The Pictures All You RM Header Owners Have Been Dreading

[mp5jeff]

Isn't this the header we supposedly were getting, just with mods. What part of "stainless steel" am I not understanding?

http://www.racingmazda.com/exhaust/mx6/

JT

is that a link to the "protege header" or is it for the mx6, it says in the url mx6 but i can't open it at work so i have no clue...

 

[thewrench]

It's to the MX6 header. There really is no RM "Protege" header. The group buy (and Matthew's) header was sold as the MX6 header modded with the necessary bungs for use on a Protege.

JT

 

[melicha8]

The header is stainless steel. Believe me if it was mild steel it would look a lot worse than that after four months of heat cycling. It is the same header as the mx-6 header just slightly modified. Maybe you just got some bad alloy. That is an odd thing to see. There is also a chance it is super fine spatter from the welds. Is it concentrated around the welds?

 

[Matthew]

no its scattered everywhere. trust me when i tell you that i called ric and he TOLD me it was mild steel. now im gonna try to call him today because it says on the site stainless. hes a ******* liar as far as im concerned.

 

[Brian MP5T]

no its scattered everywhere. trust me when i tell you that i called ric and he TOLD me it was mild steel. now im gonna try to call him today because it says on the site stainless. hes a ******* liar as far as im concerned.

******' rite!! I'd be pissed too. You shouldn't have any problems getting a replacement or the correct piece. If it was sold to you as Stainless, as you say, that's a lie.

Later...Brian

 

[mazdaowner123]

keep us posted please.

~brian

 

[Matthew]

i tried to call today but no answer. ill call again monday and let you know for sure.

 

[tonkabui]

damn matthew, sorry to hear about your woes. those rust spots look horrible.

anyway, i have some silverware that is supposedly stainless steel. however, if i leave it in outside in my back yard (forgot a spoon out there for about 3 weeks), it begins to get little rust spots like that, too. it comes right off, but still... so is this the same type of walmart stainless steel?

 

[Matthew]

im not sure, like i said i havent had a chance to use steel wool or sandpaper yet.

 

[mazdamp3_18]

well i got my 3 leaks fixed today..

it sounds a lot better...


i finally got my digital camera back and ill be posting some sound clips tonight...


and i did some testing with the header last night...

my friend has a 2001 neon with an iceman intake a udp and a rear muffler..


with my intake and old exhaust we were neck and neck at the drag strip and racing eachother on the street...

i now have the injen and the header an 2.5 inch exhaust ... we raced again last night a cuple times and i destroyed him...

pulled away from him fast in 2nd and 3rd gear....

i can tell i gained quite a bit with these mods...

i wouldnt be suprised if im in the high 120 whp range .. possibly in the 130's...

we dynoed our cars also when i had my old mods and he had 2whp more than me... and the weights are almost the exact same...

 

[Matthew]

to this day i still cant get a hold of him.