Mazda Of the Month – Best Turbocharged Mazda – Mazdas247 March 2015

Truly honored to have placed first on the Mazda of the Month ‪(‎MOTM‬) competition hosted by ‪Mazdas247‬ for the best turbocharged Mazda. Mazda of the Month March 2015. Major thank you to Antoine, Mazda community and everyone who supported! http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt…he-Month-March Jp 2002 Mazda Protege LX Engine ATX-MTX conversion w/ MSP LSD HiBoost Turbo Kit IHI […]

Restoration continues…

Cleaned up the rust near the welds in the engine bay.. I sanded everything down to bare metal, layered 2 base coats of Por-15 and primed over it. Once the primer settles i’ll colour match it then clear coat. Por15 coats Primer applied P5 lights on the way to their original glory. I used 600, […]

Rust repair & P5 headlight conversion

I started doing some minor rust repair on the protege and the p5 black headlight conversion I’ll be grinding and cleaning all the rust then layering the whole front chassis, behind the front fenders, rockers and rear quarters with Por15 Should be more than ready to handle many winters in the future… Rust Spots Por […]

Finishing up the Turbo build…

Been a long week but the installation is finally complete. Luckily she turned over after connecting power supply to the haltech ecu. I had to mess around with the intercooler piping to get my front bumper to fit with my fogs but its sitting to spec. Just need to tune it and she’ll be just […]

Long weekend project

Weekend projectpro to-do list: Test connections and any soldered wiresTest for short/ fuses Check EGR & Vac leaksCoolant flushInstall amber film on fogsInstall rear msp speakers/door harnessesInstall outer tie rod ends Install fender liners Repair fog harnessFinish custom downstream o2 harness Started checking off somethings from my to-do list for this weekend. I did a full coolant flush today and […]

New parts for the pro!!

I purchased a Injen Cold Air Intake, Eibach Pro kit springs and a set of Tokico Blue Struts for the Protege. Tokico Blue Struts Eibach Pro-Kit Springs from my wonderful Girlfriend