Hi all.
My little brother and I just finished picking up a Blue one today with 57k miles, and she is in EXCELLENT condition. She almost even smells brand new
Myself, one of my babies is a 93 RX-7 that I have owned for 10+yrs. Of course, she is not stock ;-) But needless to say, I'm not a noob to turbos. So everyone, please be as technical as possible as I want to make sure my little brother gets a great experience with it. I also want to learn more about the Protege in order to make sure we take the correct upgrade path.
I've been reading the forums for the past few hours. Basically learned that they boost 5-6lbs stock, and that they have a fuel cut at about 9 or 10lbs. And that some seem to have grenading LSDs.
Guess time for the questions for things I couldn't find.
1) Is there a specific production number amount that have the grenading LSDs?
2) Cost effective method to eliminate fuel cut?
3) Assuming I have sufficient fuel mods, how high a boost can internals and head gasket take?
4) Beyond fuel cut, what boost amount would require Injector and/or fuel pump upgrade?
5) Is boost creep a problem at a specific boost amount?
6) What boost does the stock turbo run out of breath?
7) Does anyone have a link to the entire vacuum/pressure hosing diagram? Or a linky to a downloadable version of the shop manual?
8) How many mods does it take to require an ECU upgrade?
8) What type of power gains is expected from a setup such as DP, MP, maybe CB (Unless everyone believes the MS catback is pretty decent), IC, ECU (if needed), Intake, hardpipes, & boost around 10 or so. From what I have been reading, I think a setup like this for the Protege might gain somewhere between 60-70fwhp
9) Best method of getting rid of that slight hesitation under 6000ish rpm?
Thanks!
My little brother and I just finished picking up a Blue one today with 57k miles, and she is in EXCELLENT condition. She almost even smells brand new
Myself, one of my babies is a 93 RX-7 that I have owned for 10+yrs. Of course, she is not stock ;-) But needless to say, I'm not a noob to turbos. So everyone, please be as technical as possible as I want to make sure my little brother gets a great experience with it. I also want to learn more about the Protege in order to make sure we take the correct upgrade path.
I've been reading the forums for the past few hours. Basically learned that they boost 5-6lbs stock, and that they have a fuel cut at about 9 or 10lbs. And that some seem to have grenading LSDs.
Guess time for the questions for things I couldn't find.
1) Is there a specific production number amount that have the grenading LSDs?
2) Cost effective method to eliminate fuel cut?
3) Assuming I have sufficient fuel mods, how high a boost can internals and head gasket take?
4) Beyond fuel cut, what boost amount would require Injector and/or fuel pump upgrade?
5) Is boost creep a problem at a specific boost amount?
6) What boost does the stock turbo run out of breath?
7) Does anyone have a link to the entire vacuum/pressure hosing diagram? Or a linky to a downloadable version of the shop manual?
8) How many mods does it take to require an ECU upgrade?
8) What type of power gains is expected from a setup such as DP, MP, maybe CB (Unless everyone believes the MS catback is pretty decent), IC, ECU (if needed), Intake, hardpipes, & boost around 10 or so. From what I have been reading, I think a setup like this for the Protege might gain somewhere between 60-70fwhp
9) Best method of getting rid of that slight hesitation under 6000ish rpm?
Thanks!
Want to get all the reliability mods out of the way.
