FSP 1st Gen Protege Project

[XelderX]

i want those wheels in 5x 114.3 badly!!!! i did a search for spinworks wheels but came up empty handed. help?

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/category/Series_82_Wheels

[cojsl]

The rest of the FSP field got faster since last year

Yeah, Kevin and Iain are frequent 1000 pointers here locally. Maybe paint your car nuclear green? It seems to be fast

Sounds like you had a good time.

[XelderX]

Yeah, Kevin and Iain are frequent 1000 pointers here locally.

They were off the pace last year, but they said that it was because of the colder weather. When they were so fast after day 1 I asked them what they had updated on the car and they said just the paint. All of the other small FWD cars in FSP (except for Tipple's Civic) looked to be on the new 255-13 front tire. That seemed to help them along with the more consistent weather this year.

[XelderX]

The car actually fired today. I still have a lot of things to adjust to get it to start and idle properly, but it's finally feeling like I might actually be able to drive it soon.

[XelderX]

Great news! The car moved under it's own power yesterday. Granted it was only from one side of the driveway to the other, but it moved. I need to re-bleed the brakes as they don't work at all, but that was to be expected since this was the first time they were used with the car running. I definitely have a voltage issue as it doesn't look like the alternator is charging very well. In all my attempts to get the car running over the last few weeks I may have damaged some internal circuts in the alternator. I'll have it tested this weekend. The next priority is to get the cooling fan wired in and working. I can tell she is running extremely rich, but I'm not going to make any changes there until I finalize my intake/air filter setup and switch spark plugs. I got the car to idle at a steady 900 RPMs. I couldn't drive it far since there is no cooling fans and the front spindles are only bolted hand tight since I'll have to take them back off to press in new wheel studs this weekend. If anyone is intersted I have 10 long ARP studs for sale that fit the 5 lug spindles from the late model Proteges.

[XelderX]

Been a while since the last update. I had some major issues with the ECU. I basically fried several diodes and a circuit trace in the ECU. I finally got that fixed today and put the ECU back in the car. After about a 30 minute phone call to a friend familiar with Megasquirt and my setup we got the car to idle properly. I was using the wrong MAP setting in the ECU. I then went and adjusted the trigger angle in the spark settings which was quite a bit off. Now she idles nice and smooth around 1,000rpm and 13:1 AFR. I'm setting up an appointment for the dyno next week. Hopefully we can get some good basic numbers to post.

[FE3-323]

doesn't sound like a bunch of fun. im glad to hear you've gotten it running well now tho

[wheresthericego]

You didn't ruin the MS did you?

Also, are you the one building the shortblock for Stephan's MSP?

[XelderX]

You didn't ruin the MS did you?

Also, are you the one building the shortblock for Stephan's MSP?

It's not ruined. I had to replace 2 diodes and make a jumper for a burnt trace. It seems to be working fine, but I won't get a chance to test it again until Monday. Yea, I'm building Stephan's motor.

[XelderX]

[Turpro]

Total sleeperness. Good to see her running

[Mazda_Powered]

sick!!!!

[wheresthericego]

it revvs so fast! Very nice build. When will it see the track?

[FE3-323]

excellent!!!!

[XelderX]

it revvs so fast! Very nice build. When will it see the track?

It should actually rev a little faster than that once we get it sorted out. The accel enrichment needs tweaking, but I'm not going to touch it until I get the fuel map dialed in. I also have a very lightweight crank pulley being delivered tomorrow (over 5lbs lighter than stock). She runs a bit rich right now. I'm going to the dyno on Friday and if all goes well she will be racing on Sunday.