Bruce95fmla

this weekend I took him for a drive in my car... lol ...
and I think he will fully testify that a front and rear strut bar , work wonders together
Bruce

funkdaddysmack

I'm assuming this is in your 323? Did you have to cut the plastic in the back? My 323 handles well, now it just needs more speed...

Bruce95fmla

no this was in the protege,,,

so u know, I may install NOS in the 323 ,, for the fun of it ...
I was considering to leave the car in auto, but i am really not sure ....
look for a post about it in off-topic...
Bruce

funkdaddysmack

Then why did you post this in the 1st gen section?

Bruce95fmla

because many 1st gen guys would be interested in the rear strut bar.. the rear is basically the same between both gens aside for the added sheetmetal...
1st gen guys order ur bars ...lol

zenilder

Where did you buys your bars at?

thanks

Bruce95fmla

I got mine from ebay ...
I posted a few pics in the 2nd gen suspension section... you may have to search for it ..
I believe it is a Ractive bar..
I really don't remember because I had the bar sitting behind my closet door , for like frigin almost a year ...
until I finally decided to install it .. and man it really makes a diffence. I never really though it was that big of a deal but I can actually feal it helping to take some of the roll away ( or hiding it, lol whatever) ...
My next suspension mod will be a set of AWR rear sway bars.
Bruce

itzkcatz

My hand was blue taking that courner at 85 hearing your 13 inch steelwheels screech the entire courner.. Don't worry bruce im getting suspension this month and i will take u at the next meet see how funny it is when your hand turns blue ..Jon :-)

Identity_X

The sway bars should give you a more noticable difference than the strut bars. You're going all out on suspension??

itzkcatz

I wasnt much for suspension but now im getting into it. Bruce is putting a turbo in his protege ..Jon

Bruce95fmla

yeah my car is pretty decieveing ,, if you look at it from the outside.
But when you look deaper you can notice the
mazdaspeed shocks
BG extreme springs .
speed people (thick) front strut bar
Ractive rear strut bar
kvr carbon fiber brake pads (Great)
DBA cross drilled and slotted front rotors.

coming up soon will be
AWR rear sway bar ( not to thick)
15 or 16" lightweight wheels
ES protege front and rear brakes (cross drilled/slotted rotors)
maybe kvr pads all around
maybe camber bolts ( to adjust the camber a bit , not sure)
maybe urethane bump stops.
Race seats (unsure of which, but will be black and red)

these will just be things to improve the handling and also some things to keep me properly positioned in the seat ..
I sometimes get cramps in my abs when I corner to hard... use to happen sometimes with the 16's

But to me the most important thing is Brakes ...
If your gonna go fast at least be able to stop

Later
Bruce

Bruce95fmla

strut tower bar

That is the one that I have

ne3ek

hehe, ben got my hand red with his spirited driving..

2fast4u

so your saying that this strut tower bar will fit the 90-94 pros?

Bruce95fmla

I have positively no idea what tires I want .. to be honest with you