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I needed another car as my project daily driver has a broke tranny from doing a "money" shift. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Anyway I found a nice 2002 Protege DX with only 95k miles on the clock and for only $1,800. 😁 I bought it. No rust, the body is straight, mechanically sound for what I need to drive around...

Well I sold my 92 Smurf with 265k miles to a cool guy in FL (the car was housed in FL). I still have my 16 ND, which now resides in my FL home. I really enjoy the simplicity and coolness of the first gen, so I picked up a 91 Crystal White, with 120k miles last May. Didn’t do a whole lot to it...

So this is my first and current project. Until recently, I had no idea how cars really even worked so you might see some things that you’ll hate, or you might see some things you’ll love. Either way, this build has brought me a fun journey that I’m hoping to see to completion. I’m mostly...

After a few months of contemplating what I should get to daily and mess around with, I finally settled on a P5. Searching the internet led to only a small array of them for sale around the country, and I settled on this one in the Tacoma, WA area. One owner since 2003 and only 145K on the...

I never posted an official build thread on here, as I had it in a lot of other places and there just wasn't much traffic here. Times change, so I'm going to be copying things over from my beginning ten years ago. Going to take some time, and since I am still at work and can only do this in port...

Hello. I'm back. Still having fun driving and modding my MSP! I have a lot of changes planned and will post up progress here. Highlights include fully built block and head, GT28RS turbo, Haltech ems, Mfactory gears + many, many supporting mods. It's gone 12.8 @ 112mph in the quarter mile and...

Howdy I have a 07 mazda3 hatch with a '11 fusion motor ready to go in sometime in Dec. The plan is to boost it by spring next year, and I have most things figured out but I am still working on some things. One of those major things is the ECU setup. I would prefer to run a piggyback or full...

Hello all, I wanted to document and date all of my mods and join a car community. I am currently a senior, studying finance with a concentration in risk management and insurance and a minor in marketing, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. I currently work at a local BMW/MINI dealership...

Hello Folks! I'm Riot Polizei, a college student in his twenties who seeks to document maintenance and upgrades here from time to time. Pleased to meet you! I look forward to many positive exchanges of information. Not too long ago, my last car, a 91' 4WD Suzuki Sidekick, died. No matter how...

This is my 1st thread so feel free to throw suggestions as I am still new to these cars. So I am rebuilding the engine with k1 rods and wiseco pistons. Unfortunately we were on such a strict time line I haven't been able to take as many photos as I wanted but I have some video. We are military...

First thread here on the forum. Just completed what I would consider a mild build to my block. k1 rods, wiseco pistons, balanced crank, all that good stuff. Debating what I am gonna do with the head. But anyway, the car has a front mount, wideband, and I'm assuming stock turbo. Was originally...

Just picked up a pretty rough 02 Protege! It's got some nasty rust but drives nice and should be salvageable. Originally wanted this to be a beater/daily but now I want to make this a track car/sunday driver for as little money as possible. So I'm going with an initial budget of 1000 dollars. I...

Im about to finish my build on my MSP and wanted to know if my transmission is going to hold up to the power/torque. I bored the engine. Resurfaced the head, crank, and block. Forged rods and pistons ARP Bolts for everything Intake manifold FMI Pope Exhaust Manifold Stage 3 Racing Clutch...

greetings! about to take the plunge into my '13 mazda 2 build and figured i'd consult u guys on some parts not much of a gearhead so i need ur expert opinion considering these: exhaust wise-the apex N1 muffler which confuses me bc its universal but the price range on the 2 sites I found is a...

So I was going through my local craigslist listing to see if I find a part out when I stumble upon this insane vehicle: I figured ya'll would get as much of a kick out of this as I would. Here is the actual post if you're interested: http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/cto/4495862985.html

I will start this off by a little background of myself. I'm currently a freshman at UW-Platteville. I am a Mechanical Engineer major as of right now. I purchased my Mazdaspeed Protege in August of 2013 Before that, I had a 1995 Jeep Wrangler. And before that, a 1996 Dodge Intrepid. All of my...

Starting work on the Office car, slowly slowly. New to the forum and just wanted to keep a log of how the car was going and feedback by other 2' members updated - started off taking the badges.. now have to get the holes filled. Updated - New Exhuast Installed Today New Wheels - Avid...

Rally Man's -van thread Well I've been doing some mods to my car and posting on this sites blog (in case you didn't know, the forum software will let you have a blog). But each post must be approved by a moderator, I'm sure I'm giving them a headache getting them to approve the post. So with...

I've been putting this off for way too long so here it is! This is my 2nd car but my first daily driver, it is a 2000 Mazda protg LX 1.6l auto. it has 140k miles on it and still runs great! I got the car about 3 months ago by an old man that works next to my dad. I originally wanted something...

I have an 03.5 msp molar rods, weisco pistons, fmic with hard pipes, maf between throttleand bov, 440cc injectors, protege garage manifold, manual boost controller, wideband and boost gauge. Was looking to see if anybody can track down a map for the ssafc that would allow me to get the most...