engine

I have a great exhaust and muffler shop down the street from where I live. I have used it for the last two Miata's I've had. When I upgraded the exhaust and installed a high flow cat, it yielded more power, response, and better gas mileage. It only cost me $250 for the cat, exhaust, and tips. I...

Im new to the community. I just bought a used P5 with a replaced motor with about 65k miles. Obviously it lacks power of any kind, about 130hp. I want to add an air intake, headers and a full exhaust system and a mishimoto radiator for extra cooling in the summers to increase hp and torque. Im...

My Daisy, an 02 MT with around 210000. Cant take inclines without losing power, rpm drop randomly and frequently, sometimes shutting off altogether? Dealership tried to sell me a fuel pump assembly after the fuel pump was replaced. One shop couldn't figure the low compression issue though after...

Greetings, I bought my 2003 Protg5 about 3 months ago, haven't driven it much due to an unfortunate Bambi incident though, so I'm about 1,000 miles in. A few days ago, my CEL came on. It had been on before, but had gone away on its own as they often do, so I didn't think much of it. Then...

Hey guys and gals, My name is Shawn and am technically a noob here on this forum. However I have used this forum before but never have logged in. Anyway I have an old 02 Protege with 240K miles and lost my oil plug the other day and realized it too late so now I am looking into replacing the...

Hi all, I was driving today and I got off the highway. The cars traction control turned on and the car would not accelerate. I basically rolled until I got out of traffics way. I hit the traction control off button and nothing happen. Stopped the car, put it into manual mode to see what gear I...

Hello everyone, The 2.3 engine in my 3 is toast. I want to replace the long block with a used or cheap new one, (under $3,000). Ive been looking for days online for a good distributor but cant seem to find one reputable. Has anyone had any experience with this, any good tips? Also, I would...

I am a new member to this forum and I am not wure whether the same issue has been discussed (I could not find the exact issue). I just bought a new CX5 GT and now the mileage is only 400 miles. During these mileage I experienced 4 times already a situation where the engine all of the sudden...

Hey folks so I was on the way home from DC this evening and had a couple hard back fires and the last one made my car sound loud and aggressive and a bit gargley, totally made me emo cauz I hate running into car problems with not so much knowledge about fixing cars, but this is what happens when...

Hey everyone. I recently posted a thread about parting out my car. Thought about it again and changed my mind. I would like to keep the car. I am looking for a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege Motor. It recently blew out. If anyone has a motor or so, please let me know. Also, if anyone has any good ideas...

Hey all! I'm having some issues with my car: I was just driving home in my Mazda today when suddenly the Check Engine Light, AT Light, and Traction Control Light all came on at once. Additionally, it seems as if the engine was lacking power/not shifting gears at all (it required a constant...

Hi! Protege5 with check engine light on due to Bank1 lower than treshold but no more consumption than before. I kept it like that for more than 2 years before I decided to try the Non Fowler Trick. The check engine went off. Then, it started to drink like crazy. I've tried to reduce the Non...

I just got a 2002 mazda protege 5 the other day and long story short I blew the 2.0 up.it was missing 3rd gear when I got it but that was not a big deal. We have a 2005 2.0 from a mazda 3 with 5 sp OD.its a foMoCo motor I know for sure.can the swap be done cheaply or has it been done?i have...

Hi, My protege 5 is now going numb for the second month in a row. The trouble started after I have changed my gaz tank this summer. What it does: First the engine went numb for no reason and gave me a P-0300 code so I had check and change air intake, cleaned EGR valve and changed my coil...

So been gone for a month for work and finally got back to my baby this weekend. I had a question for you all which prob has been covered but saw different reviews online. I've had a very slight white smoke on cold starts, barely visible but its there. I do have a header in there which removed...

I'm having trouble finding a low mile msp engine on the web, or one at at all for that matter. Please could anybody help me here.

After searching for an answer to this question for over two years, I"ve found an answer that I can live with..... Thanks CTt3P5 for helping me shed some objective light on this hornet's nest of a topic.

Hey Im looking into doing a Mazda Protege Engine swap this summer and would like to start doing research now (mainly because the thought of doing this project is really really exciting). Not sure which engine to use and if anyone had some tips about taking on this project that would be amazing...

Hello All, I am now the proud owner of a 2009 M2 Sport (cool) - looking forward to joining in the discussion around here for a bit. Just wondering if anyone could let me know the speed their engine Idles at (warm engine). Mine drops right down to 500 RMP, there's no constant fluctuation so I...

My 2002 PR5 has bitten the dust. Threw a rod or somesuch. She was faithful and true for 175k miles, but now, to my dismay, she is defunct. I would like to convert my loss into cash so I can get a new mount. I'm not a true car guy, so I don't have it in me to spend time and money on engine...