What have you done to your MSP today?

[Laser Blue]

Yup, the oil sandwich plate wont work for the msp. On that note, i hooked up the oil pressure gauge today. Its around 60psi on cold start. Also wired the gauge to be on Amber all the time. I hated it when it would switch from white to amber whenever it wanted. Also, found some screws in the my turnk. Damn amp screws keep falling off and one of the bolts that hold it all up came off. Explains the weird noise i hear when i drive around. Today was a good day.

Just waiting for onlinemazda to send me the part so i can drive it.

I have the ProSport sandwich plate on my MSP and it works fine...

 

[BadBandar]

^^Okay. Let me rephrase that. It wont fit without some work. Ull need to cut the main screw shaft to get it to fit.

Matrix - Not sure yet. My car is leaking coolant at the moment so i wasnt able to get out and test it. Ill have it ready by this weekend.

 

[Spiced MSP]

steel braided clutch line came in the mail today

 

[mgerst1]

i realized that the moron who had the car prior to me is a goddamn electrical genius. he ran the wire to power the light of my boost gauge directly off of my left headlight power wire. This would explain why my left headlight is not as bright as my right one, and with my sri why everytime i accelerate my boost gauge light goes out then comes back on when i take my foot off the gas.

 

[Laser Blue]

(rofl2)

sorry,,, but thats really funny!

 

[fatti03msp]

So i just struck protege gold!!!!

Check out what i got for 60 bucks

the hood needs recleared and it will be just like new, no cracks at all

anybody have a clue about the maker of the hood? The qaulity of the hood seems to be REALLY good actually and its stamped with there logo and part number.

Retro fit Project

and a brand new timing belt and two brand new rear hub assemblies

 

[SpeedAdiction20]

holy s***, it's the hood I have West Wings EVO CF hood.. lucky bastard.. where'd you get it from, local guy or something?

oh and make sure you have a hood prop kit, when Chris had the hood on the car before I bought it, he had used the stock normal hood prop. and it cracked the hood when a gust of wind came.. so get the hydrolic hood props if you don't already, you'll need them badly

 

[BadBandar]

Thats a nice hood. Good find.

 

[fatti03msp]

holy s***, it's the hood I have West Wings EVO CF hood.. lucky bastard.. where'd you get it from, local guy or something?

oh and make sure you have a hood prop kit, when Chris had the hood on the car before I bought it, he had used the stock normal hood prop. and it cracked the hood when a gust of wind came.. so get the hydrolic hood props if you don't already, you'll need them badly

I thought the wings west hood had the lil fake side vent things.

but i do plan on getting hood pins, but not the medal post ones, the ones that are the oval shaped taps

but i do have the NRG hood prop kit

but i was sitting at a BK drive thru and he just drove up next to me and asked if i wanted to buy a hood... he said 30 bucks and i said hell ya lol
Wasnt going to let that deal go.

Thats a nice hood. Good find.

Thanks, im still in shock that i was able to get a nice hood, not cracked for only 30 bucks and then all that other stuff for another 30 bucks.

 

[MP3Night]

but i was sitting at a BK drive thru and he just drove up next to me and asked if i wanted to buy a hood... he said 30 bucks and i said hell ya lol
Wasnt going to let that deal go.

That sounds super shady to me lol

 

[mgerst1]

(rofl2)

sorry,,, but thats really funny!

I know but wtf who would ever think that is a good idea, the wire is literally just taped to the side of the other wires on that side of the engine bay

 

[fatti03msp]

That sounds super shady to me lol

lol ya it does actually haha, but the hood was off his wifes P5 and the other stuff was just stuff he had sitting around.

the guy owns a martial art school and was a pretty straight arrow type a guy, not saying that he def. is, but he just wanted to clear out his garage.

 

[mgerst1]

That sounds super shady to me lol

lol ya it does actually haha, but the hood was off his wifes P5 and the other stuff was just stuff he had sitting around.

ok you may want to check this out a bit more, you may be guilty of purchasing stolen goods. Even as an innocent purchaser, if the original owner finds out who stole it, you may be required to return the property to the original owner without being refunded any of your money. In fact the original owner could sue you for possession of the stolen property. So you may want to use some due diligence to make sure this is not stolen goods. Im not really sure what you could do at this point, but i would try to find out.

 

[Outlawstar98]

Yup, the oil sandwich plate wont work for the msp.
On that note, i hooked up the oil pressure gauge today. Its around 60psi on cold start. Also wired the gauge to be on Amber all the time. I hated it when it would switch from white to amber whenever it wanted. Also, found some screws in the my turnk. Damn amp screws keep falling off and one of the bolts that hold it all up came off. Explains the weird noise i hear when i drive around. Today was a good day.

Just waiting for onlinemazda to send me the part so i can drive it.

