New Exhaust!

[ncsukingpin]

So I want to put a MSP exhaust that I bought through a forum member on my 99 protege. My question is, do I need to buy new gaskets, and how much do I torque down the flanges. Below pics of 2 gaskets that were on Advanced Auto's site for my car, but I think the MSP exhaust is slightly bigger than the stock so I am not sure if these gaskets will even work. Does anyone know? Can I just take the pipe to Advanced and get them to fit one? Also, will the larger s-pipe fit on the smaller stock J-pipe, or do I need to get some adaptor? Thankx(smash)

 

[njaremka]

what parts of the msp exhaust did you get? that will determine what you need and how it will mount up.

 

[ncsukingpin]

pics

Here is a pic of what I have:

 

[03promaz]

neither of the gaskets in the pics work. The donuts on is for the front of the midpipe and the one with 3 holes sound be where the header and 1st cat connect (i think). When I put that same exhaust on my car I used the stock gaskets but I only had like 3k miles on the car. As for the piping everthing fits together fine. Actually isnt it the same size? Can someone verify that.

 

[njaremka]

well, niether of those gaskets are the ones you need. you actually need two of mazda part number FSB8-40-305 - one for the mid-pipe to s-pipe, and one for the s-pipe to axel back.

and, thats the same part for all 3rd gens. that exhaust will bolt right up to your cat/mid-pipe.

 

[ncsukingpin]

Thanks. Do you think a dealership woud have those parts in stock? Or would advanced have them if I went there?

Are the part numbers you are talking about for the protege exhaust or MSP?

 

[03promaz]

The gasket should be the same for both cars. Its something small the dealer may stock it, you'll just have to call around.

 

[njaremka]

dealer should stock those, or you can go to onlinemazdaparts.com