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    Motor swap time

    What do I need to drop in an FS-ZE? Will it bolt up to my auto tranny ok? Or am I better off trying to find another FS-DE? If anyone can put a link to a thread for the ze motor swap or anyone has experience doing it let me know. I also will have to make it pass echeck, so help me out letting me...
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    No start

    So the old girl is causing issues again. The car doesn't want to start. It will crank and do nothing but sputter for a second (literally) and die. Giving it some throttle makes no difference. The battery has been charging for about 3 hours, still no change. For the past month I've had rough...
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    Head Gasket Partyyyy!!!

    So I'm throwin around the idea of a head gasket party (yup my head gasket is bad, again...) anyone interested in lending a hand or just coming to hang out you're welcome to come out. No set date yet just kinda getting the feelers out there. Hopefully I can get some guys involved that know the fs...
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    WTB: protege5 AT radiator

    Lookin for a radiator for an 03 protege5 needs to be for auto tranny!!! Rad must be in good shape. Pm me and ill get back to you ASAP
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    braking issue

    my rear right caliper was seized, so i went with a duralast one that has been fine for the past roughly 6 months. all of a sudden now (whether its related to the caliper idk) when braking from anything over 45, not even locking them up, the red brake light on the dash (same light that comes on...
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    Overheating round 4!

    So I thought I had this taken care of but I guess not. Did a coolant flush and used Prestone super flush to clean everything out. Also changed thermostat bc the last one was stuck closed. Maybe I'm putting the thermostat in wrong? Is it supposed to go with the springs inside the motor, or the...
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    Bike racks?

    Anyone have a list of bike racks (trunk or roof mount) for our cars?
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    Rear right caliper and bracket

    I posted this in the p5 section but I figured I'd post here too just incase some non p5 owners would have some input as to who would have them around here without paying an arm and a leg for new/refurbished parts. I need a rear right caliper and bracket with all the hardware included ASAP!!!! I...
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    Rear Right Caliper and Bracket

    I need a rear right caliper and bracket with all the hardware included ASAP!!!! I was putting in new pads and rotors all around, whoever had the car before ****** up the rear right caliper and bracket ROYALLY. I need everything except the pads and pad hardware. Anyone that has what i need in...
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    Anyone wanna help? round 2!

    Need to change the tranny fluid on the p5. Anyone trying to help? I think I read somewhere that it takes two people on the auto trans to make it easy. I gotta figure out how to get to the filter too. I'm willing to coordinate a date.
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    Need a definitive answer

    I need to put a flex pipe in my exhaust system. I'm putting it after the first flange in the midpipe. My question is this, what diameter is the piping in the midpipe before the cat?
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    Brake Pad choice

    I'm going to get stoptech slotted rotors, NOT drilled at all. My problem is pad choice. I dont drive aggressive too often for the most part I'm just spirited. I rarely track my car, 1-2 times a year maybe. Looking at stoptech street and/or posi quiets. I was thinking streets on the rear and posi...
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    WTB: OBX header for 03 P5

    Lookin to get an OBX header for my 2003 p5, I will also consider other brands but no-name eBay ones are iffy. Let me know! Edit: also will look at Tsudo and RActive headers
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    Bad news

    Hey everyone I won't be on here for a while. My grandpa had a bad stroke this morning (hemorragic stroke) and is in neural ICU at Cleveland clinic main campus. I'm def. out for the fender rolling party and probably anything in the next few months. He has bleeding in a ventricle of his brain and...
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    coolant spraying onto motor

    Headgasket was swapped and everything checks out as well as waterpump swapped. My coolant overflow tank for some reason isn't letting coolant in. Hose isn't blocked nor is the nipples on both the radiator and overflow tank. Put a new radiator cap on this morning. But what could cause this?
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    WTB: 06-08 Mazda 6 calipers

    Lookin to get all 4 corners, including brackets. Anyone got any?
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    Rising gas prices

    Everyone on here that lives in America definitely knows the problems we are facing with rising gas prices. Prices are getting so bad that people in the border states by Mexico are going over the border to get gas that is $2-$3 cheaper a gallon, depending on where you live. The first problem is...
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    Ramps

    Anyone know anywhere to get some decent ramps pretty cheap? It'll help workin underneath my car and I'd rather have those handy incase my jackstands are already in use.
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    Hooking up gauges, need a SWITCHED 12v source fast!

    I'm on a deadline guys, I need to hook my power wire up to a 12v source. It has to be switched and I don't have time to take my dash apart.
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    Duplicolor mirage paint

    http://www.autobarn.net/dupmirpainth.html What do you guys think for my rims?
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