Best Mazdaspeed community that's not a toxic waste dump. Got great info on old forums and very active fb groups. Super easy to modify and repair, they were ranked the best handling car even beating out the integra type r. The community is a what keeps me to the platform as well as how these drive. Great little car
I can amagine speed protege guys being really good guys, since they really care about a car that they find fun to drive, instead of trying to find the fastest car to impress their mates etc, and yeah these cars are suprisingly incredibly good, before I knew much about them, I never suspected they were anywhere near this good
@@LifeOfTuners hell yeah man these cars were never fast to begin with, even with tons of money in a built motor and upgrades 300whp is fast but not when compared to other platforms. The community is super supportive though, there's something special about these cars..
I agree with everyone here,where not ALL bad guys! Lmao! I just joined the Mazdaspeed community recently, but has taken me 14 years of diligent patience.
I've had mine for about 3 years now. Always felt I was a little on the weak side, but recently discovered my turbo has just been leaking boost ever since I bought it. Just had the turbo rebuilt and now it feels like an all new car. Tons of get up and go out of turns now.
I will only buy and drive Mazda Proteges, non turbo ES and P5s. I'm on my fourth. I especially love driving them on winding, curvy roads, because they handle so well. I was even a member of NASA for a year and got to drive on Road Atlanta and Carolina Motor Park in my P5 at the time. SOOOO much fun!! You really don't have to mod them out to enjoy driving them. Zoom Zoom!!
@@oregonborn9769 racing beat has all you need for suspension, and exhaust parts, cylinder head port, polish and build is easy to do at home, crank, rods, piston heads, you can buy from eagle or racing beat...
Great content, IMO no need for sound and clip drops, it makes it harder to watch. Got my MSP back in July with only 85k on it. I had some issues but now drives as it should. I have as much fund driving this car as I do with my E90 M3. By far the best FWD car I've ever driven.
I'd heard a lot of confusion about this, whether the weakest link from the internals were the roads or pistons or sleeves etc, I didn't want to say it was one of them in case I was wrong and couldn't find the right answer, hence why I just said, weak internals
The engine block for these cars where stock 2.0l that where never built for boost, that was this cars biggest downfall. However, when built properly with aftermarket support, which there is plenty of for this car, can make a decent 400+ bhp, which for this car is just what you need to shoot past maybe a stock Ford Mustang or catch a few hellcats by surprise! 😎
I am the proud owner of a 2003.5 Titanium Grey still trying to find my vin number in the Mazdaspeed data sheet. Only a total of 2750 units where ever sold in the US if you find one buy it and hold onto it, these are very very rare cars, despite their quirks they are great cars, this is my 3rd Protege and I will be buried with this one....😎
Oh nice yeah, hella rare, they're gems, with the database thing, I'm not sure what's it's on but isnt it the case of ctrl+f then paste in the vin? Probably not
@@LifeOfTuners you do have to be very cautious with vin fraud i agree, but I did have my vin number verified with Mazda it is a real Mazdaspeed problem now is finding it in registry, I search when I have time, I own the mid year model with the different front rear bumper and spoiler, the first 1000 cars that where released where basicly rebadged mp3 models with a callaway turbo kit thrown on at the port on entry when the cars came right off the boat.
@@LifeOfTuners yes they changed them mid year just before the end of production, you can see the bumper changes from the 2003-2003.5, front and rear bumper change, fog light delete, spoiler change as well as a pedal changes, and gear knob switch to say Mazdaspeed, including mazdaspeed floor mats. Wheel color change as well.
@@LifeOfTuners the first 1000 units where only sold in Mica Black and Spicy Orange Pearl Metallic. The rest of the colors where sold in mid year with the body changes including Titanum grey which I own, and was the most common color.
