New Exhaust for Mazdaspeed Proteges

was at a meet last night and all the other mspers say that my car has the best sound out of our cocktail of exhausts from our group. least favorite is the corksport. i think i sold some more vibrant to some of the guys that haven't upgraded yet. this is a great exhaust system.
 
I just got under the car today and I pinpointed where the rattling is coming from. My cat is bad. I already called etd and waiting for them to call me back. Oh the rattling is almost constant at idle when the car warms up.(pissed)
 
interesting....let us know what they say.
RenzoMSP said:
I just got under the car today and I pinpointed where the rattling is coming from. My cat is bad. I already called etd and waiting for them to call me back. Oh the rattling is almost constant at idle when the car warms up.(pissed)
 
Well spoke with ETD and they told me to call Vibrant direct. Vibrant seemed pretty nice about it said they will call me back, because they dont have the actual jpipe with the cat.
 
Well i spoke to Vibrant and the guy was super cool, but they are only gonna send me the cat which means im gonna have to get it welded myself. The cool thing is i dont have to pay for the cat or shipping.
 
That's cool!

What kind of warrenty does this exhaust have?
RenzoMSP said:
Well i spoke to Vibrant and the guy was super cool, but they are only gonna send me the cat which means im gonna have to get it welded myself. The cool thing is i dont have to pay for the cat or shipping.
 
RenzoMSP said:
Im not sure. All i know is im pretty pissed right now.
I thought we had a year of quality guarantee on these, but I could be wrong, that might also depend on who installed it, you or a liscenced shop. I am out of the gaurantee probably, but no problems so far. love it
 
Im over being pissed now. Anyway when i was speaking with the guy i asked if they would make an S-pipe for us. He said that the havent thought about that yet, but they were thinking of making a FMIC kit. Sounded pretty interesting.
 
RenzoMSP said:
Im over being pissed now. Anyway when i was speaking with the guy i asked if they would make an S-pipe for us. He said that the havent thought about that yet, but they were thinking of making a FMIC kit. Sounded pretty interesting.
the boss at vibrant was thinking about a s-pipe, because I brought it up with him in emails, he said he was considering it, and the front mount must of been the secret he wouldnt tell me about, but he told me to keep an eye out for his new msp product. he's a real nice guy, at least through emails, great company too. i think we are all trying to get sponsored from them, he asked me to send lots of pictures, maybe one of us will make the catolog.
 
Titanium-99 said:
It sounds about stock with the silencer in.

Yes it does drone a little bit but not at High way speed.
Im sure you may loose 1 or 2 hp with the silencer in but not enough to tell a differance. You are looking at maybe 15-20 HP gain with this exhaust and a CAI. I would Highly recomend this exhaust and I would also Highly recomend you contact JDM SAM to order it he is the man and will give you a good deal. I have had my Vibrant system on my car for a few months now and I love it and I havent had any problems what so ever with it.

Thanks guy!
At what speed does it drone then?
Is it louder than stock at highway speed anyway?
Thanks again.
 
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It stops droning at around 4k rpms especialy when you punch it. it is a bit louder than stock at Highway speeds. None the less you wont be sorry if you invest in this system. When you are at really low rpms like when are breaking and down shiffting it can be a little poppy but that can be fixed with the investment of MAM's S-Pipe



arkitek said:
Thanks guy!
At what speed does it drone then?
Is it louder than stock at highway speed anyway?
Thanks again.
 
Titanium-99 said:
It stops droning at around 4k rpms especialy when you punch it. it is a bit louder than stock at Highway speeds. None the less you wont be sorry if you invest in this system. When you are at really low rpms like when are breaking and down shiffting it can be a little poppy but that can be fixed with the investment of MAM's S-Pipe
Did you get the mam s pipe? I didn't know it bolts up to our kit, did i miss something?
 
I have mine on order, and yes the pipe will mate up. If it mates to the Apex DP, it will mate up to this exhaust.

-Ryan
ChiMSP said:
Did you get the mam s pipe? I didn't know it bolts up to our kit, did i miss something?
 
I can't believe I actually read through this entire thread! Glad I did, though. This is going to be my choice for an exhaust system, and I doubt I can make myself wait the 18k miles until my warranty is out.

Thanks for all the info guys, especially the sound clips. The deep sound is what finally sold me on it. I'm also anxious to see what our s-pipe options might be with this one.
 
No need to wait, the exhaust isn't covered by warrenty anyway...from what I heard.
MrDiggler said:
I can't believe I actually read through this entire thread! Glad I did, though. This is going to be my choice for an exhaust system, and I doubt I can make myself wait the 18k miles until my warranty is out.

Thanks for all the info guys, especially the sound clips. The deep sound is what finally sold me on it. I'm also anxious to see what our s-pipe options might be with this one.
 
be sure to go to WWW.*************.COM to order this system!! Sam has a great price on them!!
 
Well its been over 3 weeks and no cat. My cat is rattling pretty badly now. Ughhhh! Gonna have to called a third time tomorrow. The dude told me I should of got it about 2 weeks ago.(rant)
 
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