AWD Turbo Protege Recce Rallycar

[bomdoutscort]

Are you going to clean up and take the rust then respray the lower radiator support?

[JPmotorsports]

You did a very good job installing the 4wd system, on the other hand the IC piping, so so...

I appreciate very much the amount of pictures you have posted and that they are high resolution, nothing worst than cell phone ones.

Thanks, I think...it's an Ebay kit---didn't have to weld a pipe, which is what the customer's budget preferred.

Are you going to clean up and take the rust then respray the lower radiator support?

No, unfortunately it's not my car and I'm not getting paid to do the full deal---I'd of acid dipped the whole shell (or started with a different shell) if it was up to me, there's a bunch of rust on it---but Chuck will probably do a lot of it himself---he did an Integra Type R that was pretty bad and it turned out OK/livable.

[jrally]

That Integra had rust, looked brand new when I saw it... Shockingly, that Protege is one of the better examples of an AWD shell. Chuck will do a good job taking care of all the rust, I'm sure.

-Jon

[JPmotorsports]

Got it running today---fired it with the N/A Ecu and it fired right up---wouldn't idle super well. Swapped in the Turbo Ecu and loosened up the distributor and it was idling/reving perfect. Got the exhaust done---high flow rally cat-2 1/2" piping all the way-glasspack style resonator into a magnaflow---sounds deep/on the quiet side.

Got all the brake rotors/pads/flush done as well. Hopefully bolt a seat/some belts in tomorrow and go for a ride.

Anyone know if the instrument cluster needs to be grounded in order to work??? We sat one in there, popped in all the plugs in the back and expected to have a tach/temps etc.. and got nothing. We've done this before in the escorts and they work perfectly without a ground/in your hands...

[Mazda_Powered]

maybe you blew the interior fuse? i'd check into that lol

car's lookin good! what type of rotor/pad combo was installed?

[jrally]

Damn it, Now I'm going to have to make another trip out to the coast!! Great news....

-Jon R.

[therieldeal]

why the drilled/slotted rotors?

[JPmotorsports]

maybe you blew the interior fuse? i'd check into that lol

car's lookin good! what type of rotor/pad combo was installed?

Actually we'll start checking fuses tomorrow morning. They are BOSS rotors??? With Posi quiet pads

Damn it, Now I'm going to have to make another trip out to the coast!! Great news....

-Jon R.

I wouldn't count you chickens just yet allthough I did "spin" it around the parking lot!!

why the drilled/slotted rotors?

Yeah no kidding---he bought the motor/trans/ecu/rotors/pads/adjustable cam gears for $600 from a guy in the desert---in other words they were basically free!

[1st Gen]

Yeah no kidding---he bought the motor/trans/ecu/rotors/pads/adjustable cam gears for $600 from a guy in the desert---in other words they were basically free!

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Any plans for the brake lines?

Your exhaust work looks top notch. Any chance you could toss another pic or two up of all that busy stuff right out of the engine?

Props for the work. I especially like your welding and fab It's going to be a fun ride when your done.

[JPmotorsports]

I suppose I could have sold him brake lines---not really needed for this appl/car---it's nice sometimes to have a rubber line---you can use vice grips and still make it home if you rip one off...Thanks for the props---it's been a learning experience for sure---are normal builds are gut it/cage it/put suspension on and get it to the track/testing---I've never left AC and all the ducting under dash stuff in before!

[jrally]

Welcome to my world... The only car I've built without ducts and what not under the dash was my Baja Bug. You know you're jealous of my rally Escort with A/C, cruise control and still in open class 2wd.

-Jon

[SgtRauksauff]

Damn, that just makes me smile. I wish I could hurry up and finish my cam change in my AE86, I wanna get workin' on my protege!!!

And you definitely don't need the whole cluster grounded...


That was an in-car pic on the interstate on the way back from Montana with the car. We didn't get the fuel gauge hooked up right somehow, so we disconnected it. still haven't really looked into that yet, lol!

--sarge

[Dan [Sac]]

^^^Wow. McGyver would feel inferior.

[JPmotorsports]

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Any plans for the brake lines?

Your exhaust work looks top notch. Any chance you could toss another pic or two up of all that busy stuff right out of the engine?

Props for the work. I especially like your welding and fab It's going to be a fun ride when your done.

Couple photo's of the engine bay---it's not my thing/not getting paid to make it pretty---I see some of your guys cars on here, Jinx's comes to mind, and I wish we we're allowed to do that kind of work (or just hire Jinx/one of you guys to come in and clean it up).

Damn, that just makes me smile. I wish I could hurry up and finish my cam change in my AE86, I wanna get workin' on my protege!!!

And you definitely don't need the whole cluster grounded...


That was an in-car pic on the interstate on the way back from Montana with the car. We didn't get the fuel gauge hooked up right somehow, so we disconnected it. still haven't really looked into that yet, lol!

--sarge

That's great---it's a gauge cluster!!

[Mazda_Powered]

yea they're ebay rotors, i was just making sure lol i thought they looked familiar. car's looking good.

keep the clean cars for the streets and the dirty girls for playin in the mud