speedypro2003
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Speedypro2003's MSP Build Thread
Fall Shot.
Hello fellow members, My name is Brad.
I have been a member for some time and have now gone through two MSP's, so i figured it was about time i posted up a build thread.
I have always owned a protege. A 1996 Protege DX to be exact. She was my first car and she has taught many of my friends to drive manual. But I really caught the Mazda bug after i got the s**** of dealing with my Subaru and we boosted my friends (no-zoom2002) 2002 Protege ES with my stock subi turbo. After parting out the Subi i began my search.
No-zoom2002's 2002 Protege ES TD04 Boosted.
On April 20th i found her. A 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege in Sunlight Silver. She had 58k on her and I picked her up for an outstanding 9k!... i know, i got ripped. But i had to have it!
The day i brought it home.
Modded.
The car remained mostly stock, except for a front mount intercooler and an Injen CAI. I drove the car for roughly a year and then i began to run into financial problems. Needless to say i had to get rid of the Speed but not before i found my true gem...
I was searching craigslist for a 2001-2003 protege, i was going to just snag one up for cheap in hopes of being able to do a speed conversion when money got good again. I gave myself a limit if $3000.00. I figured id be able to get a decent one at that price. I found several in my area but one ad caught my attention... The ad had no pictures of the car and all it really said was, "call for details." So i figured id start with that one and get it out of the way. THANK GOD I DID!
I called and asked the simple questions, whats wrong with the car, hows the condition of the body, how many miles... yada yada yadah! Come to find out the car is a 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege in titanium! It had 84k on it with a blown motor. The guy was asking $3500.00 and within ten minutes of our conversation he dropped it to $2500!! I asked for pictures of the car and on July 13 2010 she was on my trailer headed to her final home!
A picture i received from the seller.
The car had a Turbohoses hardpipe kit, an Injen CAI and a Greddy Turbo timer. Needless to say i sold EVERYTHING i could from this car.
First day home i unloaded her off the trailer and into No-zoom2002's garage where tear down began. We removed everything from the car so we could see what we had to work with an i wanted it to pretty much be a brand new car for me. Shortly after I started to order parts and slowly shes coming together.
Loaded up and coming home!
We got most of the car stripped as soon as we unloaded it into No-Zooms grams garage. Due to making sure we werent taking up to much space we had to put as much of the parts in or under or on top of the car.
No-Zoom2002's when we brought the car there. His car in the yard, my old speed in the garage and the new on the trailer...beautiful sight if you ask me.
At the end of a hard days work.
So here is most of the interior pulled out...
Then CRAMMED into the trunkkk!
Out with the old! (and blown up...)
New motor going in.
Mods going on!
KYB GR2
Protege Garage Intake mani!
Exedy Stage 1
AWR 95 duro front and rear mounts.
Front installed. (yes i screwed the nut the rest of the way on) Not so bad when the whole front of the cars pretty much off.
Back seat full of fun to still go on. :-D
Drilling the hole. EEEPPPPPPPP!
Time to get it steady and ready to weld...
DONE!
I had to see how it looked and if it cleared the hood. All perfect. Well it tilts a bit to the right but other than that i couldnt be happier.
Sorry some of the pictures are HUGE and some are bad quality. I dont know why they are massive but the reason for the quality is most of them are taken by my phone.
My Current Car:
2003.5 MazdaSpeed Protege #603 (Titanium)
Current Mods:
Engine:
Stock FSDE from a 2003 Protege5 with 36k
Custom front mount intercooler with 2.5" piping
Injen CAI
Thunder Turbo Mani with custom EWG.
God Speed 38mm External Wastegate with 8PSI spring
Custom 2.5" J Pipe/cat delete
Corksport power series axelback
Protege Garage Intake Mani
AWR Front and Rear 95 durometer motor mounts
Full size ES radiator
12" Spal Slim line pusher fan
Signature Sound Custom Rad and Oil Catch cans
Trunk mount battery relocation
Split Second AFC
Transmisson:
Exedy Stage 1 clutch
Fidanza 7 pound flywheel
Suspension:
KYB GR2 Struts
SPOOL Springs
HKPro5 front and rear endliinks
KMR 4 point ladder brace
KMR rear panel V brace
Interior:
Glowshift Tripple Gauge DIN holder
ForceFed custom vent pod
Innovate wideband
Prosport 52mm EGT gauge
Prosport 52mm Boost gauge
Prosport 52mm Oil Pressure gauge
Exterior:
Wings West EVO 6 Style carbon fiber hood
I have ALOT of pictures but ill have to upload them later....
Im pretty busy most days but ill try and update as much as i can.
Thanks to everyone on here who has given me some help or sold me things or bought things along the way. it really means alot to be part of such a great community of people. Thank you.
