What have you done to your P5 today?

[mazdaspeed777]

I changed my oil (goodbye forever royal purple, you lied to me and said you were a synthetic but you're just some hydrocracked garbage).. my magnetic oil drain plug picked up some stuff eep.

Then I went to check on my spark plugs, pulled the #3 spark plug wire to inspect it, and the boot ripped off and is stuck in the hole, so I can't get the plug out or really put the spark plug wire back on.. I pushed the plug wire back on, it still clicked, but start up the car and she's misfiring.. then I went to the mall and dropped ridiculous amounts of money on s*** because I felt like I should get myself stuff on my birthday.. the more miles I put on the car in this state the more difficult it is to drive.. Did the rounds calling 10+ auto parts stores, no one has or can order spark plug wires for the Protege5... uggh. Oh well, I said I'd do the 1.8 coil pack conversion when I needed new wires, and at over 80k miles I'm probably going to need new coil packs soon anyway. Time for conversion

I just hope the car remains driveable (right now I gotta rev high to launch, go really light on the throttle, and shift before 5k RPMs to prevent it from misfiring. I managed to drive maybe 40 miles without triggering a CEL so I guess It'll be ok until.. wednesday-ish which is probably the earliest I can source plugs, plug wires, and coils.

I have some stock P5 spark plugs wires if you need them:

 

[amsgator]

seafoamed my car yesterday. gotta love the white smoke!

 

[Reitrof]

Changed the oil this morning.

 

[reynoldsrobbie]

I installed my turbo today. Other than that not too much!

 

[Kansei]

Yeah you know, no big deal haha

 

[reynoldsrobbie]

Yeah you know, no big deal haha

yeah, you know...whatever! LOL! P5T...FTW!

 

[Kansei]

yeah, you know...whatever! LOL! P5T...FTW!

MMMMMMMMMMMhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm (naughty)

 

[Prodigy]

I installed my turbo today. Other than that not too much!

same... but I'm only 1/4 of the way there

 

[reynoldsrobbie]

same... but I'm only 1/4 of the way there

Im not quite done myself. i need to get a boost controller and install two of my gauges. But the hard part is out of the way.

 

[DE31]

sorry i had to leave right after the midpipe rob but i had to go to work. i'm half and half on my midpipe now... its nice and stuff but above 4k rpm it kinda sounds like a honda -_-

 

[Kansei]

jeeze hurry up guys. so slow!

I have the shopping carts open and ready to buy new plugs, plug wires, and coil packs. I decided to forego the 1.8 coil pack conversion because it doesn't seem worth it. They're within ~$7USD of each other.. wires and coils are cheaper for the 2.0.. plus then I don't have to tear open that section of the wiring harness to relocate the coil wiring. I doubt there's any discernible difference between the performance of the standard 2.0 coils and the 1.8 coils. I figure there must be a reason why Mazda went to the 2.0 setup. Perhaps it was just the cost savings of 2 wires vs 4.. but it's cheaper for me to replace that way too, so I don't mind

 

[Bala]

I installed my turbo today. Other than that not too much!

lol ... pix: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123665850

 

[Shasta]

Hopefully finishing off my B-Quiet install today, its raining and miserable outside but I'll tough it out. Wish the weather was like bala's day.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

N/A on stock ECU, catless 'turbo' back exhaust, stock header (he is going turbo this month, and already has the exhaust on lol), lightweight flywheel.

N/A on MP3 ECU, Ractive header, stock midpipe, RB cat-back, e-bay intake:

When I say it smooths the power delivery, I mean it SMOOTHS the power delivery.

I know the MP3 ECU is so smooth.

 

[CTt3P5]

Finally had a chance to wash and wax her by hand yesterday....along with the MPV. Of course I woke up this morning to the sound of raindrops. (rant)

 

[CTt3P5]

I installed my turbo today. Other than that not too much!

Niiiiiiiiceeeeeee

 

[ctt 1982]

had a horrible weekend. was doing my lsd install. had a few hiccups taking the tranny out, dealt with that. pressed the bearings on the diff, that was fine until i picked up the diff 30min. later and both bearings fell apart..... has anyone ever heard of that happening? the cage that holds the bearing in isn't bent or anything. the fitting i used to press them on was the perfect size(pressure was places on the inside sleave of the bearing). i'm totally lost for an explenation of why that happened. why didn't it fall apart when i was inspecting it immediately after they were pressed on? now my car will be down for most of the week and i've got to put up with an old peice of s*** corolla, 50hp FTL

 

[Foolish]

I moved the P5 and the MPV out into the driveway to get rained on. It's not the good washing that they need, but hopefully the downpour was enough to wash off most of the pollen!

 

[amsgator]

what can i use to keep my tool set and floor jack from flying around the back of my car? does anyone have anything implemented or anything? tie the tool set to the strut bar bracket? jack?

 

[amsgator]

o yea, and added a mustang to my kill list today. i assume it was the base mustang not gt or anything, but still, there is no way i should have won. it was stick too.... so idk. he picked the fight at a stop light by my g/fs house.