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[murderedout]

Hey guys i recently purchased a 99 mazda protege for a daily driver, its the 1.6 with a 5 speed gear box. now i know its not going to be fast but its ungodly slow, what can i do to wake it up a bit? (intake, exhaust exc) im not looking to spend loads of money because its just a beater. but anything to gain like 15 so hp would be great. thanks in advance

 

[crashkelly]

you'll need a turbo to get any power out of that car...someone else posted a similar thread the other day because they just got a 1.6 liter.

Apparently intake and exhaust will only get you maybe 5 hp with headers maybe 10-15hp. You have to spend a lot to get a 1.6 to move at all....good luck

 

[murderedout]

you'll need a turbo to get any power out of that car...someone else posted a similar thread the other day because they just got a 1.6 liter.

Apparently intake and exhaust will only get you maybe 5 hp with headers maybe 10-15hp. You have to spend a lot to get a 1.6 to move at all....good luck

your gonna laugh but what about one of those ebay specials electric superchargers(thought)

 

[crashkelly]

your gonna laugh but what about one of those ebay specials electric superchargers(thought)

i wish i could laugh at that...dont waste your money they dont make enough psi to do do anything at all. Your better off just using the car as a beater and not messing with it. Save money for your other ride.

 

[patsfan4life]

yea those electric things would work if the fan spun fast enough, to a point it might do a TINY bit, but after a certain point the engine is in need of so much more air than that pushes that it ends up bogging it down.

 

[crashkelly]

yea those electric things would work if the fan spun fast enough, to a point it might do a TINY bit, but after a certain point the engine is in need of so much more air than that pushes that it ends up bogging it down.

all it does is block your intake...they make ones that move a lot faster and kick ass...but they call them turbos and superchargers...save up for one of those!

 

[red95_240sx]

get one of the electric ones, and mod it up. Over boost the booster???

 

[NCZ13]

just letting you know

you wont be getting 10hp out of a header.

but the car wil pull much harder in the top end =)

 

[murderedout]

get one of the electric ones, and mod it up. Over boost the booster???

haha what? how could you mod it?

 

[gone_fishin]

Your better off just using the car as a beater and not messing with it. Save money for your other ride.

Not what you're looking to hear, but it's the honest truth. Don't waste your money, dude.

 

[DeadGeneration]

Hey guys i recently purchased a 99 mazda protege for a daily driver, its the 1.6 with a 5 speed gear box. now i know its not going to be fast but its ungodly slow, what can i do to wake it up a bit? (intake, exhaust exc) im not looking to spend loads of money because its just a beater. but anything to gain like 15 so hp would be great. thanks in advance

See, with a smaller engine your modications are going to produce less results as they would on a larger engine. Take a 5 liter V8 and throw on an intake and you will get another 15hp, but on a 1.6L dinky 4 banger, you might get 2 monsterous horses.

 

[red95_240sx]

or in this case, a diff engine tone, and a relocated powerband.

oh about modding the electric turbo, i really dont no. i guess you could over power it from the car battery or something.

 

[red95_240sx]

but then it wud always be blowing....

 

[murderedout]

i might just take out the resonator and throw on a better muffler and call it a day

 

[red95_240sx]

Nos

 

[00protegeracer]

will taking out the resonator do anything power wise or will it just make it louder? i seen this electric supercharger that says its legit, are what they advertising true?? http://electricsupercharger.com/

 

[protege06]

i guess , im wasting my time, but i feel gains with my cai and exhaust, n my power band kicks harder now but idk.....
hmmm shoots den bullehs im outs rajah dat

 

[mazpro]

you will get a couple of horses out of the intake header and exhaust, but they will mostly change the power band so it makes it "feel" like you got more power.

I hate to agree with gone_fishin, but it is not worth it unless you go turbo.

 

[NCZ13]

+1 on change in power band.

the most youll see is 7-10hp from I/h/e

 

[00protegeracer]

how about with cam gears and pulleys (havent found any cams for the 1.6)