Ejaz's 98 Mazda Protege

[3ni_tricksta]

finally got another mechanic to throw the motor back in. starts up and idles well.
just need to slap back a few things like alternator, top up coolant etc.
no more oil leak from the rear main seal.

seems like theres a minor leak from the pan or somewhere under there. need to inspect again. (frustrating building)

first time i ever trusted someone to work on the car.
hopefully this can all be resolved in the next week.
Lesson learned : don't believe someone who puts pics on facebook of others peoples work claiming their the king of engine swaps.


I miss driving this thing. Came across this pic today and i did get a bit sad.
sooon!

[3ni_tricksta]

she's home! and i figure this would make an awesome sig

[Turpro]

Hot

[Mazda_Powered]

I like those wheels too lol. Car looks hot, glad she's running again.

[3ni_tricksta]

wheels are actually quite concave. just not a great angle for the shot

[3ni_tricksta]

haven't updated this in a while.
finally pulled her out, motor was still giving some issues from the last wackjob.

dropped in a another motor and had everything fixed up.

[kertap]

have a quick question how did you do the true timing belt?

[3ni_tricksta]

it depends, there's two different heads for the second gen.
true dual cam, and chain driven one.

[nyl]

are those rims bbs? i need to get new rims on my mazda :D

[kertap]

which ones are true dual?like a specific year or anything?

[bogaut]

forgot about this car. my fav bha here in the states for sure

[funktional]

which ones are true dual?like a specific year or anything?

It was changed during the 98 model year I believe, check any of the sites for timing belts and they will give the specific sequence of vin number where the design changed. Earlier was a single cam pulley changed to a dual cam pulley in 1998.

[kertap]

any benefit in going true dual timing?

[thymighty]

^ My understanding is that it's still not "true" dual timing, since the exhaust cam is actually driven by a chain off of the intake cam.

[funktional]

^ My understanding is that it's still not "true" dual timing, since the exhaust cam is actually driven by a chain off of the intake cam.

Negative, during the '98 model year the head design was changed a bit and both cams were turned by their own cam pulley, no timing chain between the cams. Not sure when this happened exactly but my '98 has two cam pulleys and does not drive the exhaust cam with a chain coming off the intake cam.