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My son managed to seize the motor on our P5, it's too rusty to make it worthwhile to repair. My daughter is looking to buy a Protege5 w/ manual transmission, so my son and I can put on parts from the dead one. Mainly the body kit, exhaust, wheels, and tires. However, the cylinder head, hubs...

I couldn't get the dowel pins out of the old cams and damaged them in the process. From what I've measured, it looks they are like M4x15. I can find them online if I buy 100, but I just need 2. The one machine shop I tried wasn't helpful. I tried CarQuest and they did not have metric sizes...

I've had the axleback on the P5 since 02. I recently had my cat so bad. While unbolting it, I bent the flange on the pipe behind the cat. That gave me an excuse to get a cat-back, so I bought a Magnaflow system. The axleback shows some signs of aging. A few years ago, one of the studs...

I'm looking for a transaxle oil pan for my Protege5 w/ an auto tranny. All 2.0L with autos should have the same pan. Thanks.

It's going to take awhile before I get around to installing them, but they did come in. I'm in the tailend of a major build-up on my other car. Also, yesterday the A/C compressor fell off and catapolted the P5, lancing the oil pan in the process. I've yet to do a full assesment of the...

A couple of weeks ago, I was out in Columbus, OH. for a business trip. Someone out there did a web search on me prior to my arrival. It made lunch conversation a bit more interesting, so I last night, I decided to do a little Googling of people in my past. Turns out that someone I had a...

Just thought I'd share a few pics of the holes in the block. I hydrolocked the motor a few months ago. I drove over some railroad track and into a flash flooded area. I dragged the car home with my Truck and pushed it into my garage, scratching the bumper in the process. I cleared the motor...

My pan was cracked by the drain. I was able to fix it, but wouldn't mind replacing it with one in better condition. I need one for a Protege5 with an automatic transaxle.

I'm looking for an A/C compressor for my Protege5. I will also need the bracket that goes between the compressor and block. I'm sure someone that added a supercharger may have one around. If unable to PM or reply, e-mail me at orlanes@msn.com.

I didn't know where to post exactly, to I'll try here. I'm shopping around for a new motor and most places are asking if I have a AT or MT. How big of a difference is this? I've found a few 2.0L from AT equipped Proteges, however, I've also run into a 2003 Mazdaspeed engine. Could I bolt...

I managed to hydrolock my motor the other day. I was able to get it running today, and had it idle for a few minutes before taking it out on the road. As I was backing out of the driveway, the rod or something broke and shot through the block. It also managed to bust though the corner of th A/C...

I messed up the front bumper of my P5 and came across a ViS bumper for less than what a stock replacement would be. It looks a lot like the Wings West bumper, but at less than half the price. The material wasn't listed and I haven't heard much about ViS. Has anyone on the board had...

Not sure if you've seen this yet. . . http://roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=39&article_id=1627 If you haven't heard the buzz yet, Road-&-Track's SPEED Magazine, hitting stores on the 26th, features an article by Editor Sam Mitani on Mazda's project Mazdaspeed RX-8...

The ball broke off the piece that mounts to the hatch. So I'm down to one support and it doesn't work well. I'll probably replace them both, so if someone and Part Numbers that they're willing to share. . . that'd be great! It looks like there was some rust build-up in the ball and socket...