NA Cars and People

[mazdaspeed777]

Name: Dan Thomas
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Occupation: Architectural Draftsman(Architect) Draw and design house plans
Car: 2003 Protege 5
Other projects: Show/Autocross build
Other stuff: Workin on building my P5 to be a NA monster! As far as other interests I do most board sports (skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding), I play soccer, and love fishing and other outdoor activity's

 

[dwpeek]

NAME: Dan Peek
LOCATION: St. Louis, MO.
OCCUPATION: Police Officer
CAR: 02 P5 Vivid Yellow
OTHER PROJECTS: Road/Mountain Biker
OTHER STUFF: Starting training for upcoming cycling season.

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Name: Mike Zelusky
Location: Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Machinist/Welder/Fabricator
Car: 2002 Mazda Protege ES
Other Projects: KL V6 Build_ Naturally aspirated of course.
Other Hobbies: Figuring how I can do less of everything else so I can spend more time on the Pro

 

[BinoMP5]

Name: Josh Q
Location: Gainesville, Fl
Occupation: FA Specialist for BioTechnology/part time server
Car: 03 LB MP5
Mods: Injen CAI, 4-2-1 Header to 2.25 Header Back Exhaust, 88 AWR Full Motor Mount Set, 8k HiDs Low Beams, 3500k Fogs, 2.5" drop
Other Projects: KL-ZE Swap
Other Hobbies: Trying to stay away from the dark side(ie FI)

 

[blueprotegelx]

Name: Josh Reed
Location: @ School EKU Richmond, Ky; @ Home: Northern Kentucky
Occupation: Student, landscaping, macy's
Car: 2003 Protege LX/ES
Mods: AWR Rear Motor Mount, Ractive Intake & Strut Bar, Eibach ProKit, 2.5 custom exhaust, OBX Header, Neuspeed ShortShifter, Full Pillar/Gauges, Reverse Indiglo Cluster Lights, currently looking for other additions.
Other stuff: Going to school for Physical Therapy and trying to work (or find) as much as possible to pay, hence the keyword find. haha

 

[BaD_HeX]

Name: Vince Y
Location: Lake Vila, IL.
Occupation: Desktop Technology Service & Support
Car: 2000 1.8L Protege ES
Mods: Midnight blue mica (22A) w/custom black mica offset color, Goldline springs, 17" Konig Hot-Swaps w/Nitto neogen tires, CAI, OBX Headers, full exhaust w/high flow cat & resonator (magnaflow), Light UDP & accessory pulleys, Sport-20 Front bumper w/p5 fogs, njaremka front lip (3.5" front ground clearance :O), skirts, MSP rear skirt, Blacked out 323 Taillights, Carputer, In-Dash LCD touchscreen, relocated head unit, other minor interior mods.
Planned: The Plan
Other stuff: Saving up $$$ for first house; Blowing that savings on car mods and computer equipment.

 

[Jas00x]

Name: Jason M
Location: Austin, TX
Occupation: Product Designer
Car: 2000 1.8L Protege ES
Purpose: SCCA Solo2 (Autocross) car for F-street Prepared.
Wheels/Tires: 15x10.5 (front), 15x8.5(rear)/ Hooiser A6 275/35/15's
Suspension: Bilstein/AWR
Power: CAI, AutoEXE throttle body, AWR Header, Corksport Exhaust
ECM: Microtech
Planned: Lightweight Flywheel, Intake Manifold work, Head work, maybe 2.0L motor. Always in need of fresh Hooiser tires.
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[WRCprotege]

name: Jason Story
location: louisville ky
occupation: Ikeyless.com
car:03 protege5
mods:CAI--MP3 ECU--underive pully--OBX headers--MAM midpipe--racingbeat exhaust--AWR solid front rear mounts--AWR side mount inserts--AWR 21.5mm rear sway--Skunk 2 coilovers--camber bolts--kart boy shifter bushings--slotted and cross drill rotors--Hawk HP plus pads--thermal spacer--VTCS removed and ported intake mani-- 215-45-16 azenis--rear strut brace-- FS-ZE intake cam-mazdaspeed exhaust cam--fidanza flywheel--Clutch master stage 2R clutch--CP racing front strut tower bar--SR cam gears on the way--JIC coilovers on the way..
planned: the car is done, mabey a few more braces etc..but the car now does what i want it to do..so now i just have to keep a motor in it..

 

[norwood1026]

name Kevin Norwood

location Columbia, South Carolina

occupation Ft Jackson

Car 2000 Portege ES with 5 speed.


Mods None as of yet just started back to work after being laid off.
Mods will come as we get back on our feet.

