Protege03ak46's Build Thread

[justanothermp5]

Yes. That car is faster than you and anyone on the street thinks.

Heres the math:

Mikes car weights 2200lb's with driver and half tank. It should be putting down about 170whp. 2200/170= 13 lbs/hp

Speed3 have a curb weight 3153lbs so we'll say 3300 with driver and half tank. Its rated at 263 hp. 3300/263= 12.5 lbs/hp

(I used a 08 speed because thats the car that was raced)

Thats damn close when you think about it. Mike has a lightened flywheel and theirs always the driver mod.

where did he have his car weighed at? i wanna see how much mine weighs...i didnt think just anybody could do that lol

 

[Protege03ak46]

Most race shops have corner scales. He did his at a truck scale, just go late at night.

 

[Sleezer1533]

Got a question for you ... Im going to wrap my fender in that CF stuff ... do you know the dimensions of the fender (max length by max height) so I know what sqft to get?

 

[Protege03ak46]

I got 4ft x 2ft. Had to cut it a bit to fit tho. Ide say 4ft x 4f would fit perfect.

 

[o.g.sk8er]

Most race shops have corner scales. He did his at a truck scale, just go late at night.

yep, I did mine that way as well.
recycling centers should have scales.
my car is a ******* pig. lol

keep up the good work! car is going to be awesome!

 

[Sleezer1533]

I got 4ft x 2ft. Had to cut it a bit to fit tho. Ide say 4ft x 4f would fit perfect.

I got a good price on a 48" by 36", waddaya think?

 

[HKPRO5]

Yup I have a truck scale at work. =)

I was at 2600 last time I checked (full tank with all my sounds)

 

[Protege03ak46]

Goals for swap:

Budget, 2K to get a running KLG4 protege.

Parts car: 1998+ OBD2 626 ~$800
Header: 6-2-1 Probe addiction header stainless header. Eliminates all cat's. $320 shipped
Radiator + Fan: Aluminum shorty radiator for a Civic with a generic fan. ~$100 shipped on ebay
Exhaust: 2.5" cat-back with magnaflow muffler = Best sound ever. ~$300
Motor mounts: AWR 88 duro Front and Rear full and side inserts. ~$200

The rest will goto a fund that will keep me going in case something goes wrong.

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Turbo is the s***, don't get me wrong.. but the fs is not something I'd want to try again haha. Hope to see you go through with this

 

[99prolx]

Just a heads up the 626 didn't come with an obd2 kl until 2002. Before that was all 2.0s

 

[weaksauce]

626 v6 switched from obd1 to obd2 in 96..

 

[weaksauce]

If anything Adam can get a obd2 KL out of a 96 97 mx6 or ford probe

 

[99prolx]

I just thought I had read that in a kl swap write up somewhere. I'm. Guessing that a probe gt or millenia kl would work as well? I soo want to do this swap as well and have the mechanical knowledge to pull it off in my garage right next to my 72 f100 in restoration mode and 500ft lb of torque =) but just ain't up to speed on the whole emissions side of it, or how to register after a swap.

 

[Protege03ak46]

Bought some new brake components.

R1 Slotted front and rear rotors
Corksport SS lines
Metalmasters pads

 

[ajkulish]

Link to pads? I just swapped outt a caliper today and I need pads, but I don't want autozone s*** again. I was looking at greenstuff or hawk. But id like to research metalmasters...

 

[Protege03ak46]

Got them from weaksauce. Homie hookup for $10. I dont really know much about them, he said they're good and I believe him.

 

[ajkulish]

I see. Well thanks for showing me a different brand... ill do some research.

 

[joka1]

Off Topic: you going to the Griot's Garage meet on the 16th?

Rob

 

[Protege03ak46]

Yeah Ill be there. You gonna make it out?

 

[joka1]

Most likely........... My boy from NWMotiv is covering it so that pulls me more to go

Rob