pics of the protege 98 lx
 

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holy shit , that head looks fried to me , I would try and start it , just make sure you have plenty of oil in it and it will also need a stp complete feul system cleaner ..
otherwise I would say get a new cylnderhead , from a mazdaautorecycling.com site
Bruce

hey bruce
 

you front bimper look really good...just wondering are you planning to get the all kit