Planned 3 angle valve job + port matching
Upgraded valve springs (eibachs)
ECU - Microtech or Haltech.
Cams - Twiggys are the best.
IM - 626
Autoexe or Bored out 626 Throttle Body

The clearcoat is coming off the car so I plan to paint it the same color it is now. 16 inch rims & tires down the road.

Some sort of bodykit not sure what as of yet still looking, planning on keeping it simple.



Other stuff Down the road I plan to buy a 94 or up Miata not sure what mods I'll be adding but I do plan to add a blower. I'll be aiming for around 180-200 WHP I took a ride in one with 180 WHP & it was a blast!

 

[Gen1GT]

Name:Josh Cosford
Location:Hamilton, Ontario
Occupation:Certified Hydraulic Specialist
Car:1993 Mazda Protege GT (1 of 500 made that year, and only sold in Canada)
Mods:RX7 Airflow Meter, Pod filter, 18 ignition advance, Custom 2.5" SS exhaust, SS resonator, high-flow cat, Flowmaster 40 Series muffler, Martelius 4-1 Header, Exhintake cam, UR Ultra TR cam gears, Turbosmart T-Reg Street adjustable fuel pressure regulator...and some chassis mods.
Planned:Flyin' Miata 11:1, 2 litre stroker long block, IRTB's, stand-alone engine management.
Other Stuff:I was one of the original NA gurus here, along with Installshield, Twilight et al, and I invented the "exhintake" cam mod for BP powered Mazdas and Fords.

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

engine bay pics? links?

 

[da beast 23]

bryan
florida
04 mazda 3 2.0 l
not done with engine yet jus kinda started !!
sum mods intake exhust ...headers etc....

 

[lucaspl88]

Name:Lucas
Location:Des Plaines IL
Occupation:Sales consultant/Assistant Manager for Retail company
Car:2004 Mazda 3 2.3 MTX Hatchback
Mods:CP-E Standback 2|AEM Uego|VTCS Removed|Exedy Stage 2 Clutch|Exedy Lightweight Fflywheel|BSD|MS3 CBE|F2 Header|TB Bypass|Tein S|SPC|CAI|Kosei K1 TS|RKM STS|6K 55W HID Low|3K 35W HID Fog|Indy Fogs|Tinted Tail Lights|Smoked Reflectors|Interior LED|Foot Well LED|Angel Eyes|Scangauge2|JBL 12" SUB|Red Calipers|35% Rear Tints|Spoiler Lip|HD Front Lip|Grom Ipod Aadapter|MS3 Shift Boot|TB + Engine Bay Ground|GT Spec Rear Lower Tie Bar|
Planned:SR lightweight Alternator/waterpump pulley, WEAPON-R intake manifold
Other Stuff: I'm trying to reach 200whp on 2.3 without building a motor.
so far im @ |154.7whp 159.8wtq| ON DYNODYNAMICS DYNO which is equivalent to around 180whp on dynojet...

some pics..

 

[Khemraj]

um, newbie question...what is N/A?

 

[Shadow102]

um, newbie question...what is N/A?

Natural aspiration...the engine breathes on its own

The opposite is FI or forced induction...or an engine that uses something to force air into the engine

 

[Khemraj]

Natural aspiration...the engine breathes on its own

The opposite is FI or forced induction...or an engine that uses something to force air into the engine

oh, ok...thanks...

Name: Khemraj (Raj) Singh
Location: Hampton, VA
Ride: 02 Mazda P5
Mods by me: 0
Mods by PO: Dark tints, lowered (not sure how long, but will find out soon)

 

[CulRidr]

Name: Etienne R.
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Occupation: Junior Project Engineer with the Federal Gov't
Car: 2001 Mazda Proteg MP3
Other projects: SnowCross car for the winter
Mods: Check my sig
Planned: Tuned ECU, Projectors, other minor mods

 

[LordWorm]

Natural aspiration...the engine breathes on its own

The opposite is FI or forced induction...or an engine that uses something to force air into the engine

N/A also means never ending black hole money pits to track down 1 extra horsepower here and there
and it means living with your head in engineering books calculating a bunch of stuff you wouldn't even need to THINK about on all bar the most wild turbo builds

 

[mbretschneider]

Name: Maximilian Bretschneider
Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Occupation: Part time freelance designer/Graduating
Car: 1998 Mazda 626 LX (called GLX in euro/brazil) 2.0 liter i4 FS-DE
Other projects: Want to build a drift car. Price wise, i will go with a Subaru Impreza 1993 to 1995 (that may sound bizarre for some in the rest of the wold, but here a miata of the same year costs 4 times the old impreza). The manitenance prices and parts are low cost around here.
Other stuff: Have owned the car for 1 year now. Plan is to build a N/A mildly tuned "FS-ZE" engine with parts from corksport and piggyback ECU. The 626 is my daily driver (tough it goes to the "touge" on the weekends, wich i spend downhilling/uphilling).