NA Cars and People

[LordWorm]

Heres where you can post some details about who you are and what you drive. I know there was already a thread about this but it had a lot of old info, and people who have moved on.

Please try and limit comments etc, and edit your post if you change something along the way - just keeps it manageable. If you want a discussion thread about your ride, post a new topic

I'll start:

Name: Greg Skerman
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Occupation: Full time banker - work for one of Australia's largest financial institutions, paying commission to financial planners and advisers.
Car: 2002 Mazda 323 SP20 Protege (sedan - MP3 in the states would be the closest match!)
Other projects: Starting work on a dedicated drag car - 800hp turbo charged methanol burning monster
Other stuff:
Have owned the car for almost 2 years now, and have become a keen drag racer in the local scene. I've done minimal mods, and have seen the car into the low 15s. Plans are to get it well and truely into 14s and rebuild the engine for some big NA number Details to follow.

 

[djarkitek]

Name: Angel
Location: OKC,OK,USA
Occupation: Student,resturant
Car: 2003 Mazda Protege ES
Other projects: Trying to help everyone else with their cars along with mine...
Other stuff: TOONS

 

[FunkyBuddha]

name: Glen
Location: Canada
Car: 2003 Protege5 - 2003.5 in the USA
Other projects: saving for mortgage
Other Stuff: photography

 

[speed5hornet]

name: Tyler bakic
location: waukesha, wi
ride: 03' yellow p5
OBX header, INJEN cold air intake, SLS front motor mount, MAZDASPEED exhaust, MAZDASPEED/custom cams on there way!
job: service tech at AT&T
other: currently searching for a mazdaspeed protege that i can call my own!

 

[NCZ13]

Name: Nick Caputo
Location: San Marcos, CA
Occupation: Bubble tea drink maker person dude, and student at CSUSM
Car: 2002.5 sunlight silver protege5
Mods: Ebay CAI w/ K&N filter, Racing Beat catback, Kartboy Shortshifter and bushing, Greddy counterweight knob, AWR front mount.
Soon to come: OBX header, tinted tailights, blacked out headlights, Tokico suspension set.
Other projects: my friend and i are planning on doing a ek hatch build when we have the money
Other stuff:
that same friend and i have started a detail business. cant wait to get my porter cable. polishing would go by so much faster

 

[kura808]

Name: Travis
Location: Honolulu, HI
Occupation: Inside Member Services in a Pro Shop
Car: 2002.5 White Protege5
Other projects: still learning about my p5 and currentlylooking for a rx-7(FC) in the future xD
Other stuff: student in HPU nursing program..starting as of fall '07 haha

 

[lowandslow]

 

[ctt 1982]

Name: Craig Tobler
Location: Edmonton, AB
Occupation: dirty ol' trucker
Car: Mid Blue 2002 Protege5
N/A Mods: OBX 4-1 header, Cold air intake, Catless midpipe, RB catback, 8lb spec flywheel, Unorthodox UDP, Welded MSP LSD, Microtech LT-10S, J&S safeguard, AEM wideband
Other Projects: the only other project i can afford is a 86 chevette rallyX/ ice racer
Other Stuff: i go to as many autox's as i can and have started getting into lapping days. my 2 other passions besides cars would be women and music.

 

[CantCMe]

Name: Ike Magnifico
Location: Capitol Heights, Md
Occupation: Xerox Tech
Car: '02 Mazda Protege ES
Mods: AEM Short Ram Intake, Tokico Blues, Hi-Flo Cat, Magnaflow Exhaust, B&M Short Shifter, 18" ADR M-Sports, 215/35/18's, P5 Bumper, Kenwood Excelon Head Unit, MB Quart Reference Component Speakers F&R, MTX MXA8001D Mono amp, MXA6004 4 channel, JL W3 (2) subs.
Other Projects: msp turbo kit and side skirts (waiting to be installed), becoming debt free.

 

[NeilBey]

Name: Neil
Location: Asheville, NC (nobody on this forum is anywhere near me)
Occupation: Server - whilst I get my brokers liscence
Car: '02 Mazda Protege LX
Mods: Custom cold air intake, Blaupunkt Head Unit, Pioneer Speakers.
Other Mods (in the works): Ractive header, Mazdaspeed axleback, high-flow cat, VCTS removal in the air intake manifold.

