Fastest Protege?
 

Does anyone have an idea about the most possible HP a 1st Generation Protege can have? Can a Pro have a NOS system installed? I know a GTX engine swap can increase HP a lot, but does anyone have any possible idea on the most HP? Can a Pro have under a 5.5 second 0-60 time?

The highest BP motor I know of is 399whp. Of course that's in a miata, but theoretically that's possible in a protege LX. That's with the miata's 9.5:1 compression pistons though, otherwise, stock internals! I'm beginning to think the GTX or GTR swap isn't too great of an idea, rather, just build your turbo system. Here's why

http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...threadid=24438

Jesse (PseudoRealityX), knows all the details, if he sees this thread I'm sure he'll throw out some facts for ya :)

It's not a Protege, but then again, neither was Ric's Miata. The high watermark for the BP motor is now 545.6 WHP:eek: No longer stock internals though. It is in a drag Ford Esort! Here his site: 545WHP Escort Using the stock gearbox (with welded diff)

Wasn't Dave Lauzier's Mx3 something like 570 hp??

didn't realize, but Rick beat me to it ;)

thst scort is one um..... :cool: car

and bty, the ONLY upgrades he has made to the *block* internally is replace the stock RODS and PISTONS......replace your stock rods and pistons and you have a motor that can handle some serious 'powa :bt: even the stock rods and pistons are good for over 200 *reliable* hp

Yeah, Dave Lauzier's MX-3 was running a BPT with close to or slightly over 600hp, but he kept snapping drifeshafts so he could never run it to its full potential. He's building a 3rd Gen now and it is going to be absolutely sick. Sub-10 second tube frame. WOW. The turbo is almost as big as a basketball in diameter.

This is impressive as well, though...
Stephan Petrov's Escort's dyno sheet:
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...84_18_full.jpg

there's a 323 in puerto rico that was running 10.3's IIRC, but i believe fred said he might be running faster now. i saw the car in a magazine out there, and it was sweet! :bt: