Special Financing Now Available from CorkSport Mazda Performance!

CorkSport began our new financing program in partnership with GE capital just two months ago and is pleased to announce our new special financing offer just in time for event season! Our new financing program provides customers with the option to purchase with zero down payment and 0% interest for six months on all purchases over $299!

CorkSport is now making it even easier to purchase and experience the power of some of our most popular products like the CorkSport 2010+ Mazdaspeed 3 Exhaust (back in stock), CorkSport Mazdaspeed 3 Downpipe, our new CorkSport Mazdaspeed 6 FMIC for SRI or any combination of performance products for your car with the ease of being able to split it up into affordable monthly payments!

Six months no interest means that you can take your purchase and spread the payments out over several months and it is the same as cash. Here is quick breakdown to give you an idea of what your payments would look like on our CarCareOne six months no interest payment program:

As always, CorkSport wants you to mod responsibly, so keep in mind that as with any retail financing card that you might come across, after the six month promotional period has ended, the interest rate jumps to 29.99%. We highly recommend using the six month interest free period to pay off each of your purchases, but for each purchase you make of $299.00 or more, you will always get the six month grace period to pay it off before you accrue interest!

Approval is quick and easy. Simply fill out an online credit application. It takes three seconds or less to obtain approval and once approved, you will receive a line of credit immediately. You can place your order by phone or online with your new Car Care One Credit card.

The new Car Care One CorkSport credit card is accepted at a number of national retailers including Tire Factory, Discount Tire, and Summit Racing making this not only a practical but versatile addition to your wallet.

Questions about the program? Just ask! gwynne@corksport.com

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Cast Your Votes for May’s Featured Car of the Month!

The time has come again to find out whose car will reign supreme this month for CorkSport’s Featured Car of the Month!

Last month we had a face-off between Sam’s Speed3 and Katsu’s Mazda 6. This month we had some more great submissions! At random, the following two were chosen to face-off. Christian Prichard’s 2011 Mazdaspeed 3 and Edward Loeffler’s 2009 Mazda 3S 5 Door Hatchback!

Christian’s car was featured last year in the CorkSport booth at Mazfest and includes a CorkSport FMIC, CorkSport Downpipe, CorkSport Racepipe,Cat Back Exhaust, BBS rims and much much more.

Local CS customer, Edward is just over the river in Portland. Some of his many mod’s include a CorkSport Power Series Intake, CorkSport Sway Bar, an OEM MazdaSpeed3 Exhaust Straight Pipe to Tip w/ 1st Cat Delete & Resonator Delete, Carbon Fiber Front Tower Brace, and again, much, much more!

Vote for your favorite today on our Facebook page or commenting right here on our blog!

Want to face-off for one of our monthly features? Submit a pic of your car and list of mod’s to
gwynne@corksport.com

Gwynne-

Product Release! CorkSport Underbody 4-Brace Set for Mazda 3/Mazdaspeed 3

CorkSport is happy to announce another addition to our suspension performance line-up for Mazda 3 and Mazdaspeed 3 vehicles with the CorkSport Underbody 4-Brace Set.

The CorkSport underbody 4-Brace Set for Mazda 3 and Mazdaspeed 3 will reduce undesirable chassis flex and increase control during hard cornering and acceleration.

The lightweight double wall I-bean construction will increase rigidity without adding unnecessary weight to the vehicle.

Using the latest in computer aided technology, the CorkSport Underbody 4-Brace Set has reinforced machined brackets that tie load points together for reduced flexing and distortion of the chassis to improve both the stability and responsiveness of the vehicle.

“Reinforcing the chassis is often an overlooked performance enhancement, especially on vehicles with lots of modifications,” said Rich Harris, President of CorkSport Mazda Performance, “Adding an underbrace set will reduce twisting of the chassis by linking the frame to the sub-frame, locking the front sub-frame in place.”

The CorkSport Underbody 4-Brace Set for Mazda 3 and Mazdaspeed 3 has been anodized black and includes an etched CorkSport logo for added durability, longevity and a genuine CorkSport look.

