Buy a protege that's in good shape. Cant just get a regular one. The whole car in general is amazing. It had the short three shifter, and the sexy turbski. Best car I've ever owned
I picked up a 99 Protege DX cheap at a dealership. It had 42K miles on it and runs great. I bought it so I wouldn't put miles commuting in my CTS-V but it is a really fun car to drive and I might just start putting a few mods in it...
What up I’m from Portland oregon and i currently have a Black Mazdaspeed protege that has a custom fabricated wrx sti downpipe to a greddy catback exhaust. I’ll upload a video of it at some point.
do you have a video on how you got your flutter or is it the bov or the wastegate? i dont want to use a blocking plate so i need some tips for my 2003 2.0 turbo mazda protege
Hey bro, clean car! I also own a MSP and just a tip, that flutter sounds allot like compression surge coming from your intake, which is not good for your turbo, if your blowing out white smoke out your exaust it's possible the compression surge is frying your turbo seals! GET A RECIRULATING VALVE if you don't already have one..
It's normal. 5th gear is pretty high. I guess it was made for passing without dropping a gear. Also it is a sign from the times, because many economy cars made those years had high gears for highway. Mine sits at 3100 at 65 which is the highway speed limit here mostly. Drawback is you have to be more careful about having an eye on your oil maintenance
CHRISTOPHER funny about that, ive just bought one and it dosent fit. Its too long for the hatch. Taking it to an exhaust shop to get it shortened. Idk, maybe its the Australian models or my towbar or something
Hey I believe I bought this MSP 2 weeks ago! hit me back on here or on facebook if you want to follow the action! new motor getting swapped in about a month!!! #StreetLegalMotorsport
Not sure if they make it anymore, I found it on Craigslist. This looks like it might be similar www.importimageracing.com/products/magnaflow-catback-2003-mazdaspeed-protege
yea man I love it! I'm really gunna love it after its turboed! lol. check out my RU-vid channel @milsgarage. there's a few videos of the car already and will be more videos covering the turbo build coming up :)
PNW Project it’s not so much that they were cheaply built, it’s more so the fact that mazda put together the MSP blueprint together so quickly resulting in an overwhelmingly temperamental yet extremely rewarding vehicle. How’s she running, beings it’s been a year since ya shot this video.
