Protege03ak46's Build Thread

[justanothermp5]

Well if ur in granny mode, what difference does it make? Seems like a waste of money lol

It is, its a huge waste of money, but its what i like doing. Plus my motor had 212k on it when i rebuilt it, it needed it

Any other questions you guys want me to answer or can we end this thread jack now?

 

[xDJ DUBx]

where were you on the night of April 31st, 2009??

 

[ucMP3]

Adam, do you want the rear window spoiler still?

 

[Protege03ak46]

Big development in my search for a parts car. A local ZE expert contacted me today saying he found me a car. Its a 94 MX-6 that was in a small rear end parking lot crash in 2006. A friend of his bought it for 600 bucks, never fixed it and its been sitting for 3 years. It's got 130 thousand miles but all maintenance is up to date. Timing belt, water pump, exedy clutch, and gaskets were all done 6 thousand miles ago. All it needs to turn over is a distributor. She wants what she paid but will take 400 for it. Since my birthday is coming up on Monday, my parents may be getting this for me. Im pretty pumped atm.

 

[___(SlammeD)___]

Hey Protege03ak46, I absolutely love your protege. I'm new to the forum but have become quite familiar with your car already. I'm about to buy my own 03 protege and will be using your project as a sort of reference.
Keep up the awesome work,
Mike.

 

[Protege03ak46]

Could be getting new tires soon. Lets see how 235/40 KDW's fit on a 17x9 +27. Should be interesting. Also looking a Coilover options, may be going with something no one has yet. They're new and the features beat BC while still under 1k.

 

[justanothermp5]

just an fyi...the KDW's are super noisy, I can stand just about any noise, but a noisy tire drives me insane. Not sure if your the same way or not...prob not lol

 

[bullshark524]

care to shed some light on the coilovers?

 

[Protege03ak46]

just an fyi...the KDW's are super noisy, I can stand just about any noise, but a noisy tire drives me insane. Not sure if your the same way or not...prob not lol

I could care less about road noise. I have no interior so I hear a lot as it is, no bigger.

care to shed some light on the coilovers?

Fortune Auto 500 Coilovers.

-assembled in America
-bigger, 50mm shock piston. BC uses 45
-any springtime you want
-each shock is dyno'd before shipping.
-shocks are valved for you specific springrate
-same price as BC but takes 3 weeks to make.

 

[HKPRO5]

^^^ Good Choice.

 

[justanothermp5]

You sure nobody has those? im pretty sure theres a guy already running those...or was before his car got totaled recently
Sandspeed was his name

 

[Protege03ak46]

well did a couple things lately...

Picked up the AAC Test Endlinks from Noah (nk2a) today. They look awesome. Very light and feel solid. Definitely well made. Installed them and went mobbing with weaksauce and friends. Soooooooo much better than the awr set I had before. The racingbeat sway bar sits perfectly leval so it retains all of its efficiency. Also picking up those KDWs tomorrow from weaksauce. Finally, got a chance to wieght the fat b****. It's exactly 2400lbs without a driver and half a tank of gas. Actually pretty light when you think about it.

 

[ajkulish]

thats a really good weight

 

[Protege03ak46]

Bought something today....

 

[xDJ DUBx]

spit it out you bastard.

 

[ajkulish]

spit it out you bastard.

+1

 

[Protege03ak46]

Hehehe. Fortune auto coils with a 8k front and 6k rear. Yeah buddy. Now I just gotta wait a month.

 

[bullshark524]

sweet i cant wait for a nice review

 

[civickilla03]

feel like partin out ur old set up?

 

[sandspeed]

Hehehe. Fortune auto coils with a 8k front and 6k rear. Yeah buddy. Now I just gotta wait a month.

Sweetness, like I said you will be on the best set of coilovers for the pro. I've still got the FA spanner wrenches and I'll send them to you just pay shipping.. Wouldn't hurt to have and extra set, there real solid unlike my old ksport spanners that I managed to twist up bad..lol