You kept saying they only made 2000...they made 4500. 1759 (black or orange) in 2003 and 2750 in 2003.5 (Silver, Titanium, Yellow Blue. The turning is due to bad power steering pumps. Also, it did 0-60 in 6.9 sec when it was new.They did change the CAT to improve exhaust flow for the Turbo
@@LifeOfTuners I am pretty sure I achually saw one on a forum site apparently they are more common in japan, and yes it is sort of a mini-van. It is possible that it was wrong and someone modded it tho
Actually, there are 2 and a half model years. 2002, 2003, and 2003.5. The 2003.5 had slight changes made to the appearance changing from the the low rise, flat top wing and equipped with fog lights, to the hoop evo-style wing, sans fog lights. You only ever show the 03.5 model. Also, the dealership ECU re-tune was more about fuel economy than the hesitation, although it was prescribed for both. Fun fact - on turbocharged cars it's better to be rich than lean, and there is no way of checking if your ECU has the lean tune which can lead to zoom zoom BOOM as soon as you try to mod. The engine is the weak point because it is the stock eternal econo-motor that was sent off to Callaway to be fitted with the slurpy snail. Rods are literally as thick as 2 pencils taped together.
@@LifeOfTuners No problem. I just kinda nerd out about this car. You can draw a straight line from it to the Focus St/RS and Ecoboost Mustangs of today, and it's turbokit was designed by the same engineers that gave us a production C4 Corvette that hit a higher top speed than the Veyron did almost 40 years and 16 cylinders later.
Hmmmm I think it's quite possible. With mazdaspeed 3/6s it uses an L series engine, and another L series block, (the 2.5 block) fits on the mazdaspeed 2.3 head. So I reckon it is probable that other f series engine blocks would fit 🤔
Any 2.0 FS Protege engine will fit, but you must remember to swap over the oil cooler from the old engine (it’s under the oil filter) and swap over the sandwich plate between the block and oil pan for the oil return line from the turbocharger. I personally used an engine from an 02 auto P5 when I needed to swap my engine.
I was just reading over older comments, I'm not sure if you've seen but I did a Speed 3 vs Focus ST vs Golf GTI video th-cam.com/video/5xWQKEaMDxo/w-d-xo.html
I used to have a mazda6 2005 and I traded it with a guy and he gave me the spicy orange one, I’m 17 tho so I’m really happy with it, it drives great, it’s a fun car tbh
Yeah it's got steel piping for the intercooler and exhaust on it already. Has a few minor issues mostly cosmetic. Things a steal af and so cheap. That's the same motor from a ford probe no?
Oh wow, that's cool, sure it's only got 5hp more, but it revs to like 800rpm more, plus although peak torque is later (5000 vs 3500) that'll feel more like you have to wind it out and use the whole engine, that's cool!
With the quality of content, im surprised you have not more than 1.7k subs. I dont have close to even 1.7.but check me out! I'll be throwing up new vids hopefully weekly
No that's one thing I heavily dislike about youtube, whenever people use any profanity, youtube will notify me about it, so I can read a bit of it, but then youtube deletes it, so I can't reply to it, and usually I really want to respond to them, I've even tried going on pc to youtube studio in the hidden comments section and youtube doesn't even let me see them again there. Generally I never delete comments, the only exception is if it's going to offend someone else (racial slurs etc I didn't delete your comment and I wish youtube would let people swear in comments
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Best Mazdaspeed community that's not a toxic waste dump. Got great info on old forums and very active fb groups. Super easy to modify and repair, they were ranked the best handling car even beating out the integra type r. The community is a what keeps me to the platform as well as how these drive. Great little car
I can amagine speed protege guys being really good guys, since they really care about a car that they find fun to drive, instead of trying to find the fastest car to impress their mates etc, and yeah these cars are suprisingly incredibly good, before I knew much about them, I never suspected they were anywhere near this good
@@LifeOfTuners hell yeah man these cars were never fast to begin with, even with tons of money in a built motor and upgrades 300whp is fast but not when compared to other platforms. The community is super supportive though, there's something special about these cars..
I agree with everyone here,where not ALL bad guys! Lmao! I just joined the Mazdaspeed community recently, but has taken me 14 years of diligent patience.
Even so, in the Mazdaspeed community, it's very few people who are bad guys
Yeah I got a p5 I paid 800 for and put some nice rims on and exhaust and it’s not bad
I've had mine for about 3 years now. Always felt I was a little on the weak side, but recently discovered my turbo has just been leaking boost ever since I bought it. Just had the turbo rebuilt and now it feels like an all new car. Tons of get up and go out of turns now.
