damn wheel hop!

[69RMSP]

Don't launch your car, you'll break your diff.

 

[Jboost]

Don't launch your car, you'll break your diff.

exactly what i was thinking

 

[probin94]

i was thinking.......way to bump a not quite 4 year old thread....lol. almost 4 years old though.

blast from the past baby.


james

 

[Rich2112]

Don't launch your car, you'll break your diff.

????

Launch your car? What does that mean?

 

[69RMSP]

Releasing the clutch while in first in higher rpms

????

Launch your car? What does that mean?

 

[Rich2112]

Releasing the clutch while in first in higher rpms

OK. Thanks. Well, I don't have a clutch, unfortunately. I assume that means I don't have to worry.

 

[69RMSP]

heh... I'm pretty sure you do bud

OK. Thanks. Well, I don't have a clutch, unfortunately. I assume that means I don't have to worry.

 

[Rich2112]

heh... I'm pretty sure you do bud

Hmmm...well another day I learned something. So a sway bar is not a good thing? Or are you saying it I need a special one?

 

[69RMSP]

What in gods name are you talking about? I just warned you to not launch your car because the LSD is not strong.

Hmmm...well another day I learned something. So a sway bar is not a good thing? Or are you saying it I need a special one?

 

[kamon8404]

Well in order for you to have a front sway bar, you have to have a mazdaspeed protege. Front sway bars are good, they improve handling. If you have an MSP then you have a clutch because it is a manual car.

 

[fr0st]

Well in order for you to have a front sway bar, you have to have a mazdaspeed protege. Front sway bars are good, they improve handling. If you have an MSP then you have a clutch because it is a manual car.

uuuh, dont the conevtionnal prot have sway bars in front? i think they do??

 

[kamon8404]

I think they have strut bars but not sways. As in the MSP has racing beat sways.

 

[shane02pro5]

All have front and rear sways and front strutbar!

All cars that I know of have front and rear sways even minivans! Strutbars not all!

 

[Velocifero]

Shane is right on this guys. MSPs have thicker sway bars, but nearly every car ever made has some type of front and rear sway bar.

 

[fr0st]

yeah i thought so coze my Gf's ex 99 prot had some.. and it was a DX 1.6 of course they were smaller but it still had a good handling

my 91 civic hatch CX( as cheap as they get) didn't have a front sway..dunno if the previous owner took it off or maybe it didin't come with it

 

[Rich2112]

Well in order for you to have a front sway bar, you have to have a mazdaspeed protege. Front sway bars are good, they improve handling. If you have an MSP then you have a clutch because it is a manual car.

I have an automatic. A manual would be nice though because they are fun to drive. But, back to topic, sort of, I couldn't tell you what type of Protege 5 I have. All I know is that I love it. I rarely punch it from a dead stop. When I bought it, the dealer said that is the quickest way to get it back in the shop. When my son started driving it about 4 months ago, I noticed the front end problems appearing. Since replacing the sway bar, no more front end racket over bumps.

 

[kamon8404]

Well I stand corrected.

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Grab the front and rear mounts and the Pedder's poly control arm bushings. That'll kill all wheel hop.

 

[ViDeo^_^kiD]

Or try this.

http://www.rr-racing.com/engine-mounts.htm

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Or try this.

http://www.rr-racing.com/engine-mounts.htm

I don't find the inserts to be as effective as the full mounts.