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Nobody screenshots a Mazdaspeed3 listing. That's the entire reason it's still the cheapest path to 400whp with a warranty-era interior and four doors of grocery space. While the Evo/STI crowd argues over which tax bracket their badge belongs in, MS3 guys are quietly running 11s on a hatch they paid Civic money for. Here's the order to do it in, because doing it out of order is how you end up with a $6k paperweight: 1. Rear motor mount. Before power, before wheels, before anything. The factory mount is a liquid-filled apology and it's why your car headbutts you in second gear. A solid or poly RMM transforms the chassis more than 40whp will. 2. HPFP cam lobe inspection. Gen1 cars especially — pull the valve cover and look at the fuel pump lobe before you touch a tune. Ten minutes now or a full top-end teardown later. Your call. 3. Turboback and a real tune. 3" downpipe, catback, AccessPort. That's most of the low-hanging power on the stock K04, and on E85 the stock turbo makes number...

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