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    Default Prodigy's Protege [before reverting back to stock]

    I thought I'd finally post some pics up here.
    I never posted pics due to the number sketchy people that used to be on here.

    Now, I'm reverting the car back to 100% stock in favor of keeping the parts for the race car.
    That and I want a miata as a DD.

    What does IA think?


    2002 Mazda Protegé LX



















    Engine:
    Optima Red Top battery
    Port + Polished head
    Port + polished 626 intake manifold
    Mazdaspeed ECU (flashed)
    Mental Addiction Motorsports Sleeper turbo kit
    GT28R turbo
    FMIC w/ hardpipes
    Log style exhaust manifold
    Tial Sport 38mm wastegate
    MAM polished turbo heat shield
    MAM vacuum block
    Stainless steel braided oil feed + return lines
    Walbro 255lph fuel pump
    Aluminum fuel rail
    WRX 440cc injectors
    2.5” cat-less downpipe
    Custom 2.5" cat-less exhaust
    JoeP inline boost controller
    K&N cone filter
    Drivetrain:
    QUAIFE limited-slip differential w/ upgraded ramps
    Cryo-treated gears
    Fidanza lightweight aluminum flywheel
    Exedy stage-1 clutch
    AWR front & rear motor mounts
    AWR side motor mount inserts
    AWR deep sump, baffled oil pan
    Goodridge braided stainless steel clutch line
    B&M short-throw shifter
    Kartboy shifter bushings

    Suspension:
    JIC Magic FLT-A2 15-way adj. coilovers
    AWR 21.5mm rear sway bar w/ brackets
    AWR adjustable endlinks
    AWR rear trailing arms
    MazdaSpeed front strut bar (removed for Shannon's [1338] memorial in garage)

    Brakes:
    Brembo slotted & cross drilled rotors
    KVR Performance pads
    CorkSport stainless steel brake lines (front + rear)

    Wheels:
    Miata semi-hollow spokes
    Falken Azenis RT-615

    Exterior:
    Bosch ICON wiper blades
    Removed side moldings
    Removed dealership + trim decals
    35% tint
    ES (black) headlights
    ES (black) grille
    Wilson "Lil Wil" CB antenna

    Interior:
    Mazdaspeed/MP3 interior swap
    Corbeau Forza fixed back seat
    Corbeau seat bracket w/ double locking sliders
    G-Force four point harness
    DIN sized angled triple gauge pod
    AEM 6-in-1 UEGO wideband
    AutoMeter sport-comp oil pressure gauge
    AutoMeter sport-comp boost gauge
    Megan Racing 2" weighted shifter ball
    DaveB polished aluminum gauge rings
    Apexi full auto Turbo Timer
    Valentine One radar/laser detector (hardwired)
    Cobra 18WXStII 40-Channel CB Radio (hardwired)

    Stereo:
    Alpine CDA-9827 headunit
    Kenwood 5"x7" front door speakers
    Kenwood 6.5" rear door speakers


    __________________________________________________ ________

    And the race car chassis that I picked up.



    Additional parts


    interior - cf dash


    old race car
    Last edited by PRODIGY; 07-21-2008 at 03:53 PM.
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    crazy car

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    very nice
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    Chris man I've always loved your car. I can't wait to see your track monster come together. the sleeper was fun but the track demon will be better. Always loved Fefe man.

    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    After this many years? You should post shots of it from back in the day when we would cruise in it! Lol.

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    Btw, mind if I post some old old old pictures I have of it?

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    I appreciate the comments.

    Quote Originally Posted by Revmaynard
    Btw, mind if I post some old old old pictures I have of it?
    go for it man.


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    seen that car inperson. crazy sleeper..

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    You might wanna post the setups if they're different. I'm just posting pictures I've collected over the past 3-4 years.











    I loved the MSM rims so much! I had more but my old computer crashed. So this all I have left of the 100 or so before.

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    makes me miss my old es 2.0 protege...that was my very first car.

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    wow i'd never knew that car was turbo charged from the pic in your sig.
    But your new project will be interesting, keep us updated
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    hey man, if you want to sell that corbeau let me know.

    I've been trying to find one that matches my driver side one for awhile.

    Nice car even stock, and sick project.
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    nice as always... didnt u have a 1st gen before the es?

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    Nah, this is his first car since like 14 lol. The '02 is an LX.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Revmaynard
    Nah, this is his first car since like 14 lol. The '02 is an LX.
    oh i get him and anotehr guy mixed up all the time..

    im just glad he left that ole nissan alone!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    oh i get him and anotehr guy mixed up all the time..

    im just glad he left that ole nissan alone!

    Nah that was me you're thinking of.

    I had a 93 lx and a 03 ESt
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    Fa sho! He's always been a Mazda lover at heart. He just wants rwd goodness. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by vkash1208
    makes me miss my old es 2.0 protege...that was my very first car.
    Yeah, they're fun cars to drive through the twisties but painfully slow stock.

    Quote Originally Posted by JDMBrian
    wow i'd never knew that car was turbo charged from the pic in your sig.
    But your new project will be interesting, keep us updated
    I guess the sig worked!
    Thanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by Logan
    hey man, if you want to sell that corbeau let me know.

    I've been trying to find one that matches my driver side one for awhile.

    Nice car even stock, and sick project.
    It'll be up for sale relatively soon. I'm getting a set of Kirkey's to replace the corbeau + mazdaspeed seat.
    I'm going on one last Dragon's Tail run at the end of the month before I part it out.


