Funkalicious21's Protege5 Build/Progress Thread~!



Unfortunately the battery on my DSLR died. These clips i took earlier tonight were taken on my iphone. The sound quality isn't all that great and i personally think that it doesn't give the true presentation of the car.


I promise to present you with what i got so here it is.
 
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HahaHa... I'm glad to hear that you guys are excited for me. =D

I have a questions for you guys though. ^^do you guys have problems with the master cylinder before? I've been trying to bleed my clutch for says ad then I took all the lines apart and I found out that master was all jammed up. I try to vac it out with a bleeder and I get nothing with both pedal up and down. So tell me if you had or heard o this problem before. Possible solutions? I'm going to pick up a different master if anything.
 
Get those brakes on yet? I just so happened to pick me up a set of speed6 calipers and ill be switching over to them. :) woot! just want to see what they look like on your car. :)
 
So for updates. Couple of days ago i was able to put in all the interior in and placed a order for a new clutch master cylinder and hopefully that solves the problem of me not getting pressure for the clutch. (piston died?) Ill be taking some photos on the progress of the beast.

Oh and also im in the process of putting in the Racing Beat Sway bar w/ adjustable AWR Links and the KMR Rear V-Brace. Its coming together nicely.

Sadly while i was putting the middle part of the V brace i was under the car and while wrenching the socket wrench slipped from my hand and fell on my face. GG right? Left a gash in between my two eye brows. It hurt but i didnt think it was that bad. I brushed off the pain and then later my buddy comes and sees me with a pool of blood in between both eyes and upper nose. I didn't notice it since i was too carried away with wrenching on the baby. haha Hopefully that story entertained ya.
 
was thinking about it but right now that's one of the last things on my mind. Next purchase has to be either toward the pope's down pipe or n2ka's suspension kit.
 
Sorry about not updating the thread. I haven't had internet for the past couple of weeks and that's why I've been very inactive. I didn't happen to get on a few times through my Iphone though, but was not able to post photos.

I GOT TO DRIVE THE CAR!

The Pros: The car totally feels like a whole new car! The ride is solid. It feels great to drive the car with a MANUAL transmission! The TWN short shifter feels amazing! Very smooth transitions through each gear.

The Cons: The turbo is only boosting half way! it'll start to pull and stop half way! Killer! I'm still in the process of investigating the problem. I have a bit of a idle surge XD! (i believe it's the idle control went bad and also the a bad MAF (already changed). ) My cluster is not working, but i'm currently working on that by installing the ABS system. Sadly that pushed me back quite a bit. And lastly my fans aren't turning on. I have yet to hear them turn on.

Here's a update on the current photo of the engine bay.
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I got the whole Mazdaspeed interior swapped inside. Looks great! (front/rear seats, MSP shift knob, MSP cluster, all pedals w/ sparco covers and Mazdaspeed floor mats)
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Update of what the current underside looks like. Installed the rear Racing Beat Sway bar with upgraded urethane bushings and AWR adjustable rear endlinks, KMR Rear V-Brace and with the lateral arms.
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Pictures of the old knuckles. Since the cluster doesn't work and the problem is linked to me not having ABS. I had to take off the whole ABS system from the MSP and swap it over. (the whole system would include the whole ABS device, the front sensors and also the MSP knuckles because my P5 knuckles don't have the holes for the sensors.
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MSP knuckle installed and showing the holes needed for the sensors.
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Last,but not least. The official badge of the production badge from BadBander's MSP. I wanted to take the badge and add it to my P5 and show BadBander's legacy will always live on! Hopefully you'll see this Raj! haha
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awesome man!!! you are throwin this thing together, should be runnin problem free soon. for a while at least, lol my bro had the same prob with his fans, ill see if he can maybe help you find the problem.
 

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