Jan. 13
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 ...
1999 Mazda Protege LX
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
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Latest updates
May 12
Soon....
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!
July 08
Spacers!
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. ...
July 04
New Sponsor! Perry Performance and Competition
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 ...
June 01
Track Days
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
June 01
Some nuts are harder to get off than others
...that's what she said?
June 01
Debugging Old Control Arms
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 ...
June 01
Control arm - losing control
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 ...
April 14
Corksport Order
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, ...
April 14
Parts and STICKERS!
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! ...
April 05
Weekend To-Do List
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 ...
April 01
Feature Ride
Wow! I'm the featured ride for April 1, 2011! Hopefully this isn't a twisted joke ;)
March 31
Mazdaspeed Motorsports
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
March 30
Link to photo build journal
I have a ton of pictures of my build stored on my team website click on "more photos" to see more
March 30
Upgrades to date
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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