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#624 of 629 Re: Roof Rack For sale [zoombus] by tonied2001

Mar 26, 2011 (10:13 am)

Replying to: zoombus (Oct 02, 2010 9:31 am)
Hello Zoombus:
 
By any chance do you still have the roof rack system for sale?

#625 of 629 AEM Cold air induction by larry8061

Jul 26, 2011 (4:58 am)

Finally got around to installing the AEM cold air induction package on my 2008. There were a couple of surprising things. First the amount of plastic Mazda uses to get air from the outside to the inside of the engine! It is incredible the amount of plastic they use to minimize the noise - incredible.
 
Secondly how easy this turned out to be. We weren't hurrying, there were two of us and it took 2-2.5 hours and was frankly fairly easy. I think the van does have a bit better throttle response and a bit more power as advertised above 3600 RPM. It is a bit more noisey but, not verging on loud by any means. Glad I finally did it!
 
Larry

#626 of 629 Re: AEM Cold air induction [larry8061] by jonat1x

Jul 26, 2011 (7:23 pm)

Replying to: larry8061 (Jul 26, 2011 4:58 am)
Why did you choose the AEM kit? What effect do you expect it to have on gas mileage?

#627 of 629 Re: AEM Cold air induction [jonat1x] by larry8061

Jul 26, 2011 (8:10 pm)

Replying to: jonat1x (Jul 26, 2011 7:23 pm)
It seemed to have the best engineering behind it, I felt it had the best shot of fitting and, there was a You tube video of someone who had installed one.
 
On this tank -4 MPG! Later I am hoping for 1-2MPG hopefully. I'll post it when I get a sense of what it is.
 
Larry

#628 of 629 bike racks! by benjaminh

Jul 31, 2011 (12:43 pm)

I can now hold 4 full size bikes on my 2010 Mazda5--2 on the roof with the Yakima roof racks, and two on the back with a rear hitch. So we can carry 4 passengers, our dog, some luggage, and 4 bikes all at once. I'm stoked!

#629 of 629 Transmission oil cooler by vicenac

Aug 17, 2012 (3:29 pm)

2010 GT
We went in a vacation with the car fully loaded. Climbing a long hill the engine temp started climbing up. So we pulled over. Temp went down right away. The manual shift was not available anymore. Turning the engine off and on restored it. The second time, the power steering was MIA for a while.
 
I am thinking of adding an transmission oil cooler, since our family grew and these trips with lots of stuff are going to keep on happening.
 
Has anyone done this?

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