Oh wow, that's crazy! Must be like rediscovering your car after feeling that extra power
@@LifeOfTuners it absolutely is. 0-60 feels good, but 20-70 feels amazing now.
Oh true that makes sense, them you'll have grip and the turbo spooled
What model of turbo do you put on ? Garrett ?.
Hey man I super appreciate these videos. I just picked up and protege and it’s nice seeing videos about it.
Nice purchase bro, glad you liked watching the video!
I will only buy and drive Mazda Proteges, non turbo ES and P5s. I'm on my fourth. I especially love driving them on winding, curvy roads, because they handle so well. I was even a member of NASA for a year and got to drive on Road Atlanta and Carolina Motor Park in my P5 at the time. SOOOO much fun!! You really don't have to mod them out to enjoy driving them. Zoom Zoom!!
Yeah, they really seen so fun to drive, Road Alantas a nice course! Must've been a blast!
@@LifeOfTuners They both were. Cwp was a little more technical, and has a hairpin turn that's tough.
Oh right cool, I haven't heard much about cwp before
We have a few groups for this car on Facebook that are ran by very good people. Super helpful community and everyone is very friendly.
Yeah I've heard you guys have a fantastic kind and helpful community!
I do not have a FB account but where does your meet place happen?
I watched the video with the silver protege a gang of times when I was going to buy one with a bad bottom end
Oh yeah, defo was a very 'honest' reveiw, did you mean to buy one with a bad bottom end?
@@LifeOfTuners I was going to and rebuild it but I ended up getting a Speed6
Oh right yeah fair enough bro
You should have purchased that car, if I find it I will buy it. 🤪
The handling in these cars is amazing! Just wish aftermarket support would have gotten bigger.
Yeah! Even by modern standards, it is really just so good!
Aftermarket support is strong for these cars, keep your eyes and ears peeled, parts are everywhere for these cars! 👍
@@AmericanBacon. i cant hardly find anything besides slappin a big ole turbo on it.
@@oregonborn9769 racing beat has all you need for suspension, and exhaust parts, cylinder head port, polish and build is easy to do at home, crank, rods, piston heads, you can buy from eagle or racing beat...
Great content, IMO no need for sound and clip drops, it makes it harder to watch. Got my MSP back in July with only 85k on it. I had some issues but now drives as it should. I have as much fund driving this car as I do with my E90 M3. By far the best FWD car I've ever driven.
Oh yo thank you
Fark that and an e90, that's sick
Weren’t the rods on these things made of pencil?
I'd heard a lot of confusion about this, whether the weakest link from the internals were the roads or pistons or sleeves etc, I didn't want to say it was one of them in case I was wrong and couldn't find the right answer, hence why I just said, weak internals
The engine block for these cars where stock 2.0l that where never built for boost, that was this cars biggest downfall. However, when built properly with aftermarket support, which there is plenty of for this car, can make a decent 400+ bhp, which for this car is just what you need to shoot past maybe a stock Ford Mustang or catch a few hellcats by surprise! 😎
Yeah it's so light, 400hp would be tons, from what I've heard, it's an unchanged engine from the normal 2.0 non turbos ay?
@@LifeOfTuners you are correct, the engine is unchanged from factory, so internally that engine is identical to an N/A car.
Yeah, I've heard that but I never believed it could be true, obviously so
lmao he said “why is the engine so weak??” had me dying 😂😂😂
I'm glad you enjoyed that? 😂
Competition with the Sentra SE-R spec v Ford Focus SVT and SRT-4
Just bought a blue one for 1800. Runs and drives but does have a bit of rust
Oh wow! Still, I can only see that going up in value
How bad is the rust? Are you in Canada or US?
I am the proud owner of a 2003.5 Titanium Grey still trying to find my vin number in the Mazdaspeed data sheet. Only a total of 2750 units where ever sold in the US if you find one buy it and hold onto it, these are very very rare cars, despite their quirks they are great cars, this is my 3rd Protege and I will be buried with this one....😎
Oh nice yeah, hella rare, they're gems, with the database thing, I'm not sure what's it's on but isnt it the case of ctrl+f then paste in the vin? Probably not
@@LifeOfTuners you do have to be very cautious with vin fraud i agree, but I did have my vin number verified with Mazda it is a real Mazdaspeed problem now is finding it in registry, I search when I have time, I own the mid year model with the different front rear bumper and spoiler, the first 1000 cars that where released where basicly rebadged mp3 models with a callaway turbo kit thrown on at the port on entry when the cars came right off the boat.
