1: Miles Wenzel
2: 03' Protege 5
3: Not all the way sure at this point, have had the car for 5 days. as far as i can tell, it has "cold air" intake, exhaust header, new exhaust tubing to the muffler, new muffler (forgot the brand), a exhaust tip that says mazdaspeed (it needs shortened, sticks too far out), possibly lowered, but haven't had a chance to look at the springs and struts yet, 18" kazara rims (are those good?), carbon fiber interior pieces that include the sill plates and the gauge cluster housing, struts that hold the hood up, and a subwoofer/amp combo that fits in the spare tire wheel (is that stock?)
4: I was involved in Dirt Track racing at Grays Harbor Raceway in 2003, specifically the Hobby Stock class, but college, moving, and lack of cash flow have left me and my buddies in the stands for the past 4 years. we built the engine (it's mine) welded the cage and did everything on the car ourselves. ya, it didn't compete well, but who has 16 grand to put in an engine when you only make 500 bucks if you win? silly old men
5: I think i'm decent at the mechanical aspect. I'm not a certified mechanic or anything, but i have built a couple Mopar engines from scratch, and worked on cars that are new enough to not have carbs (gasp!) if i don't know what to do, i can learn quickly! i'm always up for learning something new. i will admit right now i don't know a damn thing about mazda's, so i'm willing to learn!
6: If I could get time off, I'd go anywhere in western wa/oregon. however, it's sort of hard for me to get weekends off due to work (state job)
The only other FWD car i've owned and worked on was an 02' saturn SL. (don't laugh too much, it was a graduation/going to college present) i fabbed my own "cold air" tube, put a flowmaster on it, and bought a throttle body from SPS.. those 3 mods made the car actually
capable of passing cars on the highway