    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    nice as always... didnt u have a 1st gen before the es?
    ...
    oh i get him and anotehr guy mixed up all the time..

    im just glad he left that ole nissan alone!
    That would be Danny... but he totalled his boosted red ES.
    The s13 needs some lovin... all $2008 of it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Revmaynard
    Fa sho! He's always been a Mazda lover at heart. He just wants rwd goodness. lol
    Sad thing is that I didn't know WTF a mazda was (with exception to the RX7) back then.
    RWD FTMFW..... That'll be the only drawback to the race car.

    Quote Originally Posted by Marta Mike
    One word..........Sick! Nice work man!
    Thanks man!
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    One word..........Sick! Nice work man!

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    oh yeaaa danny, what ever happened to that dude?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    oh yeaaa danny, what ever happened to that dude?
    He's still posting.. look for AZDriftR.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PRODIGY
    He's still posting.. look for AZDriftR.

    Nah tiz me here


    Chris i always liked your LX, still reminds me of my ES...Garnet mica 4 life!! lol. I was gonna call shinanigans on reverting back to stock, but that chassis would be sick to work with you ever dyno your setup? i remember when i was murdering Kevin when he had your same kit.....poor bastard and his 4.2139802139 psi

    I'm in the process of finding another gen1 again, might be seeing me alot more on mazda247
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    for some reason, I think your car is sick, dude.... It's a breath of fresh air. Nice, nice work. You definitely have reps from me. The first two pics are super fresh. If the first pic had less angle and a straight-on view of the car, it'd be an insta-save.

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    No VTEC, No cares.

    K series 626. That's right. It's got a K in it.

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    Thanks again guys.

    Quote Originally Posted by blackshine007
    No VTEC, No cares.
    I'll put a few vtec stickers on the race car for ya.

    Quote Originally Posted by puregroove
    for some reason, I think your car is sick, dude.... It's a breath of fresh air. Nice, nice work. You definitely have reps from me. The first two pics are super fresh. If the first pic had less angle and a straight-on view of the car, it'd be an insta-save.
    Thanks.

    Sorry about the angle...The picture was taken from inside the Cougar Ace (the failboat that brought the mazdas to the US).

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    Dope indeed...nice job man!.

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    god i dont even have pics of my ESt anymore
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    chris man wsup!! hows it going?

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    I really like it with the Miata wheels on it man. On the engine side...The turbo is sick...much respect for doing something different.

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    Thought I'd give a preview of the race car... painted!





    the boosted engine + built trans will be going in next week.
    it won't be driving for some time until I build a custom wilwood big brake kit for it
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    Nice Emod car. What are your plans with the new one?

    and are you going to autocross the miata?
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    Nice overspray. Lulz, I may need to use yer tools to change out that axle this Wed if you're free.

    That shit was hotter back when we rode around in it in '05. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by matthewAPM
    Nice Emod car. What are your plans with the new one?

    and are you going to autocross the miata?
    I'd keep the miata strickly as a DD(still haven't found one cheap enough yet) mostly because I don't have the funds to start/support a second race car.

    The caged chassis will be a overkill autox car --> hill climber --> time-attack racer.
    All depends on cash on hand since it'll increase by a good margin at each step of the way.


    Quote Originally Posted by Revmaynard
    Nice overspray. Lulz, I may need to use yer tools to change out that axle this Wed if you're free.

    That shit was hotter back when we rode around in it in '05. LOL
    It was also faster before... the roll cage won't help reduce my overall weight.
    The overspray will disappear when the interior gets some paint next week.

    i'll be free assuming I have the engine/trans swapped outta the red car by then.

    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    looks great. haven't been looking at your thread...lately.
    Thanks man.. I haven't done much for awhile.
    (kinda hard to work on a car 130 miles away)
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    Quote Originally Posted by PRODIGY
    I'd keep the miata strickly as a DD(still haven't found one cheap enough yet) mostly because I don't have the funds to start/support a second race car.

    The caged chassis will be a overkill autox car --> hill climber --> time-attack racer.
    All depends on cash on hand since it'll increase by a good margin at each step of the way.
    I know how it is. Once I stopped autocrossing in STS and moved to time attack, my budget doubled and that included running pro solo's and National Tours...having fun gets expensive
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    looks great. haven't been looking at your thread...lately.

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    Dude Chris! We need to chill sometime, andthe FB has come a long way, no mo cardboard, and anew interior swapped, It's also sitting on stickier rubber and the brakes are redone. Yo'd be so proud of me, instead of asking for your help every step of the way I've actually done a lot of the work on my car myself! Seriously though, give me a call, we need to hang, and DEF come to zoom fest this year.

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    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    Dude Chris! We need to chill sometime, andthe FB has come a long way, no mo cardboard, and anew interior swapped, It's also sitting on stickier rubber and the brakes are redone. Yo'd be so proud of me, instead of asking for your help every step of the way I've actually done a lot of the work on my car myself! Seriously though, give me a call, we need to hang, and DEF come to zoom fest this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrillMan
    If you want to fantasize all sorts of gay thoughts, go ahead, cause it's nothing like that but who am I to deny you your gay fantasies/daydreams?

    ^^ Yeah, I drew a frame of a man running on each fan blade. That is him running at idle

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    If you want to fantasize all sorts of gay thoughts, go ahead, cause it's nothing like that but who am I to deny you your gay fantasies/daydreams?

    whoaaa

    and commin outa left fieldmrimajumptoconclusionsbeforeievengetmydickwet


    you were just humping him pretty hard


    felt like i should say something

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