mazdaspeedwagon
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Damn that looks nice there.
Picked up my Protege5 yesterday!
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The ManLaw
The Manlaw of Want
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- 15cx5 soon 20cx9
long process this has been but hey i'm subbing now lol
roy obanion
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- 02 p5, 95 miata
Two mounts is how my FS was basically held in till I swapped some new ones recently... Nice progress buddy!
Got work done.
Last Saturday I got the mounts in...well, kinda. Of course had the 2 lower mounts holding the engine in, well my brother got a pair of the upper mounts for me, but the passenger side mount was cracked. I filled both side mounts and the lower front mount with window weld and put em in... but didn't do it right. lol Couldn't get the passenger one to line up right, and I ran out of energy so I gave up.
Re-did it today and lined the engine up right. Now, however, the rear mount isn't right. I didn't have a pry bar so I couldn't get the bolt all the way in. UGH!!
Besides that, I got the shift linkage connected, Y-pipe on, and threw the Greddy cat-back on. The cat-back will be removed and sold as it looks retarded. It was a hot 'n humid day in the STL and I was sweating buckets...killed my productivity but atleast I made some progress.
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Last Saturday I got the mounts in...well, kinda. Of course had the 2 lower mounts holding the engine in, well my brother got a pair of the upper mounts for me, but the passenger side mount was cracked. I filled both side mounts and the lower front mount with window weld and put em in... but didn't do it right. lol Couldn't get the passenger one to line up right, and I ran out of energy so I gave up.
Re-did it today and lined the engine up right. Now, however, the rear mount isn't right. I didn't have a pry bar so I couldn't get the bolt all the way in. UGH!!
Besides that, I got the shift linkage connected, Y-pipe on, and threw the Greddy cat-back on. The cat-back will be removed and sold as it looks retarded. It was a hot 'n humid day in the STL and I was sweating buckets...killed my productivity but atleast I made some progress.
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roy obanion
Member
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- 02 p5, 95 miata
Glad to hear you got the passenger mount to line up...you're getting close!
Considering there was never anything but FWD KL production cars...
hornsfan10609
Certified Mazda Tech
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege x2
Damn this thing is 2 years in the making, can't wait to see it driveable.
LOL, yes, 2 years... It happens when you have 3 other cars to drive at all times... and have to maintain them and all that, plus a few other project cars bought to sell.
If, say, I only had 1 car and this Protege5, it would be done really quick. The fact that I don't need the car is a huge psychological issue that affects my drive to get it together. It'd also be different if I bought it and drove it, then something happened to it and I had to put an engine in it... but I bought it as a metaphoric paper weight. :/
I know by now a lot of people would give up on such a project, but I just want to let everyone know that even though my progress is painfully slow, I'm NOT ever going to give up. This car will run, everything will work in it, and it'll be freggin' bliss to me. lol
1sicP5owner
Member
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
update???? 
roy obanion
Member
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- 02 p5, 95 miata
Heh, he's always getting distracted..
roy obanion
Member
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- 02 p5, 95 miata
It will be finished. Mazkid has lots of other projects
