker9764]

Most of these comments must’ve not been around since your gen 2 lol

[@dovahkiin3216]

MazdaSpeed….reliable ?????? I’ve never heard those word in the same sentence 😂(gen 2 and mz6 owner )

[@piercemaday6409]

Narley fart bro

[@blas9520]

Cameron, i just wanna give you constructive criticisim. From my perspective, this is not the content that i wanna see. Too slow paced

[@FastlaneHero]

Early gang

[@bradenbodinet4397]

First!!!

[@benjamindippo]

It’s been said multiple times already but DO NOT USE COBB TUNES on this platform.

[@Thatlow7.3]

Accessport good cobb ots tunes are the killer

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's not that the Cobb maps are trash It's that they were created on a car that had no carbon buildup, because 1) the car was new; and 2) Cobb cleaned the carbon buildup, as buildup begins to occur with just 5k miles. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with all cobbs maps. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses

[@V4LLLE]

Dont use the cobb tunes, get a pro tune asap. Those mfs will mess up the motor.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's not that the Cobb maps are trash It's that they were created on a car that had no carbon buildup, because 1) the car was new; and 2) Cobb cleaned the carbon buildup, as buildup begins to occur with just 5k miles. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with all cobbs maps. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses

[@seanroy3241]

Accessport sucks.. Do it yourself open source, or get a good tune from a tuner. The Cobb maps are generic off the shelf tunes that are weak at best and dangerous at worst.

[@TheRealMrRoyal]

All the major tuners use accesport to add the tune file to the car and to log runs to send to them. It's a must have for the big speed tuner guys.

[@copperkeyracing6167]

It's not that the Cobb maps are trash It's that they were created on a car that had no carbon buildup, because 1) the car was new; and 2) Cobb cleaned the carbon buildup, as buildup begins to occur with just 5k miles. The state of carbon buildup determines how much power you are making, up to 100hp loss, and therefore you either need to adjust your tune down to make less power or you clean the carbon buildup. Full power with absolutely clean carbon buildup, have at it with all cobbs maps. Not clean, go cry in the corner 😢. It's your problem, not anyone elses

[@copperkeyracing6167]

Title is misleading. There is one thing to do to keep your mazdaspeed3 from blowing up, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, and that was ENTIRELY missed. If you don't know what that is, thumb down this video. They should have covered it.

[@arctictruck10]

This car has the worst views for this channel. This is the first time I opened a video of this car on here and the last until this car is gone.

[@henlolneh]

Boohoo

[@willg125]

Something a loser would say

[@petchonemelone9695]

Bro did the whole outro and never touch the steering wheel.haha