Whats up everyone, a few friends of mine are on this site and the other site (Mazdas247) and since the other site is not letting anyone view anything I thought Id come check this one out.

My name is Chris, 22yrs old. I live in Clarksville, TN. I'm in the Army (active duty), I'm a All Wheel Mechanic...all trucks. I own a 2002 Protege ES here is the mods I have done to it:

- AEM SRI
- Tsudo 4-1 header w/ 2.5in piping to a Borla Exhaust system
- 10mm Nology plug wires w/ Denso iridium plugs
- B&M Short Shifter (trading out for a TWM SS)
- Kartboy shifter bushings
- Eibach Pro Kit, dropped 1.5in all around (trading out for Tein S-Tech's)
- Tokico HP struts (trading out for Tokico Illumina's)
- AWR Racing 21.5in rear sway bar with 10in adjustable end links
- Ebay MazdaSpeed seats with red 4pt harnesses
- Ebay MazdaSpeed shiftknob with black w/red stiching suede shift boot
- 17in Motegi FF5's wrapped in 205/40/17 Fuzion ZRi's
- Optima Red Top battery

I think that is it that I can think of. Future plans are:

- FS-ZE motor
- 4inch down pipe, 3inch down pipe back Apexi Exhaust
- Some sort of a CAI
- Boost controller
- HKS SSQ BOV
- Turbo Timer
- other turbo **** I can't think of right now, lol

If you have any questions, just ask.

Chris

 

Show some pics, sounds like a nice one.

Welcome to the club. Trust me, you'll like it more than that 'other' place

 

lol, why is that, and I'll post some pics here in a sec.

Chris

 

Seems like the group here is a little more mature and helpful, but that's just my opinion.

Nothing against the other guys, just a prefference.

 

The guys I talk to are mainly people from Nashville, TN since that is the nearest big city, and we have a pretty mature group. But I hear what you are saying.

Here is the pics I said I'd post:









Chris

 

Looking good. Reminds me of my ES, haha. Most people here drive P5's or MSPs, so I like to see a few more sedans kicking around.

By the way, is that 2 optima batteries on top of each other in there?

 

Welcome to the forum. Nice mod list.
How much boost are you planning to run--or, what is your goal in hp?
The KL-ZE isn't really worth the trouble IMO.

 

Nice car...I've always liked those ES's.


what the hell is that guy in the 6 doing?

 

Haha, looks like he's taking a picture of the person who took this picture.

 

looks like its just the battery tray to me


and welcome to the club

 

How is that "tsudo header", ive seen them on ebay cheap, i was thinking about getting one

 

The header works great, just gotta do that Spark Plug Non-Fouler mod to get the CEI light to go away, other than that, it works great.

And yes the guy in the 6 is hanging out the window at about 70mph on the highway going to Huntsville, AL a couple weekends ago. Don't worry he had a passenger in the car.

No its not 2 batteries, just one...the battery tray is just red.

I'm not getting the KL-ZE, I'm getting the FS-ZE, the JDM 2.0L Turbo. Same as the MSP motor, but a lot more durable and able to with stand more boost, according to CorkSport. I probably wont go much more over 10lbs of boost, I'm looking to get around 250hp, daily driven, which I know is very possible and for not a whole lot of money. However, I think that the EMS is what is going to suck my pockets dry.

Thanks guys for the comments, I know the mod list isn't too crazy long, but I've spent a decent amount of money into it. I love it...its my baby. My wife gets jealous cuz I spend all my time doing car stuff or buying stuff for the car...she hasn't got flowers or anything more than a manicure since Valentine's Day, lol. But she understands, hell it was her idea to buy the new motor before I deploy next April, so I like to think I have the perfect wife, lol lets me buy car parts and never asks for anything in return But she's gonna get a hell of a vacation when I come home in July 2009.

Any questions, feel free to ask. I'll have some more pics here tomorrow, my website is doing a photo shoot tomorrow with our two new models.

Chris