As with all CorkSport products, the CorkSport Underbody 4-Brace Set includes a two-year warranty, full color installation instructions, all of the needed installation hardware, and knowledgeable telephone installation support. It can be purchased today at CorkSport.com for $249.00.

Orange County Choppers All Mazda Meet 2012

In our annual pilgrimage to the East Coast, we attended the All Mazda Meet at Orange County Chopper this year on April 21st. The event was organized by Storm who works at OCC and drives a Mazdaspeed 3 (thanks Storm!).

This year had a record turnout of people with 262 Mazdas and 496 people signed up. The OCC parking lot and a chunk of the adjacent Hilton parking lot were full the entire day along with the overflow parking in the grass at OCC. You can get a good idea of the crowd size with the line to get the good bags.

We saw a wide range of cars in attendance this year but the most popular by far was the 2010+ Mazdaspeed 3’s. They were the singles largest group of Mazda model which attended overall.

Enough talking for now, here are the pictures…

Domii’s Mazda 2 repping in the CorkSport display

I hear the A-team theme playing in my head when I look at this Mazdaspeed 3

69,000 original miles on this Rx2 and it looked great!

At the end of the day CorkSport had two awards to give away. The first was the CorkSport choice award (Unicorn trophy) which was given to Kevin F who has a great looking 2012 white Mazdaspeed 3.

The second award we gave away for the CorkSport Senior Citizens Award which was given to Steve K. Check out the video of the award presentation below,

Big thanks to Storm for putting on the show again this year and to all of you who showed up to the event and we got to meet.

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Product Release! CorkSport Oil Catch Can Development and Release Notes

Sometimes projects take a lot longer than expected to get to release. After several design changes, lots of simulations, and plenty of mounting revisions, we are happy to announce the release the CorkSport Oil Catch Can for Mazda and Mazdaspeed vehicles.

Oil catch cans are designed to separate the water, oil and other contaminants from your PCV system. The PCV system feeds directly in the intake manifold causing all these contaminants to be pushed to the back of the valves then into the engine cylinders. As cars wear, we see more and more contaminants in the PCV system and then into the engine.

Many of you have followed the development as we moved through our design revisions beginning with our first concept, a titanium oil catch can that used stainless steel wool to separate out the oil and several versions in-between before we came to the design that we are happy to be releasing today.

Unlike other catch cans on the market that simply expect the contaminates to fall out of the PCV vapors, our newly released oil catch can has a unique cyclonic vacuum design that forces contaminants to the walls of the can before the air can move back into the intake system. This Solidworks simulation shows how the system was designed. You can see that the air swirls around the outside of the can trapping the contaminants at the wall. This allows them to fall through a disk that is welded between two chambers used to separate the PCV vapors and the contaminants. Once the contaminants are separated you can view them with a sight tube located on the side of the catch can.

We were particularly surprised to see how much water vapor builds up in the crank case of these cars. After a few miles of driving with the catch can on our shop Mazdaspeed 3, we could really see what separates our catch can from the competition. After only 500 miles we had separated out a great deal of contaminants from the PCV system. Most of which was water vapor that had been trapped in the PCV lines and engine block. This alone should ensure that oil doesn’t break down quickly on our DISI MZR engine.

After 3000 miles we performed our first oil change. The results were exactly what we expected, a much smaller concentration of water but a noticeable amount of oil. MZR engines are notorious for slight amounts of blow by getting back into the engine. As you can see from the picture this is something you don’t want getting back into your engine. We took this sample and sent it out for particulate analysis. The results really prove that you don’t want this in your engine. Along with a large amount of oil, which can be seen, there was metal and water present in the oil. All of which we don’t want to be reburned in our engine or stuck to the back of our valves.

Even though it took a little longer than we expected to release this, I’m sure everyone will agree that there are certain things you want done right and somethings are worth the wait. When it comes down to it there are just some contaminants that you never want entering your motor. Most of them are listed on the sheet to the right.

The CorkSport Oil Catch Can will enhance the reliability of your engine and improve performance and fuel economy. It is made from high-grade aluminum with a pressed annodized top cap and includes a chemical resistant sight tube. It comes with a complete mounting kit and can be purchased from CorkSport here.

For more information about this product or to purchase one today, please visit our product page on our online catalog at https://corksport.com