MSP getting some more upgrades!!!

[505zoom]

Haha it took me a minute... thinking, WOW an Injen license plate frame. Then I noticed the CF... I'm a little slow. Looks good, where did you get it from?

Yea, hehe, it blends in pretty well... on any other color of car it would be jumping out at you. It's a DGM part, you can get them from a lot of places.

looking good man, wish that I had gotten in on that GB for the hoses now

Thanks man... I remember someone saying that the GB kit didn't fit on their MSP, but it worked fine for me. The small hose replaces a lot of the 1/8" hose in the engine bay, and the other stuff worked good for my DSBC and hood prop. You just need to get a little creative and throw the instructions away, lol.

 

[tekkie]

you know those samco rad hoses would like awesome with all of the others join up we are still missing some people http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1108501#post1108501

 

[505zoom]

Haha, I am putting those on with the new radiator, but I need them before that GB will be shipping. Wish I could wait, that is a great deal.

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Have you run it at the dragstrip yet?

 

[505zoom]

haha, nope... Like I keep telling you man, I live at 7200ft and the track sucks up here. Using standard NHRA conversion factors, I am running 13.8 @ 104 on my accelerometer. That is at 10psi.

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Thats pretty good with stock tires....I ran a best of 14.04 @ 102 with stockies.

 

[505zoom]

Thats pretty good with stock tires....I ran a best of 14.04 @ 102 with stockies.

How much boost though?(poke)

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

why y gotta go there? lol. Just because I got da skills to run 12-13psi. (and a spare motor in the garage).

 

[505zoom]

why y gotta go there? lol. Just because I got da skills to run 12-13psi. (and a spare motor in the garage).

hahaha

 

[505zoom]

Ok, so why would a Mazda tech put 70% antifreeze in my car?

I took my car in for some rear bushings, and had them go ahead and change the oil for me and chem flush the radiator. This was about a month ago, and since then I have overheated to the point of boiling the coolant 4 times. I checked the coolant today, and was pretty surprised to see that they had put in so much antifreeze. I drained about half of it, and then topped it off with water and a full bottle of Purple Ice. It is raining here now and pretty cool so I won't be able to test it today, but I am confident that I will not have any overheating problems anymore.

 

[505zoom]

Just got started with the grill painting project, I am waiting for the second coat to dry. I will have the hood vents and upper grill painted black and back on the car late tonight, and then I will do the lower grill tomorrow. I'll post some pics here shortly.

 

[speedhawaii]

stelthy

 

[505zoom]

stelthy

Oh just wait and see when I post the pics, I have a little idea that will finish off the job.

 

[speedhawaii]

aww dude...we all shall drool later

 

[505zoom]

The epoxy is drying, so I won't be putting the grill back on the car tonight. I put the hood vents back on, but the pics look stupid because it was raining while I was painting in the garage so the car got filthy, and the flash just kind of ruins how they look.

So more pics tomorrow evening when I finish up.

 

[speedhawaii]

looks good so far

 

[505zoom]

The flash makes it look more silver than it is, so I will post some more pics in the daylight tomorrow. I used a metallic flake paint that looks kind of similar to the black mica.

 

[505zoom]

Here are the daylight pics, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out:

I also got my connecting rods from Mental:

 

[speedhawaii]

(humpleg)

 

[tekkie]

(cool) looks great man, love the grills and hood, and ohhhhh that box, can words even describe how amazing that is going to be