Yes yes everyone i'm thinking of making another kit for my car.....flip flopping though on whether i want to make it ofr just say screw it and stop of the Protege. My thoughts for this one though are to make a adapter plate that attaches to the stock manifold to a turbo. My only concern with this is the potential for backpressure on the motor. as you know the opening on our stock manifold is freakin huge....if i made an adapter plate part of the port would be blocked off my question to you guys is how much do you think this woudl effect the turbo's effiecency?
as sounds of BOV's danced through my head
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DooMer_MP3
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good lord Linux.....chdesign, don't listen to big_ben, he's just pissed off about a certain mishap (no offense ben, I'd be pissed and ready to shove my car off a cliff after what happened to you). I'd listen to Linux and his avatar
.Chris
None taken. Really though, it's a hard choice. This is a sweet looking car, but the potential really and truely isn't there. The max power you can get from this car without putting LOTS of money into it is about 200 to 225hp. If you have a Miata, you can get 250+hp with much less money. And that car is lighter, rear wheel drive, and has way more potential. That is my reasoning at least.
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Turbo again
FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO. J/K too much money. What happened, high CR not working out for ya? Goodluck on whatever decision you make. Gotta give you props man you've tried it all. N/A and Boosted. Whats next? FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO. I wish i had the money to put a FE3 with turbo in my 5 and **** everything that pulls up next to me.:'(
FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO. J/K too much money. What happened, high CR not working out for ya? Goodluck on whatever decision you make. Gotta give you props man you've tried it all. N/A and Boosted. Whats next? FE3 TURBO-FE3 TURBO. I wish i had the money to put a FE3 with turbo in my 5 and **** everything that pulls up next to me.:'(
Ben has a very valid point that I feel like a lot of Protege owners might be failing to realize. I bought the MP3 wih understanding that it would never be a 12-second monster. But with a well manufactured/reliable turbo kit, it can be a fun daily driver with plenty of oompf. Cost is definately something one should consider before deciding to turbo a Protege. I too would rather have a Turbo'd 99 Special Edition Miata, but I can't afford to have 2 cars. Owning a Miata would mean sacraficing all the room, civility and safety of a larger vehicle. Not that a Protege is a big car, but I'd imagine that it is safer than a Miata in almost any collision. I say go for it ch if you have the pockets for it.
I agree that the miata will also be faster, simply because of pwr to weight ratio and rwd. But I believe you can squeze some srious hp out of a protege. Maybe not a 11 sec car but very quick. I can open a can of whoop ass on a lot of cars including Twin turbo s4's the new 350z, WRX's, turbo si civics, mustangs ect and my car will be considerably faster in the next comming months. So if you want a sick fast car dont even waste your time on the pro and a miata for that matter, buy a Supra and convert it to single turbo or juice a Z06. You can buy a nice supra for 20 grand and sink in like 6 grand and you have a 500-600 whp car. But if you want an agile fast car that has 4 doors, great handeling, economical, good looks and practacility it can be done.
Well thats my 2 pennies
Well thats my 2 pennies
Ch, well, you COULD boost again, but if you DO, try to do something different that hasn't been done before.
However, I really liked how you were sticking w/ the N/A route, just to see what you can get out of it "all motor". I say F*** the turbo project, and tweak out your N/A setup. Port&Polish. Also, get some nice engine management to make the best of the mods you already have. I don't see why you couldn't hit low 15's if you did it right. And you'd be "different".
Most people can't afford a turbo setup, but still want power. If you are successful in running an N/A protege to low 15's, you'll have a lot of people trying to copy you.
However, I really liked how you were sticking w/ the N/A route, just to see what you can get out of it "all motor". I say F*** the turbo project, and tweak out your N/A setup. Port&Polish. Also, get some nice engine management to make the best of the mods you already have. I don't see why you couldn't hit low 15's if you did it right. And you'd be "different".
Most people can't afford a turbo setup, but still want power. If you are successful in running an N/A protege to low 15's, you'll have a lot of people trying to copy you.
Ch-
I am sticking with the NA route man...its tough....but HC pistons are in soon, header is just around the corner....I would be satisfied to run low 15's if I can only scrape enough together for that ACT clutch and flywheel.....however, I would sh*t my pants if I went turbo and pulled a Big Ben.....sure turbo is fun, but reliablity is merely a booster's dream with out wicked cash and know how that is....leave that for us NA guys and girls =)
I am sticking with the NA route man...its tough....but HC pistons are in soon, header is just around the corner....I would be satisfied to run low 15's if I can only scrape enough together for that ACT clutch and flywheel.....however, I would sh*t my pants if I went turbo and pulled a Big Ben.....sure turbo is fun, but reliablity is merely a booster's dream with out wicked cash and know how that is....leave that for us NA guys and girls =)
DooMer_MP3
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big_ben said:
True, but what are you going to do with that 250+hp power? 80% of the time you're not even going to use it. The way I see it, we have an excellent looking car with superb handling. Its just a bit underpowered. You get this thing up to 200-225whp, you've got a car that is damn near perfect.
Chris
