Familia vs P5

[Protege5 Smoke]

I've been searching for suspension parts for the P5 and I came across a website for JDM parts. The parts are listed as compatible for the Familia S wagon BJ5W/BJ8W/BJFW. My question is, are these models similar enough to the Protege5, in terms of suspension/chassis, that the parts would be interchangeable?

 

[hornsfan10609]

The Protege5 is a familia wagon, that's what the japanese cars were called.

 

[P-Funk!]

Yep! Just beware - there was a JDM all wheel drive version.

 

[Protege5 Smoke]

The Protege5 is a familia wagon, that's what the japanese cars were called.

I know. Was just wondering if there were any major changes between the submodels that would affect interchangeability. I found some parts that were labeled compatible for only BJ5W and others for only BJ8W/BJFW

All wheel drive? Think I read something about that, was an option on one of the JDM models.. Does that mean...technically...we could swap an awd system into our P5's??

 

[Valk]

awd, automatic only i believe. but with a level ten kit, that could be pretty badass in its own right.

 

[Protege5 Smoke]

Hmmm...my car is auto.. this keeps getting better lol. how would one obtain a level ten kit?

 

[Valk]

look up level ten automatics. not a cheap route to go. they develope parts for racing autos. a shift kit and billit torque converter would be the most basic components for an upgrade trans, but they also do full rebuild kits ect. i did some goodling but horns would have to answer which models had the awd. it LOOKS like the ZM models had the option for it but i cant confirm. not sure zm trans would be compatible with fs.

 

[Balls]

From what I recall reading on these forums, the awd version had a different chassis, for the drive shaft to make it to the back of the vehicle. Not so compatible with ours unfortunately.

 

[hornsfan10609]

The AWD setup was available with a manual trans in the JDM Sport 20s only. Even with the FSZE the drivetrain loss of AWD made up for the extra power.

 

[Valk]

well they are getting to be about the right age to import.. i dunno where to shop for that kinda stuff, but id totally buy a mtx sport 20 now that we are getting closer to the 15 year mark.

 

[Protege5 Smoke]

Wasn't the sport 20 a sub model of the familia? Which means they would share the same chassis and transmissions should be cross compatible with other familias. Right?