The Pictures All You RM Header Owners Have Been Dreading

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

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