 

[Protegebuddy]

Name: Brandon
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN
Occupation: Automotive Mechanic
Car: 02 Mazda Protege ES
Mods: Aem intake W/ HKS Air Filter, OBX header, Corksport exhaust, VTCS butterflies removed
Other Projects: 91 Fc3s (rx7) , 79 Husrt/Olds, My dads new baby: 70 Nova SS

 

[Tom03es]

Name: Tom (who'da guessed that?)
Location: Denver metro, Colorado
Occupation: systems engineer
Car: 2003 Mazda Protege ES with sport shift auto
Mods: SRI w/ K&N cone filter, MSP struts and springs, Racing Beat rear sway bar + AXR Clunk Fix, MSP STB, tinted windows, shaved side mouldings, OBX header, AWR 88 durometer front mount and side mount inserts, MSP taillights, UR underdrive pulley, Racing Beat CBE, 17x7"" Enkei RSV wheels with 215/45-17 General Exclaim tires, DaveB gauge rings, EBC Greenstuff pads
Other projects: tranny cooler, remove VTCS and more to come.
Other stuff: used to be big into autox and track days with my 1992 Saturn SC. I would like to get back into that again on some level.

 

[zoomin MP3]

Name: Jarrod
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation: Mechanic
Car: Protege MP3 #683
Other projects: Always improving my house
Other stuff: Will stay NA for now, but will prob go supercharged in the future.

 

[niky]

Name: Niky Tamayo
Location: Laguna, Philippines
Occupation: School Administration, part-time auto-journalist (yes, amateur hack)
Car: 2004 Ford Lynx RS (MP3/ES equivalent, 142 hp Asian spec engine... of course, that number's probably a damn lie)
Mods: Thunder headers (crap), custom 2.375 - 2.5 midpipe, resonator and muffler, ROTA GT3s 16x7, Advan Neova AD07s, 2nd gen Unichip (still in testing)
Other projects: Starting an internet Magazine. Trying to make money for mods.
Other stuff: Avid GT4 racer, waiting for GT5 before buying a third gen console. Into Photochoppery, writing and halfway through an MBA.

 

[Donas64]

Name: Dammy
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Car: 2002 Mazda Protege5
Other projects: Building a Bionicle as we speak
Other stuff:
My wifes next car will be a current gen mazda6, my next car will be a pontiac G8 GT. I like photography, graphic design, anime, other stuff.

 

[PROTEGE00LX1.8L]

Name: Viet Phan
Location: Mississauga,ONT,Canada
Occupation: Full time Estimator
Car: 2000 Protege LX 1.8L
Other projects: projectors headlights,start on NA build
Other stuff:...

 

[sprinter119]

Name: Chris M
Location: Norfolk, VA
Occupation: United States Coast Guard
Car: 2003 P5
Mods: Obx header, Lightweight ALT, WP, and PS pulley, Ebay SRI, Mazdaspeed axleback, 18inch black rims, black headlights, black fog lights, custom tails, carbon fiber side mirros, valance and hatch cover.
Other Stuff: School and working all i do

 

[marcs_sp20]

Name: Marc Greinke (marcs_sp20 on astina gt.com)
Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Loan Services Officer for Bendigo Bank
Car: 2002 Mazda 323 SP20 Astina (P5 wagon for the US boys )
Other projects: The missus Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 copy
Other stuff: Mods for the astina are my major concern at the moment, I really want another Gemini (Opel Chevelle) so I can start on that...

OH btw greg, cant logon to agt here at work, so this is the next best thing

Marc

 

[LordWorm]

OH btw greg, cant logon to agt here at work, so this is the next best thing

Ahhh good to know

this place is more technically oriented than AGT - you'll find more about what you need to know here than over there, especially on the BJ series cars....

 

[jimmysuite]

Name: James
Location: Fond du Lac, WI
Occupation: Product Development Engineer
Car: 2003 Mazda Protege5
Other projects: Avid road/mountain biker
Other stuff: Mods in sig. Cant wait for the car to be put back together.. wish I would have taken pics along the way for a build thread.