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- 2003 Mazdaspeed protege
The cars previous owner is/was? a member on here.
I was in the market for a turbo 5 speed car, and i spotted this one on craigslist. After looking at it, i bought it.
After getting the car home it had the "hesitation". and after reading up i determined it was indeed the bad factory tune.
i seen nothing wrong with the car Other then a valve pan gasket leak, cracked exhaust mani and it needing the obvious motor mount.
Which in the process of replacing the gasket and motor mount today, i noticed on the bottom of one of the hard pipes there was a pretty good sized hole big enough to get 4 fingers in. (one after the fmic running to the intake).
After investigating ive come to the conclusion that the broken motor mount let the motor move enough that a bracket on the engine had rubbed a hole into it.
So i take the pipe off, weld up the hole, grind it down, and throw it back on.
And i must say, It made a night and day difference to the drivability of this car. It builds boost faster, holds it more steady, and has a lot more power....
Now i really am experiencing fuel cut. haha. So the plans for this car is a steed speed mani. fix the leaky BOV. AFR gauge and a SSAFC and a set of tires and im going to just drive it.
The msp has to be the funnest car i have ever driven.
and heres a pic.
I was in the market for a turbo 5 speed car, and i spotted this one on craigslist. After looking at it, i bought it.
After getting the car home it had the "hesitation". and after reading up i determined it was indeed the bad factory tune.
i seen nothing wrong with the car Other then a valve pan gasket leak, cracked exhaust mani and it needing the obvious motor mount.
Which in the process of replacing the gasket and motor mount today, i noticed on the bottom of one of the hard pipes there was a pretty good sized hole big enough to get 4 fingers in. (one after the fmic running to the intake).
After investigating ive come to the conclusion that the broken motor mount let the motor move enough that a bracket on the engine had rubbed a hole into it.
So i take the pipe off, weld up the hole, grind it down, and throw it back on.
And i must say, It made a night and day difference to the drivability of this car. It builds boost faster, holds it more steady, and has a lot more power....
Now i really am experiencing fuel cut. haha. So the plans for this car is a steed speed mani. fix the leaky BOV. AFR gauge and a SSAFC and a set of tires and im going to just drive it.
The msp has to be the funnest car i have ever driven.
and heres a pic.
