I have the mam midpipe on my 02 es protege. I used the kartboy hangers and it stopped the pipe from moving but part of the cat sat on the crossmember bar. I used washers to space the crossmember from the rest of the car. It helped a little that I was able to get a feeler gauge between the cat and the bar. After that I used zipties. Three zipties on each metal hanger on the midpipe and tied it to a bar thats above the cat, might be the front swaybar, I forget, but if your under the car you will see what I mean. The zipties raised the cat about an inch from the crossmember. As your using the zipties, push up on the midpipe as your tieing them. I have no rattles anymore. Everything is perfect. I hope this helps everyone out. Any questions, feel free to ask and I'll help if I can.
MAM mid pipe user Q
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guess no MAM midpipe for me.
We need something plug and play.
If we have to go a muffler shop we could as well do a custom job.
bye
We need something plug and play.
If we have to go a muffler shop we could as well do a custom job.
bye
But it's not suppose to be so difficult to install it without the funny noize at WOT. It'S made for mazda protege not a another car. YOu can keep the pipe away from the crossmember but if youre cat back is stiff (with kartboy) and your engine mount is soft ( oem one ) all the manifol and j pipe (it fixed on the engine) have to be and keep connect to the cat back. Remerber one is stiff, hard to move and the other part is moving a lot. The flex join is stiff and it's too far away from the engine. Remerber the law of the lever (???) more the lever is long more you can lift a higher weith. It'S the same thing with the mam mid pipe. You have a longer pipe between the engine and the flex . Each time the pipe touch the crossmember .. your manifold or j pipe can broke. It's not good.
I don't know if you have understand all I said b/c I don't speak english very well. If you have any question ask me.
Thanks
I don't know if you have understand all I said b/c I don't speak english very well. If you have any question ask me.
Thanks
Familia323
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^are you speaking of leverage, when you say law of the lever?
so on this note.. anyone want to buy my stainless steel catless MAM midpipe with an 02 bung never installed, for 80 dollars? comes with the bolts and gastket.
I'm trying to get an RX7 so I dont really want to mess with the protege anymore.
so on this note.. anyone want to buy my stainless steel catless MAM midpipe with an 02 bung never installed, for 80 dollars? comes with the bolts and gastket.
I'm trying to get an RX7 so I dont really want to mess with the protege anymore.
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MAM Mid pipe
I got my SS MAM Mid Pipe a few days ago. I talked to Beau about it. He said he had to reweld the flanges on the pipes cause they were not correct. I have not installed it yet because it does not come with anywhere to place the o2 sensor, but from its looks it looks good. If anyone wants a pic let me know and I can post them.
I got my SS MAM Mid Pipe a few days ago. I talked to Beau about it. He said he had to reweld the flanges on the pipes cause they were not correct. I have not installed it yet because it does not come with anywhere to place the o2 sensor, but from its looks it looks good. If anyone wants a pic let me know and I can post them.
