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Hello everyone,
I'm new here and I know absolutely nothing about the mechanics of a car (except the basics). I recently got a black 2004 Mazda 6 sport, completely stock, and I was wondering what, if anything, absolutely needs to be done to the car to keep it going for a long time. It currently has 46,000 miles on it. I have a 1990 Isuzu Trooper LS with 250,000+ miles and my dad has a 1984 Honda Accord with similar mileage.
I've been reading this area of the forum for a couple days now and it seems like headers should be the first thing to be changed and it seems like MSDS or CP-e are the best brands. Is there correct?
What other things do you guys recommend?
I'm not looking to start putting down black streaks on the pavement everywhere I go, but I'd like to bring out the potential of the car.
Seems like a stupid question, but can most of this be done like DIY? I mean with relative ease. I'm into car audio and after learning how to do everything myself, I would never pay a shop to install anything audio-wise.
Right now I dont have a lot of funds, but I want to learn about everything so that when I am able to I can.
I will be checking the PCV valve in the next couple days, after reading about that topic.
I'm new here and I know absolutely nothing about the mechanics of a car (except the basics). I recently got a black 2004 Mazda 6 sport, completely stock, and I was wondering what, if anything, absolutely needs to be done to the car to keep it going for a long time. It currently has 46,000 miles on it. I have a 1990 Isuzu Trooper LS with 250,000+ miles and my dad has a 1984 Honda Accord with similar mileage.
I've been reading this area of the forum for a couple days now and it seems like headers should be the first thing to be changed and it seems like MSDS or CP-e are the best brands. Is there correct?
What other things do you guys recommend?
I'm not looking to start putting down black streaks on the pavement everywhere I go, but I'd like to bring out the potential of the car.
Seems like a stupid question, but can most of this be done like DIY? I mean with relative ease. I'm into car audio and after learning how to do everything myself, I would never pay a shop to install anything audio-wise.
Right now I dont have a lot of funds, but I want to learn about everything so that when I am able to I can.
I will be checking the PCV valve in the next couple days, after reading about that topic.