Gettin my car to 15s!

[zorlac7]

one of the big problems of protege is the weight..reduce it and you will see some REALLY gains.

miata pistons are good mod..head work too.

the stock ecu is other of the big problems that have the protege.

[skr33t_rac3r]

yeah all seriousness use a very good mazda specific place if u can to do the tuning and when doing ur intercooler use athe shortest path possible

[Protoss]

??? mazda specific??? :dunno:

and there is a theory that a slightly longer intake pipe might see a gain in torque. All things concidered i think the path for the intake and FMIC is pretty set not too much you can do there, unless of course you choose to run piping behind the engine, which is just retarded.

[silver03p5]

Originally posted by zorlac7
one of the big problems of protege is the weight..reduce it and you will see some REALLY gains.

miata pistons are good mod..head work too.

the stock ecu is other of the big problems that have the protege.

the protege is one of the lightest 4door cars on the market

[itzkcatz]

Yes very light, anyone else get there rear doors slammed by passengers thinking they are heavier?

[silver03p5]

i get all of my doors slammed by dumb passengers.

[zorlac7]

which weight is LIGHT for us ???

the weight of my car is 1800-2000 Pounds. 3000 is very heavy.

[silver03p5]

who the **** has a 3000 pound protege. 2438 i think is the factory weight

[JesseSays]

Proteges range from 2350 to 2800 lbs depending on year and options. Those are rough, but close enough.

[silver03p5]

yeah, when i replaced my struts and speakers, i had everything out, because i didnt want to work around stuff, cuz im lazy like that, and i weighed it. with me out the dmv station said 2300. with me in 2550

[91ProtegeLX]

hell yea, my car is light as **** it weighs 2395 with me in it, im 165, thats when it is stripped and im racing it. With all the interior and everything that came factory and a full tank of gas with me in it it weighed in at 2505. Which is light as **** for a 4 door sedan. My crx weighed like 2300 with me in it, and it only holds 2 passengers, had no powersteering or power sunroof and a few other things!

[silver03p5]

double post

**EDITED: not anymore , JesseSays**

[JesseSays]

my car was 2497 in STS race trim.

the MR2 is around is right about the same I'd guess in race trim.

[skr33t_rac3r]

Originally posted by Protoss
??? mazda specific??? :dunno:

thats pretty much saying youo wouldnt take ur new (GTR) transplant to your local mechanic shop if u wanna see the best gains. take it to some where that has seen this before if you can

[itzkcatz]

Originally posted by skr33t_rac3r
thats pretty much saying youo wouldnt take ur new (GTR) transplant to your local mechanic shop if u wanna see the best gains. take it to some where that has seen this before if you can

No i wouldnt, im just gonna spend the 300 bucks and fly braden out to tune my ****. Why would i bring it to mazda its not like they will know wtf to do they dont mod cars they fix them