Get some coil overs and a rear sway bar and leave him behind in the twisties. With a few suspension mods the protege will out handle an st with ease. Corvettes had a hard time keeping up with my mp3 on back roads only thing that put up a good fight was a 911. Most of it was driver mod though
Definitely the best advice anyone can give you OP. With the right handling modifications the P5 can surprisingly keep up with a lot of cars in the twisties, given a decent driver. You may not be into driving on the track or back roads, and that is fine, but that is where this car shines compared to straight line speed. On the other hand if you are willing to spend large amounts of money, more power to you! Handling will just get you the most bang for your buck.
I have the MP3 ECU in my car. There is a subtle, but noticeable increase power delivery. I would recommend going that route if you are willing to continually use premium fuel to take advantage of the ECU.
Aggressive timing= needs to actually be tuned. Where have you been? Cam gears will have timing constantly advanced which would mean always runing meth which is pointless. We're talking about a protege you're not gonna get that much power. The mp3 tune actually already has a pretty aggressive timing advance. Sure you can still play with the timing via cam gears but why spend all that time and money on a meth setup for 5hp?
Meth is good for people who want to push their turbo and end up with high intake temps or people who don't run an intercooler
Go to your internet browser, type in GOOGLE, then type in Benefits to methanol injection on NA cars... BAM! now you learn something new. OR if you know any pro racers take a visit to their shop and ask questions
Aggressive timing= needs to actually be tuned. Where have you been? Cam gears will have timing constantly advanced which would mean always runing meth which is pointless. We're talking about a protege you're not gonna get that much power. The mp3 tune actually already has a pretty aggressive timing advance. Sure you can still play with the timing via cam gears but why spend all that time and money on a meth setup for 5hp?
Meth is good for people who want to push their turbo and end up with high intake temps or people who don't run an intercooler
