I am thinking about building a protege for oval trck racing next year, I used to have a escort gt (91), I was wondering what parts would change over in the suspension department(swaybars, springs, struts, rear disc, a-arms) and if anyone race one on a oval track. They changed my rules to a 1990 year and older class and since the egt was 91 and I could use the same engine on a 90 pro it would be the best way to go.

 

yup, you can swap everything. The 2nd gen EGT (91-96) and 1st gen Pro (90-94) have the same engine/drivetrain and chassis, so it's pretty much all the same.

the EGT is just a 2dr Protege with a Ford body kit

BTW, where are is this oval racing located in California?

 

cool! thats what I wanted to hear. I race at three tracks or did last season now I need a ride, Do you know anybody selling a dohc 1990 protege? in the worst shape posible? I basically just need a body. the tracks are,

irwindale speedway
orange show speedway(home track in San Bernardino)
perris auto speedway

 

right on, i'll have to check out some racing someday.

sorry, dunno anybody selling.

 

You can actually race a Protege on the oval tracks around there? Most of the tracks in my area have outlawed 16-valve and/or DOHC engines in Mini-Stock. Also, just outta curiousity, are you talking about dirt oval or paved oval?

Whenever you get the car built, we want pictures!

 

one of the tracks is a 1/2 dirt the other two are paved one 1/4 and 1/3 mile. I will have pics, I have a pic of my egt if you want to see it I just duno how to post it here.

 

also we cant run fuel injection in our mini stock division either, I run a division called SPORT COMPACTS, which the engine is pretty much stock.