I have a 99 protege ES I'm interested in doin work on, only I don't know anything about modifying cars. Wheres a good place to start learning?

Well forums are a good place
Also there is a site called google:D
I would also suggest howstuffworks.com
once yu find out how a car engine works then you will know what mods to do

Yeah I know about google, I just didn't even know where to start from there. I'm about to check out howstuffworks now. Thanks for the help