Me and my friend couldeb get it to work at first... There was slack, but I just put the fitting on the filter itself and screwed onto the shaft and it went on tight.

 

[BadBandar]

^^Hmm. So the sandwich plate fitted fine? Cool. I didnt work for me unless i do some cutting.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

popped a charge pipe just before a freeway onramp on my way to work, and discovered its time to toss my spiffy "UWM Alum" plate frame. its starting to look like crap. Stupid cheap plastic...

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

Yup, the oil sandwich plate wont work for the msp.
On that note, i hooked up the oil pressure gauge today. Its around 60psi on cold start. Also wired the gauge to be on Amber all the time. I hated it when it would switch from white to amber whenever it wanted. Also, found some screws in the my turnk. Damn amp screws keep falling off and one of the bolts that hold it all up came off. Explains the weird noise i hear when i drive around. Today was a good day.

Just waiting for onlinemazda to send me the part so i can drive it.

How did you install it?

I have the ProSport sandwich plate on my MSP and it works fine...

You might not have the oil cooler on the msp. That is why mine wont fit. I have a buddy with a turbo'ed protege its a 2.0 and his sandwhich plate works fine but he didnt install the oil cooler that came with his msp turbo kit he installed on his protege.

^^Okay. Let me rephrase that. It wont fit without some work. Ull need to cut the main screw shaft to get it to fit.

Matrix - Not sure yet. My car is leaking coolant at the moment so i wasnt able to get out and test it. Ill have it ready by this weekend.

 

[SpeedAdiction20]

I thought the wings west hood had the lil fake side vent things.

but i do plan on getting hood pins, but not the medal post ones, the ones that are the oval shaped taps

but i do have the NRG hood prop kit

but i was sitting at a BK drive thru and he just drove up next to me and asked if i wanted to buy a hood... he said 30 bucks and i said hell ya lol
Wasnt going to let that deal go.



Thanks, im still in shock that i was able to get a nice hood, not cracked for only 30 bucks and then all that other stuff for another 30 bucks.

well if it is stolen goods, sure did a good job at taking it off the car lol, all that's kinda hard to get off and boxed up and stuff without breaking/scraping something, unless he took it from someone elses garage.. either way it was a good deal, im so jealous haha, I want another hood, don't know why, but with that deal i'd take it in a sec.

but anyways some of the West Wing Evo hoods do have those side vents, I think the older versions are the ones that don't but Chris (slug420) bought the hood I have on my car now, and that's what he posted on his sale thread, he was pretty good at keeping everything documented and keeping the old stuff.. but here
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123722803
don't try taking his idea and clear coating mica on there! haha, I like the originality of mine

oh and also I've been pretty good at not needing the hood pins, but they couldn't hurt, I hear that other people have a little rattle and stuff on their hoods, those hoods are really well constructed and since the latch part is bolted in there (I think a lot of others are just glued) it's really sturdy, I don't have any rattle/movement in the hood when it's latched, you'll just have to dremmel out a little bit around the latch so it fits correctly, I don't have a pic of it, but if you notice when you close the hood that you need to kinda force it down, just dremmel out the hole more so the point section on the hood latch can fit correctly, if you have the same problem, but maybe not...

 

[Laser Blue]

I cant get the prosport oil sandwhich plate to fit on my msp.

As MSP projects go, this one really isn't that tough.

1. Drain oil and remove filter
2. Remove 27mm nut holding on oil cooler (need deep socket; 27mm or
1&1/16)
3. Remove threaded pipe that filter threads on to.
4. Cut approx 3/4" off of threaded pipe
5. Re-install threaded pipe (I put the cut end up, away from filter)
6. Slide oil cooler and sandwich plate onto threaded pipe
7. Tighten 27mm nut to spec using deep socket
8. Install new oil filter
9. Add 3.9 qts of your favorite oil
10. Have a cold beverage and pat yourself on the back...(wink)

 

[blueprotegelx]

As MSP projects go, this one really isn't that tough.

1. Drain oil and remove filter
2. Remove 27mm nut holding on oil cooler (need deep socket; 27mm or
1&1/16)
3. Remove threaded pipe that filter threads on to.
4. Cut approx 3/4" off of threaded pipe
5. Re-install threaded pipe (I put the cut end up, away from filter)
6. Slide oil cooler and sandwich plate onto threaded pipe
7. Tighten 27mm nut to spec using deep socket
8. Install new oil filter
9. Add 3.9 qts of your favorite oil
10. Have a cold beverage and pat yourself on the back...(wink)

Just like I told you keith! lol. You can get under my car and look if you want one day haha, or next time you do your oil I'll help or take a look. Like I said I didn't have to take out my stud b/c the non turbo protege's have smaller studs.<---haha that's funny