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I'm pretty good at driving in poor weather conditions, so I can make do with any drivetrain. I would often keep my old Suzuki in just 2WD mode during winter conditions, but mostly because you would lose like 90% of your power lol! But I must say, the thought of driving an MR2 in the winter...

Sweet garage space! All the room in the world to lose some 10 and 12 sockets in lol Do you think you'll ever have to build a mezzanine? Shoot, I probably would just because that would be a cool feature. You could hang a light from the underside of it for better visibility of your engine bay, or...

The Search Well guys, I'm really not sure what to post in my build thread anymore. By the nature of me looking for a new car, I'm done modifying the P5. If I can sell it without dumping even more money into fixing it, which is a possibility presented since I have a fellow enthusiast looking at...

Indeed. It's the "cutting losses" part that's making me kick myself for lol. That's...lots of money I dumped into the thing. Well, money comes and goes, so the least I can do is focus on the future. Unfortunately for me, I live in a region where the Subaru Impreza Outback/Legacy Outback were...

s***, whatever electrical problem I'm having went far south today! It was still cranking somewhat slowly, but I could start it fine. I managed to drive it to a welding shop to get a quote and inspection for replacing my rear subframe weldnuts. Since then, the cranking got slower and slower...

Well, here's hoping there's some car left to work on! Today, my car was really having a hard time starting, and again was turning slowly. It eventually got so slow and useless that I had to roll start. If the new starter goes out, I'm going to eat my underwear out of rage lol! Well, time to...

If you're on 16" wheels, you could probably bring the profile down to 45 or 50 for some additional lowering. That's for the next set of tires, though :^) Everything's looking good!

Don't have any doubts about what you accomplished! Between the bodywork on your car after the guardrail incident, interior cleaning, dropping in the header, and that other lines/wiring bit of work you had, I'd say you've done a lot. Just like you though, I got a lot on my plate, and hopefully...

Oh, I forgot to mention, I also saw this while browsing Rockauto: Not bad. I believe it was 34 bucks or so, under Interior and Gauge Panel.

New Noise, New Damage, New Parts Soon Sheesh, this car sure is falling apart on me, isn't it? I heard a new, much more accented squeak from the front passenger-side strut(?). If I press down on the quarter panels of the car as if inspecting the dampers and springs, I hear some strange noise at...

I believe it's 16 pounds, but there's some contrasting info on its weight. Some folks in older forum posts say it's 14 pounds. Either way, I'm choosing it over other options such as the Fidanza (7.5lb or so) since the P5's still a daily driver. As much as I love heel-toeing and rev matching...

Mazdaspeed's Chromoly flywheel is different from the OEM flywheel found in all Proteges. It's a performance part made to order, kind of like how you can buy special performance parts from MOPAR. To my knowledge, the chromoly lightweight flywheel may have been an option in Japan, but not here...

Good news: My new Energy Suspension bushings + brackets came in! Just about ready to re-do the rear sway bar for the third or fourth time. Bad news: I couldn't race today, because the other P5 guy who was going to share his ek hatch with me wrecked it Friday! Shoot. Well, since he's pretty...

Lookey what arrived today! A little while back I bought some of those CR3 relocation brackets, and they've arrived! Nicely powder-coated, too. I'm going to buy some new Energy Suspension bushings + brackets soon. Might sell my old (now pre-bent lol) brackets to anyone that wants them. They'll...

Did some research on replacing the clutch master cylinder...looks like a PITA. One of those hand-contorting jobs, you know? Lol oh well. Gotta double-check Rockauto again, but replacing the clutch slave/master cylinders thankfully doesn't seem too expensive. Once that's done, I gotta wait for...

Hot damn, those Coilovers are going to be sweet! Negating the excessive dipping and bobbing makes for a more efficient corner-carver. Getcha some high performance tires too!

Oh yeah, pressing on the speedo gear really is the only solution. Major PITA of a job, and honestly, influenced my decision to not bother with a MSP transmission for the time being. Instead, I decided to mostly focus on these ABS speed sensors. If I can find a way to get speed readings without...

Oh yeah, ultimately, putting in the speedo gear in a mazdaspeed transmission is ultimately the only way to get speed readings on a non-abs car. Gotta get it machined on the LSD, unless you get an aftermarket LSD with the gear option. I'm still looking into bypassing a complete ABS ECU/ABS...

Hello guys, Lately, I've been looking into some wiring and set-up differences between a Protege5's open differenatial speedometer-gear transmission and a Mazdaspeed Protege's LSD ABS speed-sensor transmission. Ultimately, I'm trying to see if it's possible to retain the speedometer's...

Thanks guys for this discussion on transmission oil! Glad to know there are a few different selections available to me. I think I may try that Redline MT-90 stuff, only because I've heard a handful of people mention it positively on this forum. Not a dumb question at all; I haven't checked in...