Did the protege ever share transmissions w/ the escort?
I know a few friends w/ zx2s and they all seem to have transmission trouble. I was wondering if any of the five speed proteges ever shared transmissions with older escorts or the newer zx2s.
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not sure about that but I know the tranmssion in my 5spd protege5 is the same as the transmission in my 1990 Ford Taurus SHO, MX-6, MX-3,probe GT, etc.
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yes the 91-96 ford ESCORT GT is a mazda in ford clothing. the tranny, engine and ECU are all mazda parts and i will go on to state the obvious, the same mazda part in a ford, will fit in the Mazda.
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trouble?
I always heard the sho had a relatively strong transmission so I assume that wouldnt be a weakness on a protege either, especially with the reduced power output.
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My SHO broke transmissions about once every 2 months.
they'll hold together fine as long as you don't make any significant amount of power (sub-300hp) |
Originally posted by Roddimus Prime My SHO broke transmissions about once every 2 months. they'll hold together fine as long as you don't make any significant amount of power (sub-300hp) wow thats incredible, i always heard the axles snapped like toothpicks but the trannies were 1/2 decent :( |
i lost 2 differentials and 4th and 5th gear. Those open diffs can't handle any kind of power.
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if you are talking about SHO tranny's shouldn't this be relocated in the 3rd gen section.
also the only tranny that bolts to a first gen is the "G" and "F" series trannys out of protege's or ford escort GT's with the 1.8L engine. |
"I" was talking about the SHO tranny.....the thread starter was asking about tranny swaps....this is the only one I knew about.
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btw....1st gen probe GT's got an H series, not f or g....stronger than both...just had to point that out
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Yeah, the probe is a funny story. It was originaly going to be the 82-up mustang body but ford had a hard time fitting even a small V8 under it's hood so they went with a mazda designed vehicle and made it FWD instead....not only was this cheaper and sold more units....the 2.2L turbo versions were every bit as fast as their mustang counter-parts. I know....I got beat at many a stop light by one!
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yup..I beat stock v8 stangs in my MX-6, until you get to the 99+ Gt's or Cobra's.....or the rare SVO's...Matty knows about those too!!
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SVO pWn3z jo0!!!
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guys lets stay on topic, please. i mean this is all good info but it is not helping the first gen cause
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whoops sorry for the threadjack,:D qustion had already been answered tho:rolleyes:
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