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    Decapping OEM fuel injectors

    a FS-ZE an FS-DE share almost everything, with the exception of the higher compression ratio and I believe a different cam. I think stock injectors should fine in this situation. I do remember reading somewhere to make the most out of the ZE you would need the ECU from it too which is a whole...
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    03.5 MSP #81 engine swap, no start

    Have you made any progress with this?
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    Mazdaspeed Protege OEM flashed ECU

    Still available?
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    Really? I will have to check that, almost sounds to simple in all honesty. What were all your symptons?
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    OEM Engine parts

    Age old bump
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    Need help with 03 mazdaspeed protege transmission

    5th gear shouldn't be a problem at all, its the easiest gear to get to seeing you don't even have to crack the whole case open. Just put in a 5th from a 626 for a lower cruising RPM. Now if you want to go crazy you can always get straight cut gears from PAR, but that depends on how big the...
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    Need help with 03 mazdaspeed protege transmission

    ^^ only do that if you're confident on disassembling/reassembling the tranny. If you do, DO NOT use an actual hammer to get roll pins out, you WILL bend something. Learned that the hard way. This would be a perfect opportunity to get an M-factory LSD or weld a new MSP lsd and drop it in.
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    Need help with 03 mazdaspeed protege transmission

    Are you able to roll the car in neutral?
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    I haven't checked any I/O, following the Symptom Troubleshooting Manual (Section 01-03B) under the NO.6 CRANKS NORMALLY BUT WILL NOT START [FS]. It gives a list of possible causes: No battery power supply to PCM • Air leakage from intake-air system • Open PCM GND or vehicle body GND • Improper...
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    all fuses are good, including the one under the steering wheel and the 15a one by the DLC connector
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    So tried to use a scanner and came up as error, checked key off voltage to ECU and good, key on voltage and also good. Checked all grounds pins at ECU connector and also good. So does anyone else concur with faulty ECU?
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    See that theory would make sense, you're right it is an undersized pulley but teeth gear is the same exact size. Before the zoom zoom boom, that crank pulley and gear teeth were exactly the same. so if it ran before why would it not now?
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    As in signal from the CKP? haven't checked for that. Question is how can I check that without a fancy scanner/o-scope? Can I simply hook up a multimeter to the equipment side of the CKP plug and see reading when it's cranking?
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    Forged build with high hopes and then no start.... Great...

    Original MSP cam gears (has 3 pickups, but so did the ZE) and Unorthodox Racing Crank gear. ZE crank gear was obvious that it would need to be swapped and the shipper of the ZE so kindly added a note saying that the crank gear might need to be swapped. Here is the current pulley setup and...
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