what did you do to your non-Protege today?

[atomicEGT]

I buy fake **** depending what it is. Fake wheels for the track, no-name exhaust manifold and cat-back because I'm just going to destroy them anyway...

[jay]

Ain't had to do nuthin to Moby the Road Condo cept feed it vast quantities of diesel and drive the **** out of it. We've done almost 3500mi in the last couple weeks.

[concealer404]

So many Miatas.

I did science.








Got some parts.







Found some rust.










Destroyed a brand new steering rack in the name of science.

[atomicEGT]

SO MANY SCIENCE.

mine is currently sitting in a buddy's driveway while they pull a turbo out of another car so we can break in a third car's freshly built motor for an event next weekend.

[concealer404]

Just kidding. I removed all the seals and put it back together, this time lubed with the Frank's Red Hot of the lube world. Amsoil Dominator Synthetic Racing Grease. I put that **** on everything.


Properly depowered rack FTW. I feel bad for you BG guys. This depower job can be done in 20 minutes. Because GD Chassis Master Race.

[therieldeal]

did you weigh all of the tar crap that you scienced out of there?

[atomicEGT]

so it turns out that at WOT my car can be heard from a mile away through the woods.

lololol

[progt91]

Bought some parts for the BMW. Drivers door window regular. This one works but old and worn. Abs sensor to remove that annoying abs light. Also some new rocker panels to fresh up the body.

[CODY004WD]

I'm getting ready to science the tar crap out of the time attack 1 - s/r build in prep for cage and stitch welding... Not really a protege, but not really not one either. Consensus? Should I post progress of that build in this thread or the BG thread, in addition to its work log of course.

Any way, I've decided to go a tad overkill and do 1-3/4"x.095" DOM for the cage. It only requires 1-1/2" since it will be far under 2500lbs, but since I want to run pikes peak at the limit, I'd like some extra cage around me for peace of mind.

[atomicEGT]

post it wherever yo

also did I PM you re:parts? I forget.

[FE3-323]

1 3/4 .95 - why not 1.5" .120?

[CODY004WD]

Matt, I'll post here. Seems like it will fit in better here. You did pm me. I'll hit you up when I get home in a bit.

Ryan, 1 because I got a killer deal on a 1.75" die for my bender, and 2 with all the extra bracing I'll have, the marginal increase in tensile strength isn't worth the extra weight. 1.75x.095 is already overkill, and it will be over-engineered to err on the side of safety. I've done my research.

[FE3-323]

can't argue with the die size. those are not cheap (for good ones) rock out my friend

[CODY004WD]

Lol, it wasn't cheap by any means, but better than the alternative for sure.

Made some more progress today. I'll start posting pictures tomorrow when there is more to see.

[bogaut]

Oh hey