PA, NJ, & DE Member Profiles

[gone_fishin]

To everyone that lives in Pennsylvania, Deleware or New Jersey, and belongs to Mazda Forums, we want to hear about you! Stop in here and introduce yourself so that we can put a face with the name. Tell us about your interests, hobbies, contact info, profession, your car, pets, your life, funny/random facts about you, whatever you wish, just please keep it within the forum's rules!

I'm hoping that this will encourage comradery among our local members, and will facilitate friendships outside the electronic realm.

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I'll begin:

Name: Zach

Age: 22

Location: Chester County, PA

Marital Status: Not married, but I've been with my girlfriend for over 4 years.

Profession: Student

Education: University of Colorado, Boulder-- Bachelors of Molecular Biology
Catholic University of America-- Bachelors of Biology and Chemistry

Interests & Hobbies: Street-rod building & customization, snowboarding, surfing, ice-hockey, rugby, fly-fishing (hense the name), guitar, beer.

Your Car: 1999 Mazda Protege ES (1.8 liter) manual. Mazda red.
*Will post up a picture later, but for now see my sig.

Car Details/Modifications: Complete 2003 mazdaspeed protege swap-- drive & power train, electrical system. 9 psi sleeper

Modifications-- No Exterior mods.
Engine/Tranny: Full GHL 3'' turboback exhaust, injen CAI, AWR front & rear 95 duro motormounts, fully ported and polish intake mani, B&M short shifter, Optima Red-top, polished heat-shield.
Suspension: Tokico blues with eibach pro springs on all four corners, corksport strut tower brace, racing beat sway bars (front and rear), AWR adjustable endlinks (front and rear).
Brakes: MSP calipers on slotted rotors.
Interior: Custom autometer gaugework, Micron ADL dash system.

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Now that you've heard from me, let's hear from you!

 

[gone_fishin]

Include contact info, myspace/facebook links, and/or pictures of pets if you so desire. My profile post doesn't need to necessarily be your template.

I'd don't want to restrict this to just the confines of state residents. If you live close to PA, NJ, or DE, or even if you've visited these states for car shows and events (and plan on doing so in the future) post 'em up!

 

[Rush]

Name: Cindy

Age: 27

Location: Elizabethtown, PA (roughly 30 minutes southeast of Harrisburg)

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mazdaspd

Marital Status: Been with my boyfriend Brandon (tho' I often refer to him on the forums as just 'B') for three and a half years; we moved into an apartment together in July '07; he bought a new house and we moved into that in August '08.

Profession: Student, meteorology intern at my local NBC station (WGAL Channel 8), and server at Gibraltar in Lancaster.

Education: Attended Penn State's main campus for two years, then transferred to Millersville University where I'm currently enrolled. My major is Meteorology. Yes, it's okay to be jealous -- everyone wants a job where you can be wrong every day, and still get paid!

Interests & Hobbies: The G, anything involving the ocean, occasional camping, putzing on the computer with no particular purpose in mind, FOOTBALL (both NFL and college), the Weather Channel (I didn't chose my major at random, y'know), geocaching (go look it up if you don't know what it is), and blah-de-blah.

My Former Car: 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege, production #1276 -- it was totaled in an accident on the PA Turnpike in January of '09.

My MSP's Details/Modifications:
- MAM FMIC (including hardpipes)
- GReddy Type-RS BOV
- MAM SRI with K&N filter
- Protege Garage single cast runner intake manifold
- Thunder stainless tubular exhaust manifold
- ATP wastegate actuator
- NGK ZFR7F-11 spark plugs
- AWR rear motor mount
- SLS front motor mount
- relocated MAF to boosted pipes
- MAM vacuum manifold
- Mazdaspeed Miata oil cap
- GReddy radiator cap
- Weapon-R coolant tank
- Autometer CF boost gauge
- AEM UEGO wideband
- Full dual a-pillar pod, painted to match interior
- Kartboy shifter bushings
- Megan Racing j-spec short shifter
- custom turbo-back exhaust (2.5" Corksport s-pipe, single 3" Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 3" flex pipe, 3" stainless resonator, and all SS 3" piping back to an HKS titanium-tip muffler .. done by Mufflex Performance Exhaust in Trenton, NJ)
- Summer shoes: 18" x 7.5" Motegi DP6 gunmetal wheels wrapped in 215/35/18 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW tires.
- Winter shoes: 16" x 7" Maxxim Ahead graphite wheels wrapped in 205/50/16 Hankook Winter iPike W409 tires
- Rotora slotted rotors
- PosiQuiet ceramic brake pads
- Painted calipers (silver and black)
- Tokico Illumina adjustable struts
- Progress lowering springs
- AXR clunk fix kit
- 15% tint all around (with windshield strip)
- Gemini Composites reverse-cowl CF hood (with my 'weird' paint scheme)
- Dexter hood prop kit
- DGM CF mirror covers
- DGM CF front grill with Mazdaspeed badge
- DGM CF eyelids
- DGM CF trunk latch cover
- DGM CF license plate frame
- DGM CF radio surround trim pieces
- TechOne 6000K HID conversion kit
- Rockblocker tinted tail light overlays
- Blue Batmobile tinted sidemarker overlays
- Removed Protege badge for gunmetal Porsche turbo badge
- DaveB brushed aluminum instrument cluster rings
- Pioneer Premier DEH-P770MP head unit
- 2 JL Audio W3 subs
- 2 JL Audio component speakers added to back deck
- JL Audio 500/1 amp
- Rockford Fosgate 500X amp
- Lightning 1 farad digital cap'

My Current Car: 2005 Infiniti G35 6MT Coupe. I need to take new pics of it. Badly.

