boosted 1.6L

[Shane5425]

Thanks MIA.

I'll be back sometime around Christmas, give or take a few weeks.

I already talked to Juan about dropping my car off when I get back. He said it was ok. I won't need my car back anytime soon since I just bought a 04 Mazda6 right before I left which will give him all the time he needs with no rush job.


I know the 1.6 can hold boost pretty good, and 20psi is about the limit. Is there anyone who makes or is willing make forged internals for it? Is it worth replacing the internals? What drivetrain upgrades are there for the tranny, bolt-on or custom? If it's possible, I want to run 12-15psi daily. Juan said he could probably get it up to 320hp on stock internals, which I think is insane.

Thanks

u can put the miata 1.6l lightweight flywheel, we really dont need forged internals, anything after 300whp on a fwd car is just crazy, you would need very sticky tires ...

 

[P2K]

u can put the miata 1.6l lightweight flywheel, we really dont need forged internals, anything after 300whp on a fwd car is just crazy, you would need very sticky tires ...

I don't want a track car or anything. I just want the power for the highway. My friends talk s*** about Proteges all the time, especially MSPs since they tend to blow when you mess with the engine even a little. Which is why you have to build them. My friends gave my car a name, The Slowtege. It's starting to piss me off so when I'm on the road I want to kick some ass, or atleast keep up. They have two 94 N/A 300zx's, a 95 Integra, and a 96 Civic.

People think my car is fast just by the way it looks and they try me everyday, I just want to prove them right. One day I counted how many people revved on me just for reference, 22. This was on a normal day. After 2F2F was even worse. Old guys in POS cars tried me and it annoyed the hell out of me. All I want to do is shut some people up about Proteges.

 

[Shane5425]

haha, so true, i had a quite a few cars rev on me, best part is they take off fast and burn out if they can, next thing u know they are gettin pulled over, as i pass i honk the horn and laugh at them..

 

[MIA protege]

i dont get revved at ... i hope to keep it that way

 

[arabamer2004]

hey wats going on guys. i herd alot of these forms from protegeclub where i orignally joined and have decided to join today, so i guess that makes me a new-bee to these forms!! anyhow i have been doing some reading and found somebody trying to modd up a 1.6l engine. i've been trying to modd up my protege lx dohc1.6L engine(yr-1999) to make it a little faster, but have no luck in finding decent engine parts. also i'm going to convert my auto drivetrain to manual and possibly swapping the engine with a speed6/miata engine?? anyhow hope you guys can give me some advice.

 

[arabamer2004]

heres some pictures of my turbo before i attached an intercooler

damm hommie sweet ass pics (first) how long did it take you to do all of that engine work/how much?? any chance you can tell me where i can get a tranny for a 1999 pro lx(dohc 1.6L)!!

 

[2000lx5spd]

hey i have a 2000 pro lx 5spd, and i was wondering how high i can boost that with stock internals

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

hey i have a 2000 pro lx 5spd, and i was wondering how high i can boost that with stock internals

skys the limit

 

[Shane5425]

hey i have a 2000 pro lx 5spd, and i was wondering how high i can boost that with stock internals

most tested was 20 psi makin about 300whp

 

[Witchdoktor]

that boost level was raised for dyno purposes
GOLDPRO runs 12 on a daily basis, how much did biknman run?

 

[Protege2K]

how much did biknman run?

He is now on forged internals if I heard correctly.

 

[2000lx5spd]

k cause i am tired of camaros showing off when i know my car has the potential to whip their asses, (mostly stock 87 rs's round here) but i just wanted to know how high to push since there are not alot of experienced tuners within a 3 hour drive of here

 

[Witchdoktor]

the only 1.6 that I heard of going boom is someone in Protege2K's hometown, he said it was a custom job that was never tuned properly

 

[Shane5425]

daily, i would say run 12 to 15psi, if i remember correctly, once ben gets ems he is crankin it up a few psi, but a boosted 1.6l will kill those Camaro RS's.. without lookin back..

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

yeah i run 12 daily, engines good for it, once i get the e-manage and tune it better ill up the boost some more and dyno it again just to see, but ill prolly stay around 12 psi, not that im scared but its seriously too much power for the car, lol it just spins, and spins, and spins, lol

 

[Protege52003]

^^^^

goldpro's boosted 1.6 is sweet......

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

He is now on forged internals if I heard correctly.

yeah i heard that rumor as well, but for the longest time he ran bone stock internals and was really pushing it he also went thru like 3 turbo setups, and just kept beating the balls off it, and it kept going.

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

^^^^

goldpro's boosted 1.6 is sweet......

thanks buddy

 

[Protege52003]

thanks buddy

n/p i am jealous!

Check out his dyno videos here. GoldPro1, 2, and 3. Wish my car was this nice.....

Enjoy.

http://new.uksiland.com/imagez/

-ryan

 

[biknman]

24psi

Hay guys,

The little Gen3 1.6 MTX is a hell of a motor and Trans. I've been beating the hell out of mine with stock engine internals. The Trans has a Quaife LSD and a Miata 1.6 ATTCO light weight flywheel. We ran a Turbonetics T4 with a teal wastage full open for a full season (24psi of boost) on a Wangermotorpsorts.net setup. The only way we safely get away running that kind of boost was with proper fuel management and probably most important methanol injection. NOTE the Protg was not street driven it was trailered to autocross event and maybe only saw 24psi one or twice per run with runs lasting under 1 minute. Also note at that time the motor and about 97K of miles on it of which about 15K of the miles where boosted. And the only problem noted was the front crank seal started leaking just a tiny bit. But that was only found after removing the crank pulleys for configuring a crank trigger for the AEM. OH the engine does a SF pulleys and cam gears. He is a pic of the latest set up:

http://http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid146/p79f46c655098df1e70be314b18a3cc7d/f6533d19.jpg


I would say with proper fuel management (bigger injectors, and reliable fuel computer), methanol injection most important that operates an a curve with a MAP sensor controlling (see SMC or Aquamist), and safe motor monitoring (EGTs below 1100 will boosted heavy load and A/F ratio of 11:1 under boost no knock allowed) and low intake temps (FMIC) on a MTX trans you could get away with 12psi but that would be the limit I would run on the street with out beefing up internals. I would feel safer with a boost controller running 8psi most of the time and only on special occasion i.e. owning a Mustang run 12psi!



This winter budget willing I plan on building a short block and a nice set of heads. The short block would be stroked to 1.8L with forged internals, compression probably around 9:1 for good of boost torque and that could handle around 18psi of boost. The heads Ill try and get as much flow out of them as I can (PnP bigger valves etc) with valve train that can support up to 8000 to 8500rpms (TI/mag retainers and such, double springs, shimless buckets, SS sodium valves, custom cams). Well probably also ditch the oil pan and convert to a dry sump to keep everything super lubed and an external electric water pump to keep the whole setup and the perfect operating temp. Remember this is a trailer race car not a street better used for hill climbs track stuff (ITE class) and an occasional autocross (EM class).

More pics check link in my signature ! I recenly add a WRX album with my 350whp 2.5l WRX Wagon.