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I've bought and sold quite a few vehicles from private owners. I know the feeling. I also like to keep myself almost 100% available when selling a vehicle because I know how difficult some private sellers can be. One thing I make sure I always do that I see almost no seller do is remove the...

Drive up to PA and I can sell you a nice well maintained WWP Mazdaspeed6.

Interested in the modified Injen, any more pics/details?

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but your best friend obviously doesn't have any knowledge of the workings of a turbocharged engine and blew it up due to ignorance.

It blew because they were driving it and hitting fuel cut, if they drove it normal and kept it out of boost they wouldn't have blown it. Knowing how dealerships work they let some low wage lot kid drive it and he couldn't resist seeing "what this things packing".

They replaced the turbo and probably forgot to hook up the pressure line to the wastgate. Instead of properly diagnosing it, they beat it around hitting fuel cut and popped the motor. Sounds like they are 100% responsible for replacing that engine.

I've ran one before. It uses a 1" hose vs. 3/4" for the stock Denso unit. If you upgrade the whole system to 1" you will get rid of the turkey completely.

Bosch Bypass valves off of Saab's, Volvo's and Vw's work well.

Looks like a piece of a foreign object was in the bell housing and got tossed around and eventually broke free. Not really a big issue as there's no oil in that part of the trans.

Building your own MS is one of the best things you can do, it forces you to understand what you are doing and what every components purpose is. If you but one pre-built for another application you are still going to have to remove the mods that might have been done to work in that application...

Good to know. I lowered my subframe to replace front sway bar bushings, the bolts came out good but I might have overtightened the one too much and broke the welds on the nut because the bolt will keep spinning. When I have to replace a control arm I'll have to go in through the floor.

I'm interested to see what you come up with to deal with this. You may be able to access the nut by cutting a small hole through the floor under the dash also.

Yes, cold idle issues and cold throttle response is a common issue until then engine warms up.

I've always run 195/60R15 for winter with no issue. They are dirt cheap. 205/55r15 are not very common anymore and you will pay a premium for them.

My Blazing Yellow MSP #249 has come out of the garage and back into daily driver status after being parked for a year. Full overhaul has been done. 4 brand new factory style motor mounts installed (Because I'm old and want a nice comfortable drive without rattling my teeth out when idling at a...

I would remove it and install a manual trans front mount. They are more rigid.

MSP's don't have it, The only protege I ever saw it on was an automatic P5 that I had a few years back.

Best to have a parts car that is a manual at your disposal. The big parts you will need are transmission, Engine wiring harness, ecu, pedal assemblies and axles. I had all the parts to swap my protege 5 but sold the car before I did the swap. I still have everything except for the transmission...

how about the large brake booster vacuum line?

Forged crank or cast crank... It doesn't matter unless you are shooting for big power. If it's a stock rebuild you are going to throw a rod before the crank breaks.