Caretaker

A guy I know added this little scooper on the hood of my Sport20 AWD using Photoshop. Would't it be great if Mazda would do the same?

UPSman

I cant say that I like the hood scoop but I do like the car itself.
I put the same front end on my sedan with the addition of the FS-ZE and Autoexe lip. http://www.cardomain.com/id/sport20 you can see pics of it here.

Caretaker

Very nice! Did you try to time it for 0-60 or 1/4 mile?

UPSman

I cant say that I have raced it. I just got done re-installing the header yestarday and plan on taking it to the track either next friday or the following one. I will let you know th results.

How about yourself, have you ever done it? (1/4 mile) Im curious to see how they compare.

Caretaker

I did not try it yet. From the pictures your exhaust manifold is different than mine and your version of the FS-ZE engine also. My car was bought in year 2000.

This is what I have under the hood:



You will find a few differences.

jlanger

That's a rather large intake that you ahve there! The hood scoops aren't too bad especially if you could make them functional for that intake.

bud_d

UPSman, did you swap the ECU also?

Esquire

I want a FS-ZE

TheGreat1x2002

wow...lookin good man. What year is ur car? ive never seen headlights like that on a pro 5. yea it would be tight if they had hood scoops for pros.

THEGOLDPRO

i like the hood scoops, car looks cool, whats the horsepower on the sport 20?????

Caretaker

My Sport20 is a 2000 model. The scooper on the hood was taken from a Toyota Celica.

Caretaker

At stock level, it is 170HP. If you change the manifolds, muffler, intake, throttle, etc, you can approach 190-200 HP. A turbo in there would be awesome and produce easily 230-250 HP.

Here is the link for Autoexe parts, including body kits.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/gorilla/396334/426703/

You can use babelfish to translate. On the right of the page, you will find some cool Sport20 that are heavily modified.

UPSman

My car is a 2000 also. I do see the differences that you are talking about. In the U.S. we have a catalytic converter right under the exhaust manifold heat shield. (Can we say robs lots of power) So that explains that difference. As you saw tho I got rid of that with the header I installed...big difference!

I also have a different type of coil-pack. Yours I know, are hidden under the valve cover-cover. In 2000 they hadn't switched to your type over here yet. Thats all just location tho. Other than that the engines are the same.

Do you mind if I use a pic of your car and engine on my website for comparison reasons?

Again nice car!!!!

MP3_ILM

i want an awd protege

nice sport20.

Caretaker

Sure you can use the pictures if you want. If there are any parts you would like to have close-ups of, let me know.