Hi i recently bought a lightning yellow '02 protege5 with 10400 miles on it and i already have it up to 11580! ive only had it for 2 weeks so far, plan to put a lot more miles on it in the desert, offroadin! as soon as i test drove this awsome lil car i fell in love with it and with Mazda. i bought it in Cali and drove it to Sin city, what a ride! Made the trip in about 6hrs... ussually takes 8hrs goin the speed limit.
Unfortunatly its an automatic, but i can live with that. i love the handling this car delivers its simple superb in comparison to the other cars ive drove and test drove, including the honda civic, accord, subaru 2.5rs, and many older cars including a '71 camaro (huger orange with black speed stripes Z28
). the acceleration on it is simply amazing too, ive already raced a stock '02 dodge stratus with a slightly larger engine and put the smack down on it, haha! 
now ive got to figure out what all is out there for this car, ive been lookin around Vegas and so far ive found a shop that specializes in Mazdas but its run by a bunch on Mexicans that could barely speak english, so im a lil shy on trustin them. just wonderin if i could get some pointers on what would be best for my car, ive already visited flyinmiata.com.
i guess im lookin for a good turbo upgrade, ive read so far that a garret t3 bb turbo is what i think id want. they say its better than the t25. well, thought some of u guys here would have some experience in the matter. thx
cya later and drive safely
... unlike me...
Unfortunatly its an automatic, but i can live with that. i love the handling this car delivers its simple superb in comparison to the other cars ive drove and test drove, including the honda civic, accord, subaru 2.5rs, and many older cars including a '71 camaro (huger orange with black speed stripes Z28
). the acceleration on it is simply amazing too, ive already raced a stock '02 dodge stratus with a slightly larger engine and put the smack down on it, haha! now ive got to figure out what all is out there for this car, ive been lookin around Vegas and so far ive found a shop that specializes in Mazdas but its run by a bunch on Mexicans that could barely speak english, so im a lil shy on trustin them. just wonderin if i could get some pointers on what would be best for my car, ive already visited flyinmiata.com.
i guess im lookin for a good turbo upgrade, ive read so far that a garret t3 bb turbo is what i think id want. they say its better than the t25. well, thought some of u guys here would have some experience in the matter. thx
cya later and drive safely
... unlike me...