Yeah, must do! It must be a long job trying to find it through all the database, I didn't know there were ones with other bumpers and spoilers
@@LifeOfTuners yes they changed them mid year just before the end of production, you can see the bumper changes from the 2003-2003.5, front and rear bumper change, fog light delete, spoiler change as well as a pedal changes, and gear knob switch to say Mazdaspeed, including mazdaspeed floor mats. Wheel color change as well.
@@LifeOfTuners the first 1000 units where only sold in Mica Black and Spicy Orange Pearl Metallic. The rest of the colors where sold in mid year with the body changes including Titanum grey which I own, and was the most common color.
Also came in black mica. Like mine.
Ah right, I missed that, my bad, thanks for saying
been wanting one since we got a protege hahah
You kept saying they only made 2000...they made 4500. 1759 (black or orange) in 2003 and 2750 in 2003.5 (Silver, Titanium, Yellow Blue. The turning is due to bad power steering pumps. Also, it did 0-60 in 6.9 sec when it was new.They did change the CAT to improve exhaust flow for the Turbo
Ahhh right, maybe 2000 is only for the US or something?
2003 Model Year
Spicy Orange - 600
Black - 1150
2003.5 Model Year
Titanium Gray Metallic - 1100
Blazing Yellow Mica - 500
Sunlight Silver Metallic - 500
Laser Blue - 650
@@mcollins75 oh wow, thanks for this
@@mcollins75 Black Mica and Burnt Orange is what my Factory brochure says for 2003? I had the Black Mica.
@@andyhamilton8940 I had the pearlecent orange and I sold it in 2011. I am trying to find one again now but guessing with only 600 it could be tough.
I have a 02 Mazda protege5 I want to do a motor swap with any suggestions
I haven't really heard of many swaps for them sorry
You should make a vid on the mazdaspeed 5, their was 10 of them made in the US and some more in japan
Damn, from factory? That's crazy
@@LifeOfTuners I am pretty sure I achually saw one on a forum site apparently they are more common in japan, and yes it is sort of a mini-van. It is possible that it was wrong and someone modded it tho
Ik they're were definitely Mazda 5s and cx7s with the mazdaspeed engine, so it makes sense
@@LifeOfTuners o yea I didn't know about the cx-5 I achually own a regular Mazda 5 rn
Ahhh right nice nice
Actually, there are 2 and a half model years. 2002, 2003, and 2003.5. The 2003.5 had slight changes made to the appearance changing from the the low rise, flat top wing and equipped with fog lights, to the hoop evo-style wing, sans fog lights. You only ever show the 03.5 model.
Also, the dealership ECU re-tune was more about fuel economy than the hesitation, although it was prescribed for both. Fun fact - on turbocharged cars it's better to be rich than lean, and there is no way of checking if your ECU has the lean tune which can lead to zoom zoom BOOM as soon as you try to mod.
The engine is the weak point because it is the stock eternal econo-motor that was sent off to Callaway to be fitted with the slurpy snail. Rods are literally as thick as 2 pencils taped together.
Thanks for your knowledge 😎😎
@@LifeOfTuners No problem. I just kinda nerd out about this car.
You can draw a straight line from it to the Focus St/RS and Ecoboost Mustangs of today, and it's turbokit was designed by the same engineers that gave us a production C4 Corvette that hit a higher top speed than the Veyron did almost 40 years and 16 cylinders later.
There is no 2002 MSP. '03 and '03.5 were the only ones.
Is this caused by a fuel cut?
@@HenryMFdanger Is what caused by a fuel cut?
I just got one but block has a hole wondering if other blocks fit
Hmmmm I think it's quite possible.
With mazdaspeed 3/6s it uses an L series engine, and another L series block, (the 2.5 block) fits on the mazdaspeed 2.3 head.
