Recent content by tiwing

For Sale. BRAND NEW in the box never installed Manifold, EGR, and gaskets as pictured. Purchased in 2007 for a project that never happened and of course now car is gone. Was for a mazdaspeed protege with FS motor, but also fits, I think, any FS engine. Improved flow over stock IM. Respond here...

no kidding. thanks man. So the t-stat opens when coolant in the engine reaches 180ish and is fully open when coolant reaches 192. Coolant heats up through the engine and passes by the temp sender at the top rad hose, and cools down through the rad. the cooler water then would act to close the...

yes - cold tends to fall. But I do know some systems are "reverse flow", and since everything I've ever worked on had the T-stat at the top rad hose and the top hose was always hotter, I didn't know if the proteges were different because the tstat is on the lower hose. Plus there's a pump...

The pro is the first car I've had with the thermostat on the lower hose. Does coolant flow UP through the rad? Should the lower rad hose be hotter or colder than the upper?

I think the last time I "ran" a red due to looking down, amber, s*** happens, was in 1990... good luck with it. why don't you go run a bunch of reds and test it out.

i got you all beat so far. 34. Which is why I'm not driving a yellow or orange one...

plus you can clearly see in climbing that ramp that the subarus both have the rear wheels on the solid part when they first start moving, giving some momentum to the whole trial. On the wet course the driver obviously pushed the competitors cars harder and with a scandanavian flick style...

not too much snow around this year. But I love this pic so much I had to share... from last year.

88000km. and very slowly climbing now that I've had my beater on the road for a year... :) Greyspeed, whats your board name on toprotege?