Originally posted by "Levi"
The stock internals are designed to handle in excess of 300 HP.
If you go to any MP3 forums there are several MP3s that were n/a and now turbo and produce over 200 hp to the wheels, with no ill effects.
This amount of power is with only 7 psi.
There was a good article in a magazine about the P5s racing in SCCA and how excellant the engine was for producing power. The fact that the factory builds the engines with such close internal specs and excellant balance makes for a real performer
ehh the MP3 if im correct is the lil "sedan" protege 5 that has an mp3 system right?
i still think that if Mazda took the Protege 5 and made it an actual hatchback and stuck a turbo on there it would sell...even without a turbo if they stuck some kind of powerful Mazda engine, nice lil system package, and a lil sunroof option then it would sell nicely and could probably go for 17k and under.