Turbo Mafia Downpipe Questions

[Murphy115]

http://turbomafia.biz/i-62085-mazda-speed-protege-downpipe.html
I was wondering if anyone has purchased this, has any details on it or has any info on the reliability of this site? Or if its even still made anymore.

Thanks

 

[BRIAN_MP5T]

It looks really well made, even if it arrives and it isn't perfectly welded, it's going to give you a really great starting point. All you might need to do would be to get a MIG welder to give it a once over. I do not think this will be the case.

I looked on the site and found no "Contact Us" box, did you try the yellow pages, they say that they are out of LA.

I agree that it would be prudent to contact them before placing an order.

The car in the pictures is probably a member here...

 

[Murphy115]

I haven't tried yellow pages, I would like to either try and contact them or find someone with experience with this company. Do you think its a full downpipe plus maybe a little more? It has the option to either get a test pipe, resonated test pipe or high flow catted pipe.

 

[BRIAN_MP5T]

It's probably just a bend and a flex.

Looking at the shipping dimensions is a waste of time...

1"x1"x1"

I bet that they make this on order for you rather than having stock.

 

[Murphy115]

So you think it could work and be a good deal? There's not many other Downpipe options now.

 

[protege3690]

it isnt a full downpipe. it looks to be similar to the vibrant exhaust, which is a j-pipe back exhaust. the s-pipe which is bolted to the turbo seems to the stock one in the picture. but wouldnt hurt to contact them somehow, like brian said, looks to be pretty well made.

 

[sixxer]

this looks promising

 

[jeffmsp]

lol at zip tied o2 sensor.

 

[protege3690]

lol at zip tied o2 sensor.

lol completely missed that

 

[Murphy115]

I looked around online and on the civic forums and nasioc this company was brought up. They all complained of it being a scam. I wouldn't trust buying anything off of the website after reading what people said. Heres some of the stuff said on nasioc http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1382435

 

[BRIAN_MP5T]

Jesus... That's not good.

 

[Murphy115]

Some people actually got their stuff but most people didn't. They said that the guy got backed up and couldn't keep up with all the orders. The law got involved and it was a pretty big investigation from reading from what they said on nasioc.

 

[BOOSTR]

Any competent custom exhaust shop could make that for you. No need to buy one premade.