Zdeuce4

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well im on my way to my buddies house after i get off work and im just cruisin down the hwy at about 70... i see a mazdaspeed protege and i keep cruising at the same speed. when i pass the guy i notice in my mirror that he's rushing up behind me so i take cruise control off and let the car slow down to about 60 ish so i can drop it into 3rd. considering these cars are almost exact with 2.4 balts i figured it'd be a pretty cool run. I have intake header and custom exhaust and i can tell he has a FMIC, BOV and exhaust but idk wut else. as soon as i get into 3rd he got up on me about a fender all the way till i got to 4th. i hit 4th and i started to pull and i got to about half a car ahead and was still pulling but there was a van in front of him so he pulled back.. i know speed protege's aren't considered quick but i beat a boosted car so im cool with that. i need to hurry up and get my catless dp on to help me with that last bit of grunt!

Herndon_High_SS

Good job.

Badju587

Heh, yeah, stock MSP's are fun to mess with. It's even more fun when you hear their turbo start whooshing and they're still falling back.

Zdeuce4

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yea when i cruised by he immediately got on it... i tried to search the MSP forums to see if he posted something cuz for some reason i think he thought i had an ss/sc..i have the front lip and my exhaust sounds pretty good too.

joeworkstoohard

the mazdaspeed protege's are fun cars, while they're def not drag cars, they are a total blast to drive.

Badju587

If you had an SS S/C, he'd know... Last time I raced one I went from 50 in third, still walked him. But hey, let him think you have a S/C under the hood, build up his confidence, then let him race an LSJ for real, that'll be funny.

h0l0caust

i think the protege speed is like 30 hp more than the regular one, please corect me if i am wrong

Zdeuce4

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170hp and 160 tq

Badju587

^^^ = teh slow (for an FI car anyway).

Every now and then I hear of modded ones that pack a surprise or two. Never raced a seriously modded one though.

SSdan

Those things are absolute junk.

Jimmys2007CobaltSS/C

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i find them nice and wouldnt mind having one but they are hard to find

BlkWdoSS

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yea ive been in 1 and they are decent cars, i would like to mod one out and see what it could b capable of

Zdeuce4

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from wut i saw it takes alot to get power out of them. they can hit 200+whp tho easier than a 2.4 without boost/n2o can tho so thats a plus.

mmmrodge

i ran a modded one with my stock sssc and he pulled quite a bit on me...and so dint the srt4

ShaneMS3

i have driven one, they are fun cars, but to get desent power out of them, you must build the block, the stock FS-DE rods are toothpicks..

1WhiteSSTC

I've got a 2.0L N/A car right now, a hyundai even lol, and even i can keep with those pathedic mazdaspeed proteges.

SportredSS

Mazdaspeed protege stock, 0-60: 7.6 sec. SS|NA stock: 7.7 sec. going to be a drivers race here.

Zdeuce4

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well yea.... he was modded and so was i.. it was fun..

Wleee

Yea the Speed Protege was made for an all-fun car.. low boost, great handling. that car drives like its on rails.. i've yet to drive a car that handles so well as that (my car handles as well to me)..
You'll blow a stock one out of the water for fun, they are only making I believe 6-7psi, not a whole lot.
Hence why I bought the Speed3.. much more fun imo..
but I do miss my SC.. god that supercharger.. wwweeeeeeeeeee!! lol.. never got old to me, not once..

picmahweji

my buddy beck raced his 2.4 against my buddies msp w/intake and spanked him...nough said lol...

in the msps defesne though handles fun...he takes it to the track alot and does the road courses

cakeeater

great suspension...one of the worst drivetrains i've ever seen. They just slapped a turbo on an n/a engine that was already pretty weak sauce. The stock rods look like dental floss.

ShaneMS3

right on the money... at least they fixed all the MSP issues with the MS3

M1kl0

there is a guy with an automatic gt v6 hyundai tiburon that wants to race my ss/tc lol he says hell put 5 cars on me

hes in for a surprise

Badju587

^^^ dude, not that I disagree with you, but where did that come from? What does this have to do with a 2.4 SS running a MSP?

Go run the guy and get it on video, then start a new thread and post it. It'll be a good time. We'll all at the stupid hyundai.

M1kl0

sorry, its just that some guy posted on this thread about his hyundai beating mazda speed proteges -_-

tonight im going to the track and ill have a camera. vids on the way kiddos!