After weeks of waiting and striping out the parts car, I finally got back my protege with a mazdaspeed LSD manual transmission. I got my mechanic to install a new Luk performance clutch, new speed sensor, speedo gear and few miscellaneous bits. The end result is amazing!! The car dives really smooth without any hesitation.
Only issues I came across after getting the car back was that my ABS, e-brake and check engine lights are always lit on the dashboard. Also, my speedometer isn’t working but the fuel, temperature and RPM gauges are working fine. I thought the issue was because I installed an ECU from a 03 mazda protege with abs and the plugs for abs on my engine bay wiring harness are unoccupied at the moment. However, After getting a manual ECU from a protege without ABS the problem is still there.
The only solutions I was suggested from the guys at Toprotege.com was to either add abs to my vehicle or change the engine harness to a non-abs engine harness. Hopefully this will clear all the issues going forward.
Check out the pics below of the conversion and part out process
MSP off to scrap
The final product.
Major thanks to Raj, Frank and Dom for helping me out with the project.