Rogwicks modified MPS6 (the other ride)

[Rogwick]

This is my other ride and project MPS6. Anyone interested read below or view pics. I purchased the MPS sometime in September 2009 and was bone stock. Since then, done a few things here and there, pretty much keeping me busy and enjoying working on it. Also to own something a little different. I've now got a CBR600RR planning to do a bit of work on that to, but just thought I'd show case the MPS for those interested.

She's fairly quick, although got nothing on bigger bikes. Not too sure on the 0-100 figures but a mate of mine with a few bolt on mods achieved a 4.82 to the 100kmph on a full launch. Not saying mine can do that as I haven't tried/tested and logged data.

2006 Mazda 6 MPS - currently 42,xxxkms - below a list of modifications

Performance & Handling
HYPERTECH: Max Energy Sport Program Tune
CP-E CAI: Painted Matt black and custom 'MPS' logo in-printed
K&N Filter: Above complimented with a K&N hi flow 3" pod filter
Turbosmart Dual Port BOV - Black. 50/50 VTA
COBB TIP - Black silicone hose
Corksport strut bracing front
King springs - low
CP-E downpipe 3" Stainless Steel
Cypher Industries custom 3" mild steel exhaust c/w 2off resonators, mandrel bend pipework splitting into 2off stainless steel super-cat mufflers
Tyres: Kumho Ecsta KU21 215/45/R18

Other modifications
Painted stock rims - 2pak painted gloss black
Pained callipers - hot red
Defi boost gauge - Defi BF 60mm Boost Meter - Amber
Defi EGT gauge - Defi BF 60mm Exhaust Gas Temp Meter - Amber
Defi control unit - Defi Link Control II
Cp-e - Rear Engine Mount
Alpine MRP-M500 V-Power Digital Mono Amplifier
Alpine Type S SWR-1222D 12" Subwoofer
DIY Front Lip - rubber seal fixed in place underside of bumper
Interior Lighting - Front 2x White LED - Rear 2x Blue LED - Front Doors 2x Blue LED
Rear number plate - 2x White single flared-light LED
Philips Crystal Vision H11 4300K blue fog light replacement bulbs
Philips Diamond Vision H1 5000K ultra blue head beam replacement bulbs
Philips Blue Vision wedge globes with silicone blue capping park lights
HID headlights 6000K
Shark Fin Antenna (dummy)
Wipers: Resprayed wiper arms, anit-rust gloss black
Window logo Illuminate-to-the-music Transformers logo
Grille Custom painted with painted "Mazdaspeed6" logo
Decal ozMPSclub decal on quarter panel window
Decal Bonnet bulge charcoal metallic grey with MPS wording
Decal Rim decal (on single spoke) "MPS" in red
Decal Nürburgring track front and rear window

On the way / Waiting to be installed
Hypertech front underside bracing strut

Future/Wish list
Sprayed black wheel hubs Anti rust gloss black
Black Badges *custom painted idea*
Titanium SSP
Possible Sure motorsports Diff Brace

[Rogwick]

Just installed a SSP last night which reduces the gear stick throw by around 35%. Also got some parts for the bike (oggy knobs) which I might have a crack at installing sometime. A few other shots I had handy of the MPS

[brethren22]

nice motor mate! is that thing really running 20lbs of boost or am i misreading the gauge from that angle?

got any shots of the back end?

[Rogwick]

Thanks mate. Might be the angle I'll see if I can get a better pic (see below) The MPS is 15psi standard, I'm running around 16psi but on a stock cooler. Just with intake and exhaust mods really. The reading on the gauge is peak boost which hits somewhere around 20-21 but I've seen peak boost of near 22psi. I'm holding 16psi fairly well through the gears.

Shots of the back end..I'll see if I've loaded any. Although I've been a bit lazy. Been meaning to do some work on the badges and paint them black or dark metallic blue. They're still the chrome standard badges at the moment.

Only got these half decent ones sorry. I should get some more rear shots next time I'm out

[jmoore]

nice motor mate! is that thing really running 20lbs of boost or am i misreading the gauge from that angle?

got any shots of the back end?

my understanding was that they ran quite a bit of boost from the factory.

