mazda protege

I know this may considered a Brake and Suspension topic, however this is performance in my opinion. 2001 Mazda protege MP3, rear brake calipers. During this winter car worked fine, as soon as the temperature outside reaches 65F+, the rear Passenger side caliper locks up, starting the drive...

Alright guys, so here's a quick back story. I was coming back home on the freeway right after work going roughly around 80mph when my 03 protege lx (FS) MT non-turbo overheated and turned off on me. Since this happened while the car was still in motion, I attempted to start it again while I...

Folks, After a long time searching, and calling a few vendors, I can't seem to find any sort of gear ratio upgrade for the F-series transmission (F25M-R) on my 99 Protege. (Not going to swap to a G-series until this transmission blows, as I have a Quaife LSD in there) I'm looking to make the...

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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...

Is anybody running a K04 turbo on the Msp? Is this a good call? Any help will be appreciated!

Ok this car has several problems. mine has 119,000. I did the "tune up". I took the car to Reynolds Mazda in Norman Oklahoma they told me the cold air intake had cracks in the rubber. It had cracks in it. But if you take a can of eather based carb cleaner and spray it on the outside of the...

I bought my first Mazda 2 weeks ago to use as a winter car from a dealership that took it on trade for $300. The 2002 Protege LX looked to have had a light deer strike with a bent hood, Missing drivers power mirror, various dents, and the previous owner removed the radio. The thing drove great...

So here's a list of problems that have been going on with my 2001 Mazda Protege Manual 2.0L. We changed the thermostat thinking that might do the trick but unfortunately it did not. Honestly trying to figure out if the head gasket is blown. We are going to do a compression test tomorrow and see...

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yes yes, it may seem like the anti performance title. But i have an 01 with an automatic. Now I'm trying to work with i got and not do a swap. Does anyone know where I can get a shift kit or some sort of performance from my auto. This is my daily driver and i drive in heavy traffic, thus I'm not...

Hey guys, I've been searching round the internet for a while now and nothing has really answered this question. I am looking at tossing a turbo onto my 1.8L DOHC N/A engine on my 99 Mazda Protege ES. Now, the model I have is automatic transmission, and being only a four speed it isn't that...

Hey guys first post. I just got a 01 Protege 2.0 LX. The motor has 171,000 miles. Just a curiosity, Is it possible/recommend to turbocharge the stock engine? Also what are some engines to swap to? This is my first ever Mazda, so i'm not to knowledgeable.

Up for sale are two modified sedan** Black Housing Headlights and A Mazda MP3 ECU. -The headlights have OEM Acura TL bixenons (Slope shield) projectors with a ZKW-R clear lens upgrade and E55 replica shrouds from theretrofitsource.com and white angel eyes. -In my opinion these projectors are...

Was driving from New York to Ohio and experienced an overheating condition. 2.0 FS-DE, all stock, 217k miles, broken A/C compressor, A/C always turned off. I stopped the car when the temperature gauge went to 75%. Oil level was normal, and coolant fan was working, but I topped it off anyway, and...

Hey guys, I would like to buy Mazda Protege5 stock leather front and rear seats that way I can bolt them in directly into my MSP. Please let me know if you hear anything or see any for sale. Thank you.

Hi everyone, im new to this forum. I have a 2002 mazda protege lx 2.0 L engine. at 99000kms (canada) After visiting this forum, I've replaced my EGR valve, spark plugs, plug wires, ignition coils and still no luck. It did give me a code p0300 before but its very intermittent. Its very rough...

Hello, I had to get into my 1999 Mazda Protege ES's driver side door panel to replace a lock actuator and a window regulator. I found good info about both on this forum, though I struggled with the door panel. While I was taking it off, I wished I had X-Ray Vision to see exactly what was back...

has anyone come across this problem; when i let my car (2001 mazda 323 sp20) idle in neutral the rpm starts the surge and what i mean by that is when let the clutch out in neutral the cars rpm goes from 1000-1500 constantly going from one to another, once i engage the clutch it goes back to...

Hey guys! I've got an 03 P5 and I've decided to start going on some suspension upgrades for her. ( And I'd like some opinions from you guys) So she handles great right now but after reading some threads I've realized that there's some upgrade's out there that'll help me carve corners a little...