Recent content by JITB

It's been awhile since I have posted an update on the P5. I assure you I have been working on it as much as possible, I just have not had time to put any posts together. I did take a ton of photos, but after months of not posting, they all get jumbled together and its hard to put it all...

Been awhile! But update!

After the bad day at Atlanta Motorsports Park back in December in the cold rain. I was back out at Road Atlanta with power steering and the chance to fully enjoy the LSD without battling with the steering wheel. The first track days back after having the car apart are always the worst. I try...

I got a fuse panel to help with adding gauges and other accessories in the future. I did need to make a bracket to mount it behind the center console.. Fuse panel mounted... Mounted and tucked away behind the center console. HKS Hi-Power axle back is one of the few parts that are...

Its been about 6 months since an update on the Protege 5. I took a break on the car to focus on our Southrnfresh 10 event , but I was slowly making changes and working on the car. I just have failed to make any consistent posts. I made the decision to focus on making the car a little more...

Happy to announce, that finally after all these years. The US BJ has a plug N Play Standalone ECU for proper tuning available. https://www.diyautotune.com/product/mazda-protege-1999-2003-ms3pro-pnp-plug-and-play/

First track day with the plug and play Megasquirt ECU at Barber Motorsports Park. My last time here was not a pleasant experience. The first session I lost a tire, and had to run on my stock tires all day, and I had a random misfire issue I was dealing with. So I was hoping for a smooth day...

After the dyno session I was looking for things to do, so I started to pull out some of the parts I had been collecting. And figured its time to get this stuff installed. I stumbled upon this Autoexe strut tower bar on Yahoo Japan. It was listed as "mazda strut bar" on the auction. But...

After months of bothering them Kevin over at DIYAUTOTUNE finished the Megasquirt Plug and Play ECU for the 3rd Generation Protege. As mentioned in my trials and tribulations with the JDM FSZE ecu and the MP3 US ecu each one uses different connectors. The US got stuck with Fords style...

I will have a modified valve cover soon. But they stay in on the plug for now. not the best, but it works.

Its been awhile! But the build has been continuing at a steady pace. I was pretty busy with planning Southrnfresh 9, and holidays and with the weather warming up it was just a lot going on. But the build has been going on at a steady pace, and I have a lot to catch up on. Last post I...

It was probably less then half in the tank

I received a message from a guy in the protege group that someone in Atlanta was looking to get rid of a KLZE that had been in storage for a few years. To me the KL has always been a perfect swap for the BJ chassis. I was lucky enough to do the swap in my old 1992 Protege many many years ago...

I need to see, how can you tell?

It has been awhile since I have updated the build process, so there is a lot to catch up on. First thing is selling the Work Emotions, and getting a set of FD wheels to try and save some more weight. The FD Wheels are a popular choice for Proteges due to their spec 16x8 , but their high offset...