[Rogwick]

T H E - E X H A U S T

I think it was somewhere around $2,500 exhaust system. Basically a turbo back, replacing the stock system. The stock downpipe (turbo, into downpipe, into catalytic converter out...) is a large restrictive member in the MPS. The exhaust gas flow is poor, the physical design is large and considers emissions/sound and the likes. Removal of this offers a increased exhaust gas flow and at less resistance due to the larger diameter of the downpipe unit itself 3" mandrel.

In terms of "power" most of the gains you will be able to achieve are left at the downpipe. Although a smoother and larger diameter makes for less resistance and of course replacing the mufflers offers a nice note when on song and also at idle. You will notice on the 6, the cat-back single pipe-run splits further down to enable entry to the twin mufflers. A high flow, less resistance "Y" piece pipe-run (see photo's below) offers only minimal gains but a smoother higher flowing system.

Mufflers are two stainless steel super-cat mufflers. They're oval by design and sit high up, thus offering next to no chance of hitting. The pipework neck from the muffler exits the chrome exhaust tips sitting not to far out but rather inside about ~10mm

0₂ Sensor connection on DP


DP Flange to cat-back, can see one resonator and the other in the corner of the shot


Pipework connection into muffler


Rear setup


Exhaust Tip

[Rogwick]

my understanding was that they ran quite a bit of boost from the factory.

Correct although slightly limited in 1, 2 and I think 3rd too from factory (mine isn't)
The 3MPS runs around 12-14psi in the lower gears and only achieves full boost in 4th I think.
Published figures state the MPS runs 15psi stock (they don't mention limiting etc)

[brethren22]

i like that the zorst doesn't look too boy racer. all the berries without the look at me pipes at the back!

that must really have opened it up a bit over the stock one. crazy what sort of performance you get on turbos with just the one mod

[Rogwick]

Yeah from the back it looks pretty much standard. Just a slight increase of the pipe exist dia. Looking under it looks pretty neat too. If I haven't floored it for a while, when I get the MPS on song and it peaks at high boost I get a dual puff of black smoke that has collected in the pipework and cat. Looks interesting from the rear view mirror and also from the back. Arguably the best bolt on mod available for the MPS is the downpipe. Boost comes on around 500RPM earlier, more aggressive through the rev range and you can rev higher than the stock 5,500RPM when power disappears (stock) Now I can hold power to about 6,000RPM but peak power is still around 5,500RPM I believe. Performance....well I haven't done that much really. Running the stock turbo and stock cooler. But with the mods and tune we (mate and I) put estimates around 197.3kW at the wheels (about 240kW at the engine) not confirmed as we took results based off log data on a dashhawk...to be honest we could be completely wrong but it sounds about right. I'm a little concerned to upgrade the turbo and the cooler as they run near 400Nm torque from factory, so not sure what torque I'm currently achieving. A mate of mine over east is running a 12.316 on the quarter on the 3MPS, but he done a fair bit to his.

Below is the data from cp-e with regards to the Downpipe and intake (gains in HP)

[Rogwick]

Some info on the Hypertech Max Energy Tune HYPERTECH | Max Energy Sport Tune



A couple of video's below again for those interested or unfamiliar with the tune

[Rogwick]

Took some night shots with a mate (he has the same car)

[Rogwick]

Done a few updates since the first post as well as some better pics. Full and current mod list updated below:

Performance & Handling
HYPERTECH: Max Energy Sport Program Tune
CP-E CAI: Painted Matt black and custom 'MPS' logo in-printed
K&N Filter: Above complimented with a K&N hi flow 3" pod filter
Turbosmart Dual Port BOV - Black. 50/50 VTA
COBB TIP - Black silicone hose
Corksport strut bracing front
King springs - low
CP-E downpipe 3" Stainless Steel Catted
Cypher Industries custom 3" mild steel exhaust c/w 2off resonators, mandrel bend pipework splitting into 2off stainless steel super-cat mufflers
Tyres: Falken FK452 225/45/R18
Brakes (front rotors): DBA 4000 series slotted front rotors
Brakes (front Pads): Remsa front brake pads
Hypertech: Underside Bracing (front)

