Recent content by Snomongoose

What's up with you? Done anything to the car yet?

The P5 actually has a different rear suspension also. The MP3 and the ES are alot more in common that the P5. I happen to be interested in the turbo setup but I'm going to wait it out alittle bit to see how it goes with you guys first. Mr Bell is one of the best in the business from other...

Not a problem, alot of people from protegetech.com deal with Derek and say he can answer alot of the questions. Mike

You love to modify things don't you Ben. Mike

From my understanding yes they are ready to install. Your best bet on those type of questions (ready to install and such) is to ask for Derek at Corksport. He is the man for questions on Proteges there. Mike

Ben, An unground cam is made so you can do what you want to it. Up to you and the machine shop. Mike

Ben, The Racing Beat stickers I got with the springs are red and blue. Mike

Don't know the actually meaning of DE, but I know that the compression on the FS-DE is 9.1 to 1 where the FS-ZE is 10.5 to 1. Mike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mazda_protege5 Got me on that one.

Burmeister actually frequents protegetech.com's yahoo site. I posted awhile ago about getting a larger throttle body and he actually answered it quickly and gave me a new approach to go. Yes it is a MP3, race it last year actually and wishes that it is more dialed in now. There is also a SCCA...

I just wanted to put my 2 cents here. The motor code on the MP3 and the P5 is FS-DE not the j-spec FS-ZE. The exhaust cam on both cars are the same, the intake runners are different on the two cars. The ECU has been reprogrammed by Mazda to give the extra power to the MP3. The MP3 only has...

Ben, who gave you the idea of the intake? :) I just did some work on the MHP intake (alluminum) and it was just kinda thrown together. It could have been the original shop that installed it but, if I were to go out and buy one (AEM Short Ram, Injen CAI, or MHP) I would go with the Injen...

Paul, It would have been under Snomongoose. Kinda familar name though. It depends if you want an alarm or just car start. I'll just e-mail you again. Mike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mazda_protege5

Paul, It can be done. I had no problem at all putting it in on a stick. It will not start while in gear, only start in Neutral. Nice to have a wire hidden in the car for that. I sent you an e-mail with the local shop I deal with. If you want to talk particularly about this just respond to...

Damn shame the car ended up at $5,500 dollars. Mike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mazda_protege5

Sorry that I'm not an MP3 user, I'm a lonely P5 :) I have 5,000 miles on the car so far, with one oil change under my belt (Mobil 1 synth). The car seems to be a great handling car (even better when the racing beat springs arrive). But the power isn't the best. Hopefully with the upkeep of...