Mazda CX7 2.3T - Performance Upgrades

[michaeldouglas72]

MY CX7 is booked in for a remap, hoping for 315bhp and a massive slug of torque in the mid range. Has anybody chipped a CX7? I am upgrading the brakes but had a horrifying experience with Black Diamond, any views on EBC?

[em177]

michaeldouglas72 said:

MY CX7 is booked in for a remap, hoping for 315bhp and a massive slug of torque in the mid range. Has anybody chipped a CX7? I am upgrading the brakes but had a horrifying experience with Black Diamond, any views on EBC?

I might be wrong here but isn't the CX7 a ruddy massive people carrier!?

[BorkFactor]

em177 said:

I might be wrong here but isn't the CX7 a ruddy massive people carrier!?

SUV type thing with the Mazda 6 MPS engine in it I think

[jackh707]

Now THIS sounds like a real q car.

[michaeldouglas72]

It's a sort of SUV type thing but with pretty decent handling, great gearbox, superb brakes (so long as you don't buy Black Diamond) and a grunter of an engine. It's not swish like a ToeRag and it manages 14mpg if you horse it along and it's a good compromise if your wife wants a 4x4 and you don't!!!

[michaeldouglas72]

[michaeldouglas72]

Now the introductions are over, how do I get it to go faster! A stage 2 map seems to be the answer but I can't find anyone who definitively knows what bits to bolt on to get the best results. Unfortunately the MPS engine seems to be a bit of an unknown.

[Fastdruid]

Does it also have the same brakes as the 6MPS?

[Studio117]

http://www.bbrgti.com/browse-performance-tuning-ca...

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=47&i=2485...
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mazda/3/first-...

The bbr mazda stuff seems to get ok reviews.

Edited by Studio117 on Tuesday 16th April 23:00

[michaeldouglas72]

The remap, I've got covered. VES Sport outside Dunblane have invested in the kit to do the MPS engine and it's £350! A huge bargain compared to BBR! All the other goodies in the link above are the answer...need a slightly larger wheel to reduce the size of the tyre wall; the current set up doesn't do the car any favours. I need to get the brakes sorted first then look at the rest...EBC Ultimax? Any good?

[sawman]

just to resurrect an old thread -how did you get on OP, whats the cx7 like to live with, they seem to be a lot of car at a reasonable price these days

[hornetrider]

sawman said:

just to resurrect an old thread -how did you get on OP, whats the cx7 like to live with, they seem to be a lot of car at a reasonable price these days

A friend has one and loves it. Also chipped, it goes like stink. Handling isn't bad for a big car either.

Only downside is the full bore ~500 tax.

[sawman]

hornetrider said:

A friend has one and loves it. Also chipped, it goes like stink. Handling isn't bad for a big car either.

Only downside is the full bore ~500 tax.

I have heard they go pretty well out of the box - I was just browsing autotrader and spotted a tidy looking example at a local dealers - was surprised how cheap it was, probably due to the mpg and road tax I guess. might make a reasonable replacement for our cherokee

[pimpchez]

It just wont "chip" to 315bhp ,more like 280-90 tops,but will increase the under the curve massivley.

The engine responds amazingly to bolt on mods ,i chopped out my 2nd cat and silencer and got a custom backbox.
This stops the restriction at 5500rpm and carries on pulling to redline.

No other mods at the moment performance wise , i do have a full intake (turbo inlet pipe) and upgraded recirc valve on its way .Once all these are fitted it should be a easy 280bhp ,then it should remap to about 305bhp 350lb ft.

The best form of remapping is using the cobb accessport,there is literally only 2-3 places that can remap the car correctly via a rolling road .BBR ,TotalMPS and RS tuning .