Budget upgrades
Time to revive this thread. Things that have changed since the last update: - I moved to Michigan - The Protege made the trip - The BMW is back in Ottawa getting finished up by a friend as a side ...
Started on March 30 by Protege2886
My pride and joy. What was once my daily driver now serves full time autocross and lapping duty.
Check my posts for my build details and follow my progress through my team's website www.eurotrashmotorsports.com
Time to revive this thread. Things that have changed since the last update: - I moved to Michigan - The Protege made the trip - The BMW is back in Ottawa getting finished up by a friend as a side ...
The protege is now up on stands in the garage while the BMW is away getting a once-over from the mechanic. The angry hampster wants to hit the track!
After killing my 205/50 15 Kumho Ecsta XS tires during our season last year, I decided to upgrade to some thick and sticky rubber this year: 225/45 15 Nitto NT01s. I'm currently running a 7" rim with approx. +45 offset. ...
Woo! My racing team officially has a new sponsor in Perry Performance and Competition (http://www.perryautolaval.com) Carl is a fellow racer with a lot of experience and above all else, he's a super nice guy. If you live in the Ottawa/Montreal ...
This decal from www.madcowsdesign.com seemed more than fitting for the front of the protege. It's applied just below the scrape mark left behind by the guard rail after turn 1 at Calabogie Motorsports Park
...that's what she said?
After replacing my control arms, I was curious to figure out just what exactly had gone wrong with my old ones. It turns out that the passenger side balljoint was finished and so was the rear bushing. The rear bushing ...
Apparently my new nickname is "Last-second-Jeffy". The reason? 5 days before a double header auto-x event I decided to swap my control arms. After 6 hours the old ones were off. It took another 10 hour work day, a flatbed ...
It's no secret that proteges aren't a very common sight on tracks and auto-x courses. They are GROSSLY overshadowed by the uber-popular mx-5 and occasionally the rx-7. As a result, there isn't really an abundance of after market support. Thankfully, ...
Well Mazdaspeed Motorsports has come through again. I realized that if I'm replacing the control arms, I may as well replace the 12 y/o factory tie rod ends. Maybe now my alignment guy will stop swearing at me in arabic! ...
Woops! This was meant to be an update - note a comment. I just bought a house and started cleaning out the garage on the weekend. If all goes well, the protege will come out of storage this weekend and ...
Wow! I'm the featured ride for April 1, 2011! Hopefully this isn't a twisted joke ;)
Thanks to Mazdaspeed Motorsports I'll be picking up some replacement lower control arms for my ride. I blew the balljoint on the passenger side when I "grazed" the guardrail coming out of turn 1 at calabogie
I have a ton of pictures of my build stored on my team website click on "more photos" to see more
Here's a quick list of all the upgrades I've installed to date... Intake/Engine/Exhaust - NGK V-Series Platinum Plugs - NGK Wires - Tsudo 4-1 header - Cosmo Racing Intake - Mazdaspeed Protege Midpipe and axleback - RR-Racing front and rear ...
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