Laser Blue Protege5 Build

[Coredawg]

Looks to me like one of all the other 4-1 short tube headers that are available for the car. Back in the day, the one tog et was either the 4-2-1 AWR header, or the 4-1 long tube RActive header. There was also a long tube 4-2-1 JDM header, but that one required some re-work to the mid cat pipe to make it fit.

You could also make the 626 / MX6 / Probe 4-2-1 long tube header fit with some re-work to the EGR bung location. It might have needed some re-work to the mid cat pipe, too.

Now I am looking for a cat back exhaust since I am still running stock behind my gutted second cat. Any recommendations?

 

[njaremka]

How much do you want to spend? Also, there aren't too many product still available for this chassis.

Racing Beat makes a great product, and will give reasonable sound behind a cat-less header. But, the cost is quite a bit higher than some of the cheap "EBay" style products. Megan Racing makes a fart-cannon style exhaust for (relatively) pretty cheap. The Megan exhaust is probably going to be pretty loud, too.

Full cat-less... I would probably recommend Racing Beat. It will keep it relatively quiet, and still have decent sound.

 

[Coredawg]

@njaremka I looked at Racing Beat. Not too bad, but definitely wish there were more choices. I do not want the fart can sound for sure. I may have to go the Racing Beat route. Thanks!

 

[njaremka]

Magnaflow made a great exhaust back in the day, and that's the one I ran on my Protege sedan. A little less expensive than the Racing Beat, and had a great subdued sound. Unfortunately, not made anymore.

 

[Coredawg]

This is the headers before install.

 

[njaremka]

Yeah, they look like all the others on the market currently

 

[Coredawg]

I'm fixin to do another thing. Found these on Amazon and I think they will work. The top one clears the inside of the fender with just a little light tapping on the metal and the bottom one will screw right in after I drill and tap the existing fender bolt hole. I will get gas struts extending out to 20" and retracting to about 14.5. I just have to figure out how strong they need to be then goodbye prop rod.

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