snowman4us
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hit 120 today and still had a little to go...but i backed of sense i dont want to get arested for going over 100MPH.
im also stock
im also stock
how fast is the p5 suposed to go?
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SeminoleMan
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- '03.5 Sunlight Silver P5
As I stated before....there is no "fuel cutoff" for these cars. It's amusing to hear some people say the same ignorant s***. I say ignorant only cause you just don't know better.
http://www.protege5.com/vbb225/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23284
Look 136 in a 130HP car? Complete BS!!
http://www.protege5.com/vbb225/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23284
Look 136 in a 130HP car? Complete BS!!
yea i argued the point before about the fuel shut off..because my 93 LX 626 had one..its the same 2.0L motor so assumed the protege had one too...BUT..after talking to mazdausa countless times and after SeminoleMan flamed me up and down..he was right..I've had my car to 130 before..put I highly doubt a P5 will...end of story
flat_black
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I've been up to 135 on my commute to work. Once. And only once. Ever. =) I just don't want to get stopped by police, then try and explain 'Well, the asshole in the Explorer in front of me flicked a butt out his window and it hit me in the arm, so I tried to pass him... And he tried to race me... So, uhh... I kept... Going... And... Well... Uhh... Yeah. Okay, sooooooo, see you in court, eh?'
wait..your going that fast with your window down? uh huh...the only way I've been able to quickly get to high speed is rolling up all the windows tight..turning the heat on to 0 and put it on at the floor..so all the hot air blows into the floor instead of back of out my intake..that seems to really help getting to high speed..
SeminoleMan
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I'm not trying to flame anyone...just want everyone to be well informed. 
flat_black
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I couldn't exceed about 110 with the window down, but I rolled it up after getting hit. In case you were wondering. =)
driving_bear3
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in australia i have a pretty much standard protege 1.8 and ihave had it at 205km/h with no wind and the standard 1.8 does the 1/4 mile quicker than the 2.0. 1.8 is quicker over the 1/4 by 0.5-1 sec
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alexlitov said:
Where did you see this? according to the brochure and website...
P5...2714lbs
Sedan ES...2668lbs (I think, I know it was 2600 something)
MSP...2800+lbs
There is a number of flawed replies in this thread...
First of all on the first page someone said something about "drag Limited"...and that it had to do with engine ouput, not air resistance...Drag Limiting always has to do with engine ouput...If you increase the output of the said engine, the drag limitation happens at a higher speed...Drag Limited refers to the condition when engine output is not enough to overcome the air resistance caused by the vehicle...It has everything to do with the shape and coeficiant of drag of the vehicle and the engine's output...
P5 and 2.0L dyno comparisons are worthless...There is no where near enough evidence to conclude that a sedan makes more power than a P5...P5's sometimes dyno on a dynojet at over 104whp stock...I never saw a sedan get that much...but that is irrelavant, evey engine makes different output numbers and every different dyno can make slightly different numbers than another (despite being of the same variety...i.e. dynojet, Mustang dyno etc.)...130bhp provided by Mazda is simply an average...some make more and some make less..
Also we cannot completely throw away the claims of being limited at 132mph...To my understanding the ECU is capable of shifting the rev limiter via input of load...I know for a fact that the limiter in first gear is higher than that of 2nd gear...or that the tach becomes completely flawed between those two gears (I can pull almost 7100rpm in first before nailing the limiter, and barely creep over 6750rpm in second before it kicks on...again I don't know if those numbers are wrong because I don't know the accuracy of the tach...)
But anyway being limited at 132mph sounds plausible...That is right around 6000rpm, which is right when the power curve of a stock FS bites it...at those levels of load accompanied with the horrible breathing of the FS at higher rpms, it would make sense for the 5th gear limiter to kick in about then...Way too many people are claiming the same thing for this to be looked at as 100% wrong...I have never reached those speeds in my P5...But I haven't found to many people that got above 130mph on a stock ECU'd protege that didn't claim that the limiter kicks in at a lower rpm than other gears...
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Also the claims of 1.8L proteges being faster than stock 2.0L proteges is accurate more or less...but take it with a grain of salt...to put it simply the 1.8L is happier at higher revs than the 2.0L in stock form...
the 1.8L breathes better and has a better high end power band, so 0-whatever mph numbers are better than that of its 2.0L brothers...but they are not better at street starts or moving starts...as well as top gear acceleration from 30-50 or 50-70mph because of the lower torque output...
the 1.8L breathes better and has a better high end power band, so 0-whatever mph numbers are better than that of its 2.0L brothers...but they are not better at street starts or moving starts...as well as top gear acceleration from 30-50 or 50-70mph because of the lower torque output...
you just ran out of room on paradise to run any faster. between phoenix and tucson, i was able to hit 115. it's about 80 miles of STRAIGHT. it took forever, sure... but i backed off before the car topped off. i easily hit 100 when i'm already going 80. clay saw me do it! i was right behind him.
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