# Zoom Zoom Boom

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 17, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134 "2008-12-17T23:37:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Hycomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Hycomp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hycomp)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/21 "2008-12-18T09:45:56Z")

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> [@Underbody rust prevention](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/underbody-rust-prevention/32966/29):
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> the welded LSD will be good for now, and i dont car about 1/4 times at all, personally i dont even like drag racing. IMO its boring, im building it up for AutoX and road racing.

A welded diff for autocross?

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**Author:** ![fatti03msp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fatti03msp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fatti03msp)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/22 "2008-12-18T10:07:03Z")

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> [@Access point help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/access-point-help/38980/19):
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> A welded diff for autocross?

lol ya but no, the housing is welded, they have been know to split apart. but the actually gears are not welded.

> [@Buffalo Bills 2007 Season Discussion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-bills-2007-season-discussion/35063/693):
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> Relax Brandon. It’s Pittspeed, take comments with a grain of salt.
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> Let me know if you need any help over the holidays. Woud love to get my hands dirty under the hood.

ya very true, but ya if there anything im going to be doing ill let you know. Still waiting on my block a few other OEM parts from mazda.

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**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/23 "2008-12-18T20:31:12Z")

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🤣 I don’t even work for any tow service 🤣

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**Author:** ![fatti03msp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fatti03msp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fatti03msp)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/24 "2008-12-18T20:35:05Z")

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> [@Shaggy"](#):
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> 🤣 I don’t even work for any tow service 🤣

dam i was going say i will see you in court and i always wanted to say that haha. o well.

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**Author:** ![Bswaptcivic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Bswaptcivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bswaptcivic)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/25 "2008-12-18T21:09:06Z")

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> [@So I got a winter beater...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-got-a-winter-beater/39071/10):
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> and you dumb fuck if you knew anything its is just not possible to have my exhaust 2" of the ground cause no matter what you do you just cant lower a protege haha.

girlfriends old protege, before the mazdaspeed protege front end, but after it was lifted up about an inch haha, you can crush em this was on k-sports

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/26 "2008-12-20T19:26:19Z")

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> [@Rape is illegal in Saudi Arabia.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rape-is-illegal-in-saudi-arabia/39076/5):
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> ya 5k for a motor and then how much more in fab work to get it work in my car, no thanks. But my car with a LS1 compared to the my built motor, the LS1 wont be faster.

well, the truth is you can find a 6.0 6 speed for around 2500, so take that plus whatever you gotta do, and yes it will be faster, NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT.

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**Author:** ![gtlaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gtlaw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gtlaw)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/27 "2008-12-20T21:17:59Z")

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> [@WTB: Throttle body for 92 civic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-throttle-body-for-92-civic/39100/5):
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> well, the truth is you can find a 6.0 6 speed for around 2500, so take that plus whatever you gotta do, and yes it will be faster, NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT.

putting a v8 in a protege is just retarded, but I think a ls2 dropout costs a bit more than $2,500

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/28 "2008-12-20T21:48:39Z")

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> [@The 2007 DBTG Hungover Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-2007-dbtg-hungover-thread/39116/18):
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> putting a v8 in a protege is just retarded,

yes, it is, but so is the person that bought the car in the first place…🤣

just imagine you tell someone your protege is ls swapped, they’ll think its a honda swap, haha…no, ls1…INSTANT OWNAGE

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**Author:** ![Bswaptcivic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Bswaptcivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bswaptcivic)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/29 "2008-12-20T22:10:18Z")

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> [@WTB: Throttle body for 92 civic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-throttle-body-for-92-civic/39100/5):
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> NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT.

:jerkit:

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/30 "2008-12-21T08:59:18Z")

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displacement+turbo \> turbo \> displacement

you should make a build thread because I want to learn about mazdA’s

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**Author:** ![Bswaptcivic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Bswaptcivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bswaptcivic)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/31 "2008-12-21T09:05:35Z")

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> [@FS:91 notchback (GONE) TRADED](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-91-notchback-gone-traded/38310/69):
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> displacement+turbo \> turbo \> displacement
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> you should make a build thread because I want to learn about mazdA’s

or even more simply put.

engineering \> displacement

x2 on the build thread, keep it going it’s not too often you get to see a mazdaspeed protege

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/32 "2008-12-21T21:37:29Z")

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> [@Thanksgivin eve? Where ya goin?! 21+](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thanksgivin-eve-where-ya-goin-21/38779/94):
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> :jerkit:

a salad shooter makes more torque than you do, Do you know why people turbo honda’s? …Because, they have too.:tool:

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/33 "2008-12-21T21:52:07Z")

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> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/39067/77):
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> a salad shooter makes more torque than you do, Do you know why people turbo honda’s? …Because, they have too.:tool:

wat. Your’e Dumb.

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/34 "2008-12-21T22:01:33Z")

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> [@FS:91 notchback (GONE) TRADED](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-91-notchback-gone-traded/38310/70):
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> wat. Your’e Dumb.

one day as your making a 12 sec. pass in your cool turbo b18 vtec swapped civic that you had to dump 7k in to get there, you will stop an think, why didnt i just get a rwd platform and run a v8? half the money, double the results,

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/35 "2008-12-21T22:05:22Z")

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I don’t think so. There are plenty of people before me that went fast with v8’s.

to the OP. so where is this build thread my man?

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/36 "2008-12-21T22:08:59Z")

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ok Serious question, you say your dsm ran a 12.whatever, right? now im not busting your balls, but seriously think how much money did you have to put into it, to make it run that time? honestly:eek:

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/37 "2008-12-21T22:12:29Z")

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less than ~4500 including the car purchase? AND alot of that was wasted in my learning curve including buying 2 dsms because I’m a dumbass and wrecked the first one. It went 12.2 with a burnt fuel pump fuse. will be in the 11’s this season coming on the same setup.

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/38 "2008-12-21T22:19:03Z")

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> [@uuuuuuuuggggggggghhhhhhhhhh OG up in this mofcker](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uuuuuuuuggggggggghhhhhhhhhh-og-up-in-this-mofcker/39136/2):
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> less than ~4500 including the car purchase? AND alot of that was wasted in my learning curve including buying 2 dsms because I’m a dumbass and wrecked the first one. It went 12.2 with a burnt fuel pump fuse. will be in the 11’s this season coming on the same setup.

good too hear bud, but i mean if you really think about it, if you drop a v8 into some rwd import. lets say an ls1 rx7, your results would be incredible, they actually did that in car and driver, they said it was the most balanced car theyve ever driven.

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**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/39 "2008-12-21T22:21:06Z")

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What the fuck are you talking about? LS1 FD? What, roughly 15k to build on a budget? LS1 FC? Other than the fact the FC’s are garbage, you’re still what, 10k total? How is that budget? And that’s a stock dropout.

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**Author:** ![NeonVenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@NeonVenom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeonVenom)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zoom-zoom-boom/201134/40 "2008-12-21T22:26:31Z")

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> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1480):
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> Other than the fact the FC’s are garbage, How is that budget?

opinions vary, and i never said anything about BUDGET, hop off fucknut, OK THIS IS THE MAIN IDEA, YOU HAVE A FOUR CYL FWD CAR BASE, AND YOU HAVE A V8 RWD CAR BASE, OFF THE BAT WHICH IS GONNA BE FASTER?, AFTER 2K IN MODS? IVE SAID IT ONCE I’LL SAY IT AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT, THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT,

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