New to the MP3 family

[lanceam24]

Wassup everybody? I have been a member of this forum for a while now because of my 96 protege lx. Sunday, I rode to Alabama and bought a turbo MP3 from a fellow member. I will post some pics tomorrow when the sun comes out. This is my first turbo car and I want to treat it right. Anybody got anything as far as special maintanance or anything?

 

[stdntDrvr]

CHANGE YOUR OIL REGULARLY. that's the best advice I can give you.

 

[lanceam24]

shoot i kno. i plan on changing it religiously with mobile 1, although i want to do all the right things so it might be royal purple

 

[CulRidr]

Welcome!
Which member did you buy it from?

 

[lanceam24]

say uncl, and he got it from someone on club protege. so far, its a BLAST. thats why im trying to keep it in tip top shape

 

[323]

welcome. pix!!!

 

[MSP2024]

welcome to the forums, lets see some pics

 

[avarela86]

I wonder what setup you are running.

 

[tprouty]

(pics)

 

[avarela86]

Yeah time for pictures man! The suspense is killing me.

 

[lanceam24]

The moment you've all been waiting for...

i have a mini shoot tonite in a parking garage, i should have more later

this is what it is taking the place of:

 

[lanceam24]

forgot the most important one

 

[stdntDrvr]

damn, i miss my mp3...the car look nice!

 

[MikeLikesMazda]

noice! love the wheels

 

[lanceam24]

so yall think i made a good purchase huh? lol the calipers will be painted in the near future, and the bugs will b off of the intercooler, and some window tint

 

[NOTSPCY]

car looks hott good purchase .. how much did you pay for it

 

[avarela86]

How about a shot of the WHOLE engine bay. So we know what setup? Dude +1 I LOVE the yellow MP3s. Congrats, how many pounds is it running and what type of tuning you got? Make sure you don't have the stock MP3 ECU cause the timing on it is too WICKED for turbo.

 

[MAZDA_SPEED]

i like your car avarela..sick....

 

[lanceam24]

sorry, no while engine bay pics until i can clean it up a bit. as far as set-up goes: spool ITS turbo kit, sard blow-off valve, turbonetics wastegate, garrett super 60 turbo, custom FMIC, Vortech 10:1 FMU, its at 6 psi and i plan to keep it there for a while. avarela, expect to be hearing from me a lot because im new to this lol. how long have u been boosting? whats ur set-up like?

 

[avarela86]

i like your car avarela..sick....

Thanks man, much appreciated.

sorry, no while engine bay pics until i can clean it up a bit. as far as set-up goes: spool ITS turbo kit, sard blow-off valve, turbonetics wastegate, garrett super 60 turbo, custom FMIC, Vortech 10:1 FMU, its at 6 psi and i plan to keep it there for a while. avarela, expect to be hearing from me a lot because im new to this lol. how long have u been boosting? whats ur set-up like?

Sweet...Spool tubular manifold? Super 60 is that a t2 or t3? I assume T3 since weren't all the Spool manifolds made for T3 setup. Also you are located in what state? Noticed you got a Dynamic Turbo coupler meaning it's been in Florida at some point.

My FIRST and probably everyone's first piece of advice is INVEST in a wideband sensor. Something digital AEM is what I have. Worth EVERY penny and most important gauge to have in a boosted car I wanna say even B4 a boost gauge.