Anybody know this MP3?

KrayzieFox

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01 MP3 Turbo
I just purchased this MP3 from Floyd, VA and drove it back to my home in Iowa yesterday. Does anyone remember seeing it on the forums before? It has a monster tach on the a-pillar, all sorts of interior lighting, and tons of fake eBay CF interior pieces.

I wouldn't mind trying to get some history of this car so I can find out more about what has and hasn't been done to it.
 

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Looks to me like some killed another MP3, krayziefox I'm counting on you to bring this car back to life.
 
wooof, that interior "rope" lighting is rough....help this car out!!!

Why does a car of this level need a 2nd tach? I never got that....
 
Ya plz get rid of those altezzas and whatever orange wiring/lighting on the interior ASAP. Looks like it has a decent exhaust tho? Unless its just a muffler attached to the racing beat... And are those 18's? Makes baby jesus very sad.

And why does it have a monster tach? The Regular tach didn't get the job done apparently? Maybe it was too far away to look from the road while he was driftin his s*** y0!
 
you keeping the turbomatic??
Nope.. turbo is going on the MP3, P5 is getting sold to cover MP3 costs :(
Looks to me like some killed another MP3, krayziefox I'm counting on you to bring this car back to life.
Oh yeah, it's happening. I'm more active on TMF, there's a big ol' thread about it over there if you're a member.
wooof, that interior "rope" lighting is rough....help this car out!!!

Why does a car of this level need a 2nd tach? I never got that....
+1, help is on the way :)

Tach is already removed and I'm working on ripping out all that interior lighting crap too. I'm taking my time though so I don't rip out any wires that I need.
damn car looks HOT!! id redo regular maintenance just incase
That's scheduled for tomorrow. New oil, filter, coolant, gear oil, and plugs.
Ya plz get rid of those altezzas and whatever orange wiring/lighting on the interior ASAP. Looks like it has a decent exhaust tho? Unless its just a muffler attached to the racing beat... And are those 18's? Makes baby jesus very sad.

And why does it have a monster tach? The Regular tach didn't get the job done apparently? Maybe it was too far away to look from the road while he was driftin his s*** y0!
Altezzas are out, stock ones are in (pics later) and tach is out too. No idea on why it was ever there in the first place. The shift light would be a good guess but it didn't even work.. so I dunno.

As for the exhaust, the muffler is a Magnaflow and actually sounds pretty nice. I don't know about the rest, haven't had the chance to get under it yet. And the wheels are 18's with 215/35 tires.. (freak)
Happen to know the production number? If not call Mazda NA and get it.

he might be in here:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31432&page=13
I tried that already.. they wouldn't give it to me. Well, lemme rephrase, they said it didn't have one. "Regular" Proteges didn't have production numbers, only MSPs did. I tried doing that before I bought the car so I could look it up in the Production number sticky, but countless reps kept giving me the same answer so I gave up on finding it out..
 
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Yep, sure did.. they didn't comprehend. They only knew of the MSP, MP3 meant nothing to them.

On the other hand, here are some new pics. Tach is out and stock tails are in, but I need a new a-pillar. Anyone have one?
 

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Not a very clean install on the tach huh? Lol looks like he made the hole with a pair of safety scissors.

O and it already looks 10x better with the OEM tails!
 
You mean all that yellow piping actually lights up? Holy crap that's even more rice then I thought!
 
yeah that stuff got big a few years ago...its basically a tiny tope light lol
 
whats the mileage on it?
68,000 .. pretty much the reason I bought the car in all honesty. Super low miles for 01.

Although this car has been riced to hell and back, the engine, clutch, tranny, and body (minus faded Mazda pain fail) are in excellent shape. The 2nd O2 sensor is dead, but that's kinda common so I'm getting the infamous p0031 CEL because of it.
nice car man.
Thanks dude :)

How's that VIS CF hood I sold you treating you? You still got it?
 
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