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just wanted to say hi and introduce myself... ive only owned my 93 protege lx for less than a week, but im interested in learning almost everything there is to know about it, along with the particular quirks of tuning these cars (such as that big crappy MAF blockin my intake... lol..) so far it has pacesetter header and muffler (i know, i know, theyre comin OFF!!!), full custom CRUSH-bent 2 1/2" exhaust piping, no cat (again, goin bye-bye when its boostin time...), my full system in it, ngk plugs, and motegi 16x7 mr-15s.. i have yet to install arospeed drilled/slotted rotors for the front (wish i had both front and rears...), and green stuff front pads.
ps - how do i post pics here? |
Welcome to the club! Always nice to see another 1st gener! This site is full of very usefull info, just search around a bit. Hope you like your car, unfortunatly I don't think much can be done about the MAF. As for posting pics:
http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...&threadid=2419 |
Originally posted by cablemirc yes! welcome! any pics of the car online? |
Originally posted by cablemirc THANK YOU!~ :) By the way, proteges have VAFs, not MAFs ;) |
wow!! thanx for the great response!! nothin like when i had my bmw and joined dtmpower.net... 80k members, and NO response to my new member thread. lol... here are a couple of pics of my car from the other site that i frequent (not a car-specific forum, just a bunch of us here from central illinois that all meet and talk about mostly everyday stuff, we have meets every now n then, etc... about the maf/vaf, im still learnin about this stuff, but i do have an extra one, it came off of an rx7, not sure the year/model tho, and that one at least has a different end bolted onto the right side of it (if ur lookin at it installed) to where i can put a cone filter on it, so ill be throwin that on there soon, to hopefully get a lil more power out of it until i go forced induction... ive only got the two pics of it so far, but im really lovin this car. still the stock suspension, but thatll change as soon as i race it at two events and am able to get my mazdaspeed parts at cost... and even wit the stock stuff, it handles GREAT!! the rims/tires account for that a lot i think tho. once again, thanx a lot for the big welcome, and also, happy b-day cablemirc. :D
http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=110259 http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=110260 |
also i notice that some of u have avatars, and have changed the wording under ur name... this site uses the vb bulletin software, just like the other one i go to, but the options arent in the same place. is that just somethin open to mods/admins? or only after a certain amount of time? thanx again
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Originally posted by cablemirc that is one damn purty LX. welcome to the club... that's a first gen i bet we all wish we had. good job! EDIT: woo-WOO!! i hit 5 posts!! lol |
Originally posted by cablemirc post whore. lol |
Hey skullet, welcome to the board. Is this a picture of you?
http://www.mulletsgalore.com/classif...03/skullet.JPG |
hahaha!! dammit, i thought that pic was supposed to be deleted!! :mad:
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some pics of new work done to the protege... wont last for long tho...
heres my new front pads... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113552 new rotors... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113553 arospeed sux, unless these are the wrong ones... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113555 old rotors... :eek: http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113559 new rotor sittin on the hub... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113560 size diff in a bad way.... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113561 new pads installed.... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113562 pass side all put together... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113563 back on the ground..... http://www.centralillinoisimports.or...&postid=113565 the prob is that there is bout 1/2-3/8" of pad PAST the edge of the rotor... the dude i bought the car from musta bought the wrong ones... which means goin and gettin the stock rotors turned so i can throw them back on.... damn, and they look so good too. :( |
Ah awesome. Welcome aboard!
Damn Daves 30? gonna be getting him a cane next year |
If it's about an inch too small... betcha the rotors were meant for a DX.
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Originally posted by Chastan If it's about an inch too small... betcha the rotors were meant for a DX. |
hey welcome. nice looking 1stgen:cool: oh many miles on it?
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thanx! :D and since i have to keep track of my mileage for my job, its at exactly 128978 right now, and runnin strong. :cool:
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