Fall Shot.
Hello fellow members, My name is Brad.
I have been a member for some time and have now gone through two MSP's, so i figured it was about time i posted up a build thread.
I have always owned a protege. A 1996 Protege DX to be exact. She was my first car and she has taught many of my friends to drive manual. But I really caught the Mazda bug after i got the s**** of dealing with my Subaru and we boosted my friends (no-zoom2002) 2002 Protege ES with my stock subi turbo. After parting out the Subi i began my search.
No-zoom2002's 2002 Protege ES TD04 Boosted.
On April 20th i found her. A 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege in Sunlight Silver. She had 58k on her and I picked her up for an outstanding 9k!... i know, i got ripped. But i had to have it!
The day i brought it home.
Modded.
The car remained mostly stock, except for a front mount intercooler and an Injen CAI. I drove the car for roughly a year and then i began to run into financial problems. Needless to say i had to get rid of the Speed but not before i found my true gem...
I was searching craigslist for a 2001-2003 protege, i was going to just snag one up for cheap in hopes of being able to do a speed conversion when money got good again. I gave myself a limit if $3000.00. I figured id be able to get a decent one at that price. I found several in my area but one ad caught my attention... The ad had no pictures of the car and all it really said was, "call for details." So i figured id start with that one and get it out of the way. THANK GOD I DID!
I called and asked the simple questions, whats wrong with the car, hows the condition of the body, how many miles... yada yada yadah! Come to find out the car is a 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege in titanium! It had 84k on it with a blown motor. The guy was asking $3500.00 and within ten minutes of our conversation he dropped it to $2500!! I asked for pictures of the car and on July 13 2010 she was on my trailer headed to her final home!
A picture i received from the seller.
The car had a Turbohoses hardpipe kit, an Injen CAI and a Greddy Turbo timer. Needless to say i sold EVERYTHING i could from this car.
First day home i unloaded her off the trailer and into No-zoom2002's garage where tear down began. We removed everything from the car so we could see what we had to work with an i wanted it to pretty much be a brand new car for me. Shortly after I started to order parts and slowly shes coming together.
Loaded up and coming home!
We got most of the car stripped as soon as we unloaded it into No-Zooms grams garage. Due to making sure we werent taking up to much space we had to put as much of the parts in or under or on top of the car.
No-Zoom2002's when we brought the car there. His car in the yard, my old speed in the garage and the new on the trailer...beautiful sight if you ask me.
At the end of a hard days work.
So here is most of the interior pulled out...
Then CRAMMED into the trunkkk!
Out with the old! (and blown up...)
New motor going in.
Mods going on!
KYB GR2
Protege Garage Intake mani!
Exedy Stage 1
AWR 95 duro front and rear mounts.
Front installed. (yes i screwed the nut the rest of the way on) Not so bad when the whole front of the cars pretty much off.
Back seat full of fun to still go on. :-D
Drilling the hole. EEEPPPPPPPP!
Time to get it steady and ready to weld...
DONE!
I had to see how it looked and if it cleared the hood. All perfect. Well it tilts a bit to the right but other than that i couldnt be happier.
Sorry some of the pictures are HUGE and some are bad quality. I dont know why they are massive but the reason for the quality is most of them are taken by my phone.
My Current Car:
2003.5 MazdaSpeed Protege #603 (Titanium)
Current Mods:
Engine:
Stock FSDE from a 2003 Protege5 with 36k
Custom front mount intercooler with 2.5" piping
Injen CAI
Thunder Turbo Mani with custom EWG.
God Speed 38mm External Wastegate with 8PSI spring
Custom 2.5" J Pipe/cat delete
Corksport power series axelback
Protege Garage Intake Mani
AWR Front and Rear 95 durometer motor mounts
Full size ES radiator
12" Spal Slim line pusher fan
Signature Sound Custom Rad and Oil Catch cans
Trunk mount battery relocation
Split Second AFC
Transmisson:
Exedy Stage 1 clutch
Fidanza 7 pound flywheel
Suspension:
KYB GR2 Struts
SPOOL Springs
HKPro5 front and rear endliinks
KMR 4 point ladder brace
KMR rear panel V brace
Interior:
Glowshift Tripple Gauge DIN holder
ForceFed custom vent pod
Innovate wideband
Prosport 52mm EGT gauge
Prosport 52mm Boost gauge
Prosport 52mm Oil Pressure gauge
Exterior:
Wings West EVO 6 Style carbon fiber hood
I have ALOT of pictures but ill have to upload them later....
Im pretty busy most days but ill try and update as much as i can.
Thanks to everyone on here who has given me some help or sold me things or bought things along the way. it really means alot to be part of such a great community of people. Thank you.
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