So I reckon it is probable that other f series engine blocks would fit 🤔
Any 2.0 FS Protege engine will fit, but you must remember to swap over the oil cooler from the old engine (it’s under the oil filter) and swap over the sandwich plate between the block and oil pan for the oil return line from the turbocharger. I personally used an engine from an 02 auto P5 when I needed to swap my engine.
I love you thank you for the video!!
Ayyy 😎 allgood, I enjoy making these videos!
The protégés biggest issues are rust in the quarter panels and burning oil , don’t know how that was missed!
Did I not mention rust 😭 FK that's a big miss on my part
Burning oil only if you don't change oil before 5K.
I would of put a mazda 1.8 BPT in it just I what I did with my mazda protege
Mazda top!!!!!!
Mazda #️⃣1️⃣🔝
Can u do some more comparison vids (mk4 golf VR6 2.8 vs Mazda speed 3) 🤷♂️
If that's what people want, if it does happen I just need to think of some cars from the same time that some may think are comparable
I was just reading over older comments, I'm not sure if you've seen but I did a Speed 3 vs Focus ST vs Golf GTI video
th-cam.com/video/5xWQKEaMDxo/w-d-xo.html
@@LifeOfTuners yea but the vr6/r32/r is 4 motion so it’s more fair to vs the speed 3 n stuff
Yeah true and it's got similar hp and stuff
I seen an orange one for 1500
What! No way, was it a rolling body or something?
You better buy that car before I do, lmao!
I used to have a mazda6 2005 and I traded it with a guy and he gave me the spicy orange one, I’m 17 tho so I’m really happy with it, it drives great, it’s a fun car tbh
Found one in 2022 gonna go look at it today but expect to pay 2800$ and it only has 153k miles
That's actually such a good price, these things are undervalued
Yeah it's got steel piping for the intercooler and exhaust on it already. Has a few minor issues mostly cosmetic. Things a steal af and so cheap. That's the same motor from a ford probe no?
@@Treestonextra oh maybe, I'm not sure, cool cars
The Japanese version Mazdaspeed Familia was more powerful than USDM
Wasn't it only like 3 or 4hp though?
www.goo-net-exchange.com/catalog/MAZDA__FAMILIA/2502744/ Can you tell me if this translates to a faster higher reving car
Oh wow, that's cool, sure it's only got 5hp more, but it revs to like 800rpm more, plus although peak torque is later (5000 vs 3500) that'll feel more like you have to wind it out and use the whole engine, that's cool!
the JDM version did not have a turbocharger and instead used variable valve timing to get the power up. Actual power was closer to 160 hp.
Oh wow didn't know that!
I’ve seen one of these in yellow , only once. Yellow is a bad color unless you drive an expensive exotic
Oh really did it look bad
I have a orange
I have an apple
Just found one
oh yeah awesome
Yeah im stokeddd! Im mostly a honda guy, but i couldnt pass this baby up lol
@@iammrshane594 i’m sure you’ll love it! that’s awesome
well, i guess im the only one in the world with a black 03 protege......
Oh damn did I miss that out 😭
Only 2000 made, yet only North America. And still not quite popular(hopefully for a while).
Yeah
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Thank you 😌
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With the quality of content, im surprised you have not more than 1.7k subs.
I dont have close to even 1.7.but check me out! I'll be throwing up new vids hopefully weekly
Thanks bro 🙏 I really try to make it high quality, and I'm happy we are growing! Ofc I'll check your channel.out bro!
Deleted my comment wow wasn’t even bad lol
No that's one thing I heavily dislike about youtube, whenever people use any profanity, youtube will notify me about it, so I can read a bit of it, but then youtube deletes it, so I can't reply to it, and usually I really want to respond to them, I've even tried going on pc to youtube studio in the hidden comments section and youtube doesn't even let me see them again there.
Generally I never delete comments, the only exception is if it's going to offend someone else (racial slurs etc
I didn't delete your comment and I wish youtube would let people swear in comments
What the hell, you know the second the comment you posted? Did you delete it or did youtube?
Cool niche car to own if ur poor lol👌
Bruh
@ Hayden Mellsop don't ever underestimate the under dog, cause just when your not looking we will slip right past you at corners....😁😎
@@AmericanBacon. I agree lol
Even if I were rich, this would still be a fun weekend car.
Yeah they are fun