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**ls six** · 3-2-08, 15:34

I meant to mention the mazdaspeed program but was in a hurry as well.

gavin has a ton of good advice there and really knows what hes talking about.

I can throw a few more things in though. They might not be legal in a given class and some are still un confirmed or the advantages are debatable.

1. I'm doing a KL-G4 IM swap and I noticed some of the plug wires are quite a bit shorter than ours. They run over the Im instead of all the way around. This means that for the longest lead cyl # 5 i believe the wire is about a foot shorter. All the rear leads are shorter than our stockers. It wont improve HP at all but there are many other advantages like less resistance for a given wire type less chance for cross firing or grounding. It also reduces the load on our famously flaky ignition system. The wires are for the 98+ 626 sedan.

2. I'm basicaly converting my suspention to be mostly 3rd gen (99+) protoge parts.

I never liked the the rear most lateral link's because they are stamped and it also bears the load of the rear sway bar. Stock it proabably works just fine but with sticky tires a heavy rear bar and aggressive driving it has to be bending enough to affect alignement. I believe you can get a reenforced version through the MS program but the protege uses a tubular design ( fitment not confirmed) and the front and rear bars connect to the struts via built in brackets. The front L arms lack the bracket for the FSB and I believe are a bit lighter. If you cant run front camber plates the protege front upper strut mount is a superior design than ours. It uses a lot less rubber and is firmer because of it and it also uses a fail safe feature like motor mounts. The center plate where the strut rod mounts is sandwitched between an upper and lower plate so even if the rubber completly disintigrates it wont drop the strut like ours will.

3. If you want even more torque then you allready have the 93-97 Probe GT transmission will bolt in directly and has a lower final drive ratio. You sacrifice some top end speed and like the smaller tires gavin mentioned you'll be higher in the rev range in a given gear at a given speed. You would proabably loose some gas milage too.

This is a great thread and perfect timing too. I didnt know there was so much AX expertiese on this forum. I just figured on making a lot of mistakes finding what the 6 likes and dosnt like.

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ls six Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: omaha, NE, USA iTrader: (1)	I meant to mention the mazdaspeed program but was in a hurry as well. gavin has a ton of good advice there and really knows what hes talking about. I can throw a few more things in though. They might not be legal in a given class and some are still un confirmed or the advantages are debatable. 1. I'm doing a KL-G4 IM swap and I noticed some of the plug wires are quite a bit shorter than ours. They run over the Im instead of all the way around. This means that for the longest lead cyl # 5 i believe the wire is about a foot shorter. All the rear leads are shorter than our stockers. It wont improve HP at all but there are many other advantages like less resistance for a given wire type less chance for cross firing or grounding. It also reduces the load on our famously flaky ignition system. The wires are for the 98+ 626 sedan. 2. I'm basicaly converting my suspention to be mostly 3rd gen (99+) protoge parts. I never liked the the rear most lateral link's because they are stamped and it also bears the load of the rear sway bar. Stock it proabably works just fine but with sticky tires a heavy rear bar and aggressive driving it has to be bending enough to affect alignement. I believe you can get a reenforced version through the MS program but the protege uses a tubular design ( fitment not confirmed) and the front and rear bars connect to the struts via built in brackets. The front L arms lack the bracket for the FSB and I believe are a bit lighter. If you cant run front camber plates the protege front upper strut mount is a superior design than ours. It uses a lot less rubber and is firmer because of it and it also uses a fail safe feature like motor mounts. The center plate where the strut rod mounts is sandwitched between an upper and lower plate so even if the rubber completly disintigrates it wont drop the strut like ours will. 3. If you want even more torque then you allready have the 93-97 Probe GT transmission will bolt in directly and has a lower final drive ratio. You sacrifice some top end speed and like the smaller tires gavin mentioned you'll be higher in the rev range in a given gear at a given speed. You would proabably loose some gas milage too. This is a great thread and perfect timing too. I didnt know there was so much AX expertiese on this forum. I just figured on making a lot of mistakes finding what the 6 likes and dosnt like. Last edited by ls six : 3-2-08 at 15:38.
	96 MX-6 full exhaust A/C delete spoiler delete probe wheels and a turbo in the worx. 01 626 brake's98 626 sway bar Altima rear sway bar links.http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2934576 90 pontiac transam. 350 TPI motor new 24# injectors. Rebuilt trans. lots to come.