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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Convenient...
What have you done to your MSP today?
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Maiello169
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- Mazda, Protege, Speed
Dude this forum is full of a bunch of ass after all, cocky ones at that, wow lol
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Welcome to the internet.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
I was gonna call bs reading up to the first comma cause there's mostly dudes on here.
Wagonbacker9
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- 2004 'Hoe
If you do a lot more reading, and less posting until you figure out things around here, you will be much happier. This forum has been around for a decade, and your car has been around for 9 years. At this point basically every question and 99% of all possible modifications to your car have been tried. Things that do and do not work have been exhaustively researched, attempted, and ultimately beaten to death.
There was a long time member who doesn't come around much anymore who threw literally tens of thousands of dollars at his MSP. He came here, asked questions, got feedback from people who know what they were talking about, and then basically proceeded to do whatever it was he wanted to anyway. He then wanted respect for doing so, even when it was CLEARLY a waste of money. You can avoid his fate by heeding the well intentioned advice you are receiving here, or you can continue to argue, and most likely you will not like this community, and ultimately you'll either sell the car on, and end up having lost a bunch of money. Realistically, this group (speaking to this thread specifically) does not tolerate rice. If you want sound advise on worthwhile modifications to your MSP, this IS your place. If you want to be supported in every ill-advised idea you have, it is not.
I'm being completely sincere here, and whether you like it or not, this is just the way it is. And just to repeat myself, I think a cutout would be bad ass. Super street friendly when it needs to be... and when you want to scare small children within a 3 block radius, its just the flick of a switch away.
As a side note... a sig pic of a T-bird in chamelion paint is not going to win you points here either. Not trying to be a dick, just giving you a heads up. And if you really think the guys here are cocky assholes, come over to one of the GTO forums and read any thread about "what cam should I pick" or "which is the best sounding cat-back". You'll have a new appreciation for how gentile and thoughtful the advise you're getting here is.
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justanothermp5
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well this happened today on my way home from work.
its my ps belt. split right down the middle
so how the hell does that happen? Isnt that a brand new belt?
Ricktalife
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Like Wagon said, we're actually trying to save you time, money and headaches. The dual exhaust look is a personal preference, but as the other guys mentioned it is 100% useless on a 4 cylinder. If you want to have the dual exit for looks, then I suppose you could buy an axle back that exits to both sides. But be prepared to hack up the rear bumper / lip in order to make it look right.
I don't know about a GTO forum, but I can guarantee that this place has much more intelligence than a typical Honda forum. Case and point, just earlier this evening I was having my radiator replaced at work (to stay on topic) and the new guy in recon walked up and started asking me questions. Then he proceeded to tell me about his project that he has about $2k in parts waiting to be installed. It was parked next to me when I left for lunch and I from what I saw, about half the car was unpainted. I'm going to take a wild guess and say he didn't spend the $2k on a new paint job.
edit: forgot to mention his car is a Del Sol.
Maiello169
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Not Trying to win points, thats a pic of one of my brothers cars, and yeah it is a bad ass car and fast a F* but thats not the point either, just like the pic so i put it up. i Could of put up a pic of his GTP with $10K in it as well, but dnt have a decent pic of that, Or the 5.0.... idk what ever. im not one to try and show off or "win points" as well. I do apriciate the help as well. All I'm trying to do is build a dependible, reliable, fast daily driver, that wont s*** the bed or blow up on me or have issues every other week like i am, but i guess thats what you get when you buy a MSP... Didnt know that till the first month i had her, but i wouldnt trade her in for nothing, ill just b**** and complain about it and through more money into it to fix what ever issues are going on and to get mod parts on the way.... more on the fixing the issues at the momment now... and to many at once that is.... And not all are cocky asses just some, but thats what makes the world go a round....... HA
Maiello169
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This comment i do like though lol
Brand new $10 belt
Maiello169
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- Mazda, Protege, Speed
What brand, i just got one and havent put it in yet, cuz mine squeels like a b**** !
Laser Blue
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Well said, Wagon. With no intent to brag, I believe I created one of the most attractive, dependable, and just plain fun to drive MSPs ever; and I did it on a slim budget. How? I read every sticky, followed every build thread closely, and asked questions of members whose cars I admired. Sometimes I even bought their cast off parts. And because I listened and learned, my car was nearly trouble free (#%@*! EGR VALVE) for the two years I owned her. Moreover, when I was ready to move on I was able to sell my car for $10.5K to a buyer who came from several states away because the car was worth it. Now I'm doing the same thing over at the Nasioc forum and my Subaru is the direct beneficiary of my willingness to put my ego on hold and become teachable.
Good luck to you, I find people at nasioc to be very nice and helpful in general.
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
I wasn't going to say it... But damn I'm glad someone did!
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
Post time slips or I call BS........ HA
