Engine Went BOOM! now I go Zoom-Zoom!

TooleBox · Sep 28, 2003

Asim sure most of you know by now... Project Toolebox went BOOM at the track last week:

I am trying to sell the car with the blown engine dirt cheap in order to get some $$ paid off on This!

2003.5 Titanium Gray Mazdaspeed Protege

All I can say is that im not the slightest bit dissapointed!

I am a Jetter for life... but project Toolebox will have to live on only in our memories... (unless another jetter buys her and fixes her up!)

as an addition... to all those who have ragged on me for the past 2+ years about driving an ATX focus...

emulous · Sep 28, 2003

Congrats, have a blast with it. Hopefully you can leave it alone for a little while, since it's got everything you wanted project toolebox to have.

kennan J · Sep 28, 2003

Well nice wheels should be down your way soon Tampa.... HOLLA keep it looking nice

FocusOnMyZeTec · Sep 28, 2003

whoaaa! this is the first I hear about your car man!! sheeesshh! no gooood!...but that new ride is AWSOMEEEEE!!!!

Meizano · Sep 28, 2003

You left your keys in the ignition.

ZX3guy182 · Sep 28, 2003

nice choice in replacement

Drew · Sep 28, 2003

sorry about the mishap with the focus, but hey thats a nice car. great choice.

Ric · Sep 28, 2003

Great choice man.Those cars comes with turbo from the factory.Now u can go big.

SonicBlue2002 · Sep 28, 2003

Great choice man.Those cars comes with turbo from the factory.Now u can go big.

Yeah, and the same horsepower as a naturally aspirated SVT Focus.

Just messing with you man, I am a HUGE fan of that car. I went to look at them before the SVT, but Ford was able to get me the better deal. I loved the 2003, but the 2003.5 looks even better, and you got the right color! Very nice!

Ray · Sep 28, 2003

i was hoping to see a rotary powered vehicle...

but the MSP is nice!

TooleBox · Sep 28, 2003

i was hoping to see a rotary powered vehicle...

If I were rotary powered... I'd be living, eating, and sleeping in the car... I prefer to have a car and a home

TooleBox · Sep 28, 2003

I havent taken it in for the flash just yet... but will be in the next couple weeks

PhocusZX3 · Sep 28, 2003

Definately a nice car. Scoots quite nicely. Good choice!

AtBlue5spZX3 · Sep 29, 2003

Nice car!!! Congrats..you can't go wrong with the Protege, especially the Mazdaspeed variant. Hope you enjoy it.

D-Fi · Sep 29, 2003

"best handeling front wheel drive" sportcompactcar
i would love. the only downside is the protege is getting replace with the 3....sweet ride man

Jared · Sep 29, 2003

nice car, but you're not gonna use the ol' Bag-O-Nitrous on it, are ya?

R0B · Sep 29, 2003

sorry Kevin about your loss,

have fun with the new toy

freekwonder · Sep 29, 2003

welcome to the darkside we call zoom-zoom. nice car man. dont leave the jet, but make sure to check out www.protegemp3.com for stuff on the mps man. nice color too

pit20zx3 · Sep 29, 2003

That color is great.Looks bad a??.Nice timing with the purchase I am pretty sure u got a good deal on that one.Beatiful choice,Enjoy!.....

TooleBox · Sep 29, 2003

NO WAY!

the bag is up for sale! lol

got an app't to get the ECU reflash on friday

freekwonder · Sep 30, 2003

NO WAY!

the bag is up for sale! lol

got an app't to get the ECU reflash on friday

sweet. now get a boost controller and crank up the boost man

c-grimmace · Sep 30, 2003

don't flame me, but what does the re-flash do for the car?

TooleBox · Sep 30, 2003

don't flame me, but what does the re-flash do for the car?

the car has quite a few stumbles and burps throughout the power band...

the re-flash slightly adjusts the fuel map as well as moderately adjusts the timing at certain points to clean up the band and smooth out the power. It also has dyno'd a couple extra ponies at the wheels

c-grimmace · Sep 30, 2003

don't flame me, but what does the re-flash do for the car?

Click to expand...

the car has quite a few stumbles and burps throughout the power band...

the re-flash slightly adjusts the fuel map as well as moderately adjusts the timing at certain points to clean up the band and smooth out the power. It also has dyno'd a couple extra ponies at the wheels

Nice! But that begs the question, why do you have to go back for that? Why don't they do it before you buy the car?

TooleBox · Sep 30, 2003

your guess is as good as mine...

but it should be a quick in-out appointment

as for getting a boost controller, etc... the car is staying as-is... the only mods i have planned are tint, and my sirius antenna that's on it's way...

im lookin forward to hours of commercial-free heavy metal

KonaZXIII · Oct 2, 2003

don't flame me, but what does the re-flash do for the car?

Click to expand...

the car has quite a few stumbles and burps throughout the power band...

the re-flash slightly adjusts the fuel map as well as moderately adjusts the timing at certain points to clean up the band and smooth out the power. It also has dyno'd a couple extra ponies at the wheels

Click to expand...

Nice! But that begs the question, why do you have to go back for that? Why don't they do it before you buy the car?

They don't do it ahead of time because they don't want to put any extra "expense" into the car unless they are forced to. Imagine someone buying an MSP that knows nothing about
modding like alot of us do, and is so oblivious that they don't even notice the stumble.
Then Mazda/Dealer just made more money on the deal
because they didn't have to absorb the labor hours.
This is commonly refered to as Micro-Management or
cheap ass bastards.

Now that you know, if your ever in the market for a MSP,
you can make sure the flash has been done before you take it home.

BTW - Everything you've read and heard about the sweetness
of the handling and brakes on this car is true.

And who took those picures? They suck.

Engine Went BOOM! now I go Zoom-Zoom!

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