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My CorkSport Mods: John’s Mazda 6i Grand Touring

Back in the summer of 2013, I was looking to upgrade my lowly 2013 Mazda 3i Grand Touring to a Mazdaspeed 3. Unfortunately, my wife was not happy about having to learn stick — and I don’t have the patience to teach her. Then a friend told me about the newly designed Mazda 3 coming out with the 2.5 motor. At the time, it wasn’t available, but the new 6 was promising. I decided to take the 6 for a test drive and fell in love. So began my CorkSport journey . . .

CorkSport Mazda

I love the way the Mazda 6 handles and how responsive the automatic transmission is, along with the beautiful interior. But there were things that bugged me that I wanted to fix. My goal was to have an “OEM+ ride” that was not radically different from stock but still improved on some of Mazda’s original design.

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CorkSport Oil Pressure, Oil Temperature, and Boost Gauges with Adapter Plate

Have you had your COBB Accessport running in gauge mode, but with so many things displayed it makes it hard to take a quick glance under full-throttle to see what is going on? Or did you make a pass at the local drag strip and forget to turn on logging to see what the maximum boost level or temps you are getting?

We here at CorkSport are in the same boat. So, we decided to take care of the problem with our new gauges. We selected the “Critical 3” that you should be running in your Mazda: Boost, Oil Pressure, and Oil Temperature.

Gauges Mazdaspeed Cobb Accessport

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New and Improved Mazdaspeed 3 Lower Tie Bar

CorkSport is proud to announce the new Lower Control Arm Tie Bar for the 2007-2013 Mazdaspeed 3. The lower tie bar is designed to increase the stiffness of the front sub-frame assembly to improve driver feedback by reducing wheel hop and torque steer.

The CorkSport Lower Tie Bar works by connecting the front LCA inboard pivots together to add stiffness to the front of the sub-frame assembly as shown below.

The Mazdaspeed 3 lower tie bar improves driver feedback by reducing wheel hop and torque steer.

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My CorkSport Mods: Keith’s Mazda 3 Sport

I’ve met a lot of amazing people thanks to my Mazda 3 Sport, but Yolanda Sampson (Instagram: @bluehalogirl) is the one I blame for this addiction we call “modding.” When we met, I hadn’t done much to my car yet, just a couple minor things like tinted windows and tinted taillights. She had a feeling I’d be into meeting some more like-minded locals and invited me to a meet. We got along like only two Mazda nuts could, and it was game over for me.

Mazda 3 Sport

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