Other modifications
Painted stock rims - 2pak painted gloss black
Pained callipers - hot red
Defi boost gauge - Defi BF 60mm Boost Meter - Amber
Defi EGT gauge - Defi BF 60mm Exhaust Gas Temp Meter - Amber
Defi control unit - Defi Link Control II
Cp-e - Rear Engine Mount
SSP - 2XS Racing Titanium Short shift plate
Alpine MRP-M500 V-Power Digital Mono Amplifier
Alpine Type S SWR-1222D 12" Subwoofer
DIY Front Lip - rubber seal fixed in place underside of bumper
Interior Lighting - Front 2x White LED - Rear 2x Blue LED - Front Doors 2x Blue LED
Rear number plate - 2x White single flared-light LED
Philips Crystal Vision H11 4300K blue fog light replacement bulbs
Philips Diamond Vision H1 5000K ultra blue head beam replacement bulbs
Philips Blue Vision wedge globes with silicone blue capping park lights
HID headlights 8000K Blue/White vision HID's
Shark Fin Antenna (dummy)
Wipers: Resprayed wiper arms, anit-rust gloss black
Wiper Blades: Silicone twin blade
Window logo Illuminate-to-the-music Transformers logo
Grille Custom painted with painted "Mazdaspeed6" logo
Decal ozMPSclub decal on quarter panel window
Decal Bonnet bulge charcoal metallic grey with MPS wording
Decal Rim decal (on single spoke) "MPS" in red
Decal Nürburgring track front and rear window
Badges Painted rear badges (metallic blue, grey and red)
Third brake light Carbon Fibre wrapped third brake with "Mazdaspeed" logo as illumination
Carbon Fibre Mirrors Mirror covers
Ball Joints Upper control arm left and right ball joint replacement
Sure Motorsports "Countershift" Modified (lighter) shift weight

[Cam]

These cars make me unreasonably hard.

[Rogwick]

More parts on the way, new grille ordered from Japan, changing it up and bit and investigating to see if I can modify a WRX Sti Front Lip and rig it up to fit (they're cheap on ebay so why not)
A few more pics of updates (installed a while ago) but haven't got round to adding to this thread

Custom painted badges and third brake light mod

[Rogwick]

Down South for a weekend (middle 2011) took a few shots, was a bit overcast so tried to get a reasonable result anyway

Parked up near a mates VR4



Carbon Fibre mirrors fitted

[Rogwick]

Hypertech (underside) Brace installed

Before



After



While I was there, a few shots of the exhaust







CP-E rear engine mount to handle 400Nm+

[Rogwick]

Club photoshoot taken sometime last year, took heaps of shots, just post a

[Dragunov-21]

Oh my... that is a ridiculously good-looking car. I can only imagine what it's like to drive...

[Rogwick]

Oh my... that is a ridiculously good-looking car. I can only imagine what it's like to drive...

Cheers mate, Quite fun to drive and interesting. The AWD system sends power to the rears on acceleration so ideally you can get oversteer, understeer or grip depending on your approach into a corner or how you choose to drive. Flick the hand-brake up a click (the MPS3 switch as I call it) and it disconnects the drive to the rear via a coupling essentially making it FWD. In "MPS3 mode" and in the wet you can light up 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear, or alternatively in the wet you can get AWD spin on a hot launch. A mates MPS6 with a few bolt on mods achieved a 0-100 in 4.82 seconds, which makes it a bit of a sleeper compared to known hot 4cylinders such as WRX and EVO's.

One of the last cruises I went on with a few mates I was keeping pace with a Ferrari 360 Spyder (pushing it to the limit) at one point I lost my brakes from over heating having to use the box and violently down shift as I was hot on the tail. Behind I had a Mercedes C63 AMG (about 336kW 6.2L V8) having a hard time keeping up around corners and on the straights the MPS was explosive out of corners it was never an issue holding him up. At around 4,800RPM in high gears there's 16psi on tap so the pick-up out of corners is impressive. Reached the destination said C63 driver asked what turbo and cooler I'm running I replied with "standard" Considering the price difference, excellent bang for buck

[jOZIMOZI]

hey mate,fantastic looking car, just wondering about the king springs ?would you reccomend them over H&R or eibach ?how is the ride now?i had the pedders low ryder and had to take them off cos the ride was too harsh.