Recent content by PimpSmurf

Hi everyone, I’ve been on these forums since just before buying my ‘02.5 P5 from my parents in 2007 and they got it new off the lot. Read some of my old posts and boy oh boy are they cringy (I was 19, can you blame me?). Anyways, the car is getting up there with 210k miles. It still runs...

My 2002.5 Protege5 manual is running clean at 210k. Starts up right away and only issues are a belt that squeals on start up (especially on cold mornings) and a CV joint that clicks on right hand full lock. My parents bought it brand new when I was in high school and I bought it from them in...

What about going FS-DET? Seems like a more straightforward upgrade with the same HP as the FS-ZE but better torque curve. Could get the piping from a MSP and upgrade to a more modern turbo. That would be my approach, but never done it personally.

I have a 2002.5 P5 manual with about 155k miles. My parents bought the car new and I got it from them in about 2007 with only 32k miles on it. My biggest concern is that I have small rust spots on the roof and along the black painted part of the B pillars. There is also some damage to the...

got a ticket and had an accident in my mom's car which comes to 3 points and just got a ticket for rolling a stop sign... that's my fourth point and is going to get my license suspended for 3 months... i've got to hurry up and convince my parents to sign the car over into my name so they can't...

u'd have to know the size of the box... so measure it dude

i think i just wet myself... i'll take a 2 rotor in a P5, but i want it in AWD and tuned for rally... would be the sickest rally car ever

u guys are all a bunch of buzz kills... i mean everything u've said is totally correct, but let the guy dream for gosh sakes... it's obviously just pipe dreams and if it's not then all i've gotta say is that i BETTER get a ride... hahaha... and a 350ci chevy would be so heavy the rear wheels...

sounds like ur running out of mods... just about time for u to pull the engine and get all of the big work done all at once... pistons, valves, cams, etc... u'd really notice the difference after all that... hahaha

yeah, that intake looks and sounds like 100% rice, but for people with money... i guarantee u can get that intake for half that price some place else but that is in no way to say that i would recommend getting that intake, for ANY price (except maybe free)... honestly it's BS like that's going...

i've talked to kansei a couple times since... he's definately still around... u can still send him emails through his profile, that's wut i did

ooo... i wanna get a 4-2-1 header... it's super sexy

i was definately wrong on the 195/50 vs 205/45... it was never explained to me like that... and i can't believe u get 31 mpg... i got 21 on my last tank... hahaha... but now i changed my oil and used synthetic blend and installed new spark plugs and removed the stock air box and so hopefully...

first off my stock dunlops are 195/50/16 so i don't understand why you said that 45 series would keep it true to stock specs i definately wouldn't recommend staying with 195s... 205 will give you more rubber contacting the road... if you want to corner wider tires will help you stick more as...

yeah, P5s feel kinda gutsy because of the torque but honestly it's just fun to drive, not actually that powerful... hahaha... i love it though, i only drive for the experience and it's the best driving experience out of any stock car i've ever driven (with the exception of a WRX, but that's in...