The G's Details/Modifications:
- OEM clear sidemarkers
- carbon fiber Data System Illusion front lip
- Gialla replica front grill
- 20% tint on all windows
- tinted tail lights, third brake light and sidemarkers
- carbon fiber window switch covers
- debadged rear (except Mount Fuji emblem)
- OEM iPod integration kit

 

[gone_fishin]

18 views so far and only 1 response? Come on!

 

[gone_fishin]

I'm preoccupied with Sea Dog blueberry ale and steak right now.

You poor thing (spank)

 

[Kurt07]

Name: Kurt

Age: 29

Location: Red Lion, PA

Marital Status: Married

Profession: I work in a nut house.

Education: I gots some of that.

Interests & Hobbies: Cars, meeting people that are into cars, wine tasting, cigar smoking, and a beer every now and then.

Your Car: 2007 Cosmic Blue MazdaSpeed 3

It is stock until my parts come in next week.
Parts on order:
BEGi cold air box
Forge bypass valve

 

[gone_fishin]

Do you work in a peanut factory, or a mental institution?

 

[Kurt07]

Mental institution.

 

[gone_fishin]

Mental institution.

What's your job like?

 

[Kurt07]

It's not what you think. I work in the purchasing department. I have no interaction with the patients.

 

[crashkelly]

Name: Chris
Age: 25

Location: Bucks county, PA

Marital Status: Single

Profession: Trial Logistics for a Pharmacuetical Contract Research Organization.

Education: BA in Psych from University of Delaware

Interests & Hobbies: Cars and being a bum.

Your Car: 03 Black Mica MSP....Mods in sig

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Name: Mike

Age: 23

Location: Delaware County, PA

Marital Status: Have been with my girlfriend for a little over a year

Profession: Machinist

Education:Williamson Free School of the Mechanical Trades.
Machine Tool Technology

Interests & Hobbies: My Car for the most part. But I've had my hands in alot of things.

Your Car: 2002 Protege ES.


Car Details/Modifications:

I/H/E
Eibach Prokit
Tokico Blues
Black Head lamps
7k Hids
TWM Short shifter
626 front Caliper, Rx-7 Rears.
EBC slotted Rotors.
16" Rota Slipstreams
Yokohama AVS Es100s

 

[gone_fishin]

come on guys, post up some pics-- preferably funny!

 

[fatti03msp]

Name: Brandon

Age: 21
Location: Oakdale, PA

Marital Status: Single and loving it

Profession: Computer Aided drafter, draftsman, and machinist

Education: PTI Associates in Mechanical and Engineering Science

Interests & Hobbies: Making my car faster, playing PS3 & 360, and Drinking some beer.

Your Car: 03 MAZDASPEED Protege

Car Details/Modifications: see my sig.

 

[XxaltezzaxX]

(You want a funny pic)

Name: Francisco

Age: old

Skin color: Brown

Location: Newark, NJ

Marital Status: Not married, but I might as well be.

Profession: service tech for security systems

Interests & Hobbies: Cars, Video games, Anime, and computers. (I'm an all around dork)

Car: 2003 Protege5.........stock
2003 mazdaspeed protege..........broken
1994 protege.................beater
Thats about it.

 

[JasonKilpa]

Name: Jason

Age: 31

Location: Dover, Delaware

Marital Status: Married with a 5 year old son

Profession: Computer admin/web designer for the City of Milford, DE

Education: A+ Certified, Network+ Certified, Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician, some college but never finished.

Interests & Hobbies: Customizing and take the car to local and national shows, video games, football, baseball, NHRA, building and working on models

Your Car: 2002 Mazda Protege ES

Car Details/Modifications: Wayyyyy to many

 

[RXMmazdaspeed]

Name: Kevin

Age: 22

Location: Neptune, NJ

Marital Status: Single

Profession: Personal Trainer

Education: Completing my degree p/t while working f/t.

Interests & Hobbies: The car, snowboarding, dirtbiking, going out with friends, girls (naughty).

Your Car: 2007 Cosmic Blue Mazdaspeed 3

Car Details/Modifications: Mazdaspeed CAI, HKS SSQV BOV. Corksport DP and PG Test Pipe just ordered.

I'm on the left in the picture, pics of car to come soon....

 

[RXMmazdaspeed]

jasonkilpa... anybody ever tell you that you resemble tom brady?

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Bump....... I update

Will get me photo of me and Car later

 

[mpvpsu]

Name: Matt

Age: 29

Location: Drexel Hill, PA

Marital Status: engaged

Profession: Sales

Education: Penn State University

Interests & Hobbies: Fishing and any thing to do with the beach (it's where I'm completing this and I'll be fishing after I'm done), Cooking, Beer

Your Car: 2001 Protege LX 2.0 Mica Black Auto

Modifications-- CF Evo hood, blue headlight covers< I forget where I bought them from >

Engine/Tranny: Thunder Header with full custom exhaust, AEM intake, Optima Red-top, Nology Wires with coil pack relocation and grounding kit, Tranny Cooler, Upgrade to Lentech Tranny by next June

Suspension: Tein adjustable coil-overs, Corksport strut tower brace, GT Sec truck cage, 22mm Progress sway bar (rear), AWR adjustable endlinks (front and rear).

Brakes: 5 lug swap sitting in my shed<just need new wheels>

Interior: Sirius radio, and custom stereo< the rest is being left as stock as possible>