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    Call me crazy 93 protege enduro build

    Hello all! Brand new to the site and Mazda performance. I'm starting a build on a 93 Protege with the 1.8 liter. We will be enduro racing it...starting with short enduro's 2 hour minimum working our way up to multiple 8 hour days...then the ultimate 24 plus hours! Cage is almost done and we have bought a 22 gallon fuel cell. I'm looking for a little advice in a few areas.

    We were going to try and stay with stock motor and ecu and do some work to the head nothing crazy just give it a little more power. If I stay with stock set up is there anyone that can build a wiring harness that is a little more user friendly? Motor is out of car already and wouldn't be objective to a different motor package. Thought I would get some feedback from you all.

    I have been looking at some after market shocks and spring kits, any suggestions on what brand I should use? What is the opinion of the stock brakes and calipers? Car wont way much once we have completely gutted it and caged it.

    Any help would be great,

    Thank you
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    Nice dude! I'm looking forward to this. Are you in the Portland Area or up in Seattle?

    a BP Protege would be a prime enduro racer. I've considered it for a long time myself. Still want to. Hey, if you have an open seat, I might be available to fill. There are a few things motor wise you can consider. Exhaust cam swap, sohc crank swap (lighter than dohc and direct fit), Kia upper intake manifold with a solid port/polish all around. All of these can be found by the not so hidden search function.

    I have no input on brakes.. my understanding though, with these cars is it's all about the pad.

    Post pics!
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      Porterfield brake pads. I use R4 E's on my rallycar. They've been there through a total of at least half a dozen events, have never faded, and are still is good shape. I would throw those on the stock calipers and run dot5 fluid and be done with it.
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        Jay, thank you for the direction on brakes. Dropped motor off at engine builder yesterday....says I should stongly consider going with a obd2 ecu it has more flexability on tunning. What is you opionion?

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          Megasquirt or the Evo ecu
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            I'd spend the money on a spare chassis or a really well designed 4-2-1 exhaust manifold instead of chasing 10hp with electronics.

            You also said you wanted simpler wiring so god knows why you'd want an OBD2 ecu and harness.
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