Hopefully ill be off on wedensday and I can get some maintenance done. Raise the car up, get the new spark plugs in and change the belts. Probably do some road tuning if the WB doesn't act up. Hopefully then ill be able to hit up the dyno in the upcoming months.
What have you done to your P5 today?
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ProjectBlack
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Failed control arm bushing replacements. 
Dropped the P5 off at Mazda Service this morning...
Dropped the P5 off at Mazda Service this morning...You got balls
LOL most would say so, I hope they **** it up, more of a reason to swap the new motor in sooner
I drove the p5 to the beach, super impressed. 240km on just over 1/4 tank with the AC on!
I lurked your build thread and watched all the videos... stop posting. You make me want a KL swap, and that'll cost me more than my car did. And then another chunk of change turboing it a year later, etc, etc...
So when's it getting turbo'd?
I'd recommend an LSD first. Getting power down as is may or may not be interesting enough in rain...
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I never had a problem with my open diff...but then I dont really floor it in the rain anyways lol
^^^ This!!! Haha, thank you Simon.
I tried to pass someone by easing into 3rd gear and the tires slipped. But I am chalking that up to not having a good alignment. The car feels much better now with a good alignment. (I also replace the lower control arms and switched to coilovers when my car was down with the swap so my suspension was all out of whack.)
And LSD is in the plans but will be installed with the turbo (late 2012). For the time being it's called throttle modulation. The gas pedal isn't just ON-OFF.
I tried to pass someone by easing into 3rd gear and the tires slipped. But I am chalking that up to not having a good alignment. The car feels much better now with a good alignment. (I also replace the lower control arms and switched to coilovers when my car was down with the swap so my suspension was all out of whack.)
And LSD is in the plans but will be installed with the turbo (late 2012). For the time being it's called throttle modulation. The gas pedal isn't just ON-OFF.
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Started it for the first time in 4 months...
HatchKitten
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YAY!!!
Well...not today, but I plastidipped my rear valence on saturday! It came out so cool.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...en-s-Protege5-Thread!!!&p=5737616#post5737616
ProjectBlack
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^ pics of that please...
ProjectBlack
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Lower control arm bushings replaced. Sway bar bushings replaced courtesy of Groove Mazda in Centennial, CO.
MasonMetcalfe
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did a headlight restoration.
they where yellowed from the sun before, now almost like new. 11$ for the kit, what a deal! they look great.
they where yellowed from the sun before, now almost like new. 11$ for the kit, what a deal! they look great.
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What kit did you use? My brother bought some random headlight restorer from Canadian Tire and it doesn't do s***...
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I've used 3M with great results, I have heard others use Rain-X and Turtle Wax with great results as well. All you really need is some fine and super fine grit sandpaper, then some buffing and polishing compound.
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^^Novus FTW, its abit more expensive but it works like a charm and will take out surface scratches and scrapes as well
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