what did you do to your non-Protege today?

[atomicEGT]

every time I work on one I'm mad it's not a BPD.

[FE3-323]

nissan engineers are getting the last laugh.... ****ing assholes

[atomicEGT]

the car is so much better for what I'm building it for than anything Mazda makes* but goddamn do I hate these motors.

if I blow up this one I'm selling all the KA **** and shoving the BPD in there

*FC maybe excluded but I haven't drifted one yet and I'm not interested in wobbly Doritos

[concealer404]

the car is so much better for what I'm building it for than anything Mazda makes* but goddamn do I hate these motors.

if I blow up this one I'm selling all the KA **** and shoving the BPD in there

*FC maybe excluded but I haven't drifted one yet and I'm not interested in wobbly Doritos

So do an FC with a turbo FE3.

[atomicEGT]

why would I use a dumb FE3 when I have a perfectly good BPD lying around?

[concealer404]

Because FE3 > BPD.

And it would be an easier swap from a "let's get this bitch attached to a RWD transmission worth a damn."

Though i suppose you could find a TII adapter plate for the BPD. You'll have to dick with manifolds either way.

FE3 is the God of old mazda 4 bangers. I'll demonstrate over the next 12 months. Stay tuned. :D

[atomicEGT]

convincing me to use anything other than a motor that has already proven its invulnerability is going to be an exercise in futility, haha

also, IIRC Pat is making like 340 wheel on a stock Miata trans and the only thing he's broken is a shift lever?

[concealer404]

convincing me to use anything other than a motor that has already proven its invulnerability is going to be an exercise in futility, haha

also, IIRC Pat is making like 340 wheel on a stock Miata trans and the only thing he's broken is a shift lever?

On a 6spd, sure.

I was on the verge of breaking my 5spd with my 2554 car.

Is pat the FC-with-a-1.6-miata-motor guy?

[atomicEGT]

yeah

[atomicEGT]

motor is back together (getting the timing chains aligned properly was way easier than I expected), turbo and manifold are on, **** is ready to rock.

the plan is to take the car and motor over to a friend's shop tomorrow night and basically wrench on it until we fall asleep. in theory it should be pretty close to running again by Sunday.

[atomicEGT]

https://youtu.be/adyDMvDEddI

pulled an all-nighter to yank the old motor and throw in the new one. got minor bull**** to sort out, but it runs again.

[dislexicdime]

Why didn't you just throw in a sr?

[me109]

Nice looking 240, atomic. That picture looks like a screenshot from a videogame.

[atomicEGT]

Why didn't you just throw in a sr?

[atomicEGT]

Nice looking 240, atomic. That picture looks like a screenshot from a videogame.

thanks, it's the one thing the car has going for it. kinda want to do kouki skirts/Type-X rear with an Origin roof wing eventually- keeping it simple, 00-01 style.