Current Engine bay pics everyone

[jeg0024]

thanks, yeah i think ive seen it...the headers though...i didnt really understand what it said on the site but it said something about eliminating the factory cat? So is it more than just the header piece?

 

[rednecks_r_us]

thanks, yeah i think ive seen it...the headers though...i didnt really understand what it said on the site but it said something about eliminating the factory cat? So is it more than just the header piece?

Mazda Protege's have 2 cats.

look at it like this (IIRC).

motor-stock exhaust manifold-cat - downpipe-midpipe with cat- resinator- tubing under car to mufler at the back.

That is the Prote exhaust. The header replaces the exhaust manifold and first cat,

 

[Rogue]

Before:


After:

 

[jeg0024]

Before:


After:

For some reason I think it was better before...the question for all this tearing apart is why? lol

 

[jeg0024]

Mazda Protege's have 2 cats.

look at it like this (IIRC).

motor-stock exhaust manifold-cat - downpipe-midpipe with cat- resinator- tubing under car to mufler at the back.

That is the Prote exhaust. The header replaces the exhaust manifold and first cat,

Sounds good, I just ordred an OBX header. As far as I know theres no fitment issues either so it sounds good. I really only need one cat anyways right? lol Its still all one piece though right? Does the stock header have a cat on it somewhere? Because I havent really looked under my header cover in a while but it looks like its a big ass piece.

 

[Equinox]

Sounds good, I just ordred an OBX header. As far as I know theres no fitment issues either so it sounds good. I really only need one cat anyways right? lol Its still all one piece though right? Does the stock header have a cat on it somewhere? Because I havent really looked under my header cover in a while but it looks like its a big ass piece.

OBX are great for the price, the only thing I worry about with their header is the coating. Apparently rust doesn't take long to start at the welds. Easily solved, however, with jet hot coating or the like

 

[jeg0024]

OBX are great for the price, the only thing I worry about with their header is the coating. Apparently rust doesn't take long to start at the welds. Easily solved, however, with jet hot coating or the like

Anywhere i could get that???

 

[Rogue]

For some reason I think it was better before...the question for all this tearing apart is why? lol

turbo project...check my sig. recent pics are at the end

 

[jeg0024]

Nice

 

[rednecks_r_us]

Anywhere i could get that???

www.jet-hot.com

 

[jeg0024]

Looks expensive and complicated, anything else I could do?

 

[rednecks_r_us]

Looks expensive and complicated, anything else I could do?

It will protect your header for life instead of having to replace your header in 5 years due to rust. Its real simple. box it up and send it to them. They send it back all nice & shiney and ceramic coated. Then you install.

 

[jeg0024]

Is that what you had done with yours? Because it looks nice and clean in that 2nd pic! Do you know how much its gonna cost me?

 

[L8R]

B-e-a-utiful

 

[altspace]

So clean!

 

[Jaysanooch]

Really nice......and Redneck, where can I get the red pieces on your a/c hoses? Sorry don't know what those things are called but it looks good.....I think it would go nice with my set up.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

Is that what you had done with yours? Because it looks nice and clean in that 2nd pic! Do you know how much its gonna cost me?

That 2nd pic was the day I installed it. I haven't polished or done anything to it. The 1st pic was a year later without ever polishing it.

If I polished it then it would be shiney again. but it will never discolor. It will always stay gray unless I polish it.

go to www.jet-hot.com to get an estimate.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

For some reason I think it was better before...the question for all this tearing apart is why? lol

here is why he took it apart. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123645862

 

[jeg0024]

here is why he took it apart. http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123645862

Well that explains a lot, thanks! lol

 

[Salmon_Rob]