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August-13th-2003, 01:38 AM
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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?
ps - how do i post pics here?
August-13th-2003, 01:45 AM
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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
http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...&threadid=2419
August-13th-2003, 06:12 AM
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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. 
August-13th-2003, 06:16 AM
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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
August-13th-2003, 06:22 AM
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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!
that is one damn purty LX. welcome to the club... that's a first gen i bet we all wish we had. good job!
thanx man, but it does have its probs... got front-ended a year or so ago, u can tell that left front quarter has been re-sprayed... the bumper is also held to that quarter by two plastic tie strips.. lol.. little things i have to change, but more interested in the engine right now than in anything else... its also missing half of the rear seat, so ill have to find that somewhere.... i love the car tho, power everything (unfortunately no sunroof like my bmw had, but ya cant have everything, right? lol), and actually has more pickup than my inline-6 bmw had as well. the best part of this whole thing is that i bought it from a friend whos also an enthusiast (approx ~6-800 rwhp 3--rotor 91 rx7 tII), who in turn bought it from ANOTHER enthusiast friend of ours, so between us and our other frenz, we know the entire performance history of this car over the last 3 years. 
EDIT: woo-WOO!! i hit 5 posts!! lol
August-19th-2003, 04:27 PM
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some pics of new work done to the protege... wont last for long tho...
heres my new front pads...
new rotors...
arospeed sux, unless these are the wrong ones...
old rotors...
new rotor sittin on the hub...
size diff in a bad way....
new pads installed....
pass side all put together...
back on the ground.....
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.
heres my new front pads...
new rotors...
arospeed sux, unless these are the wrong ones...
old rotors...
new rotor sittin on the hub...
size diff in a bad way....
new pads installed....
pass side all put together...
back on the ground.....
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.
August-20th-2003, 07:38 AM
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Originally posted by Chastan
If it's about an inch too small... betcha the rotors were meant for a DX.
If it's about an inch too small... betcha the rotors were meant for a DX.
oh many miles on it?