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I was supposed to go to the NIN concert on Monday, however it was postponed “due to illness”. They rescheduled for Friday March 10th, a much better day for a concert. I was bummed because I really wanted to go, but at least it’s not cancelled.

The first half of my day was spent getting up real early to get to Brother’s Custom Car Care in Westfield. They did the work on my previous car, my 03 Mazdaspeed Protege LTD — adding carbon fiber dash kit, A pillars and a turbo guage. It made the whole thing quite snazzy.

The new ride is snazzy on it’s own, and all set with the dash kits. It was fun, but this is more of a sleeper. I kind of hated to get the turbo gauge on the dash, but it’s small and doesn’t look too obnoxious. I also got a BOV installed, so I can see the difference it makes with the gauge. It drops down to 0 when I shift, lets off the excess air, and the turbo is ready to fly. The blow off valve almost entirely eliminates any turbo lag. It probably shaves a good seccond, maybe two, but I have’t done any timings yet.

The Protege was 14.5 in the quarter, and I think 0-60 was like 9 secconds? I really can’t remember.
I’m interested to see what this one does, but I’ve found a dyno, so I ought to be able to find out without getting in trouble 😉