Jason, I have just sent you an email about this issue. I guess I should have read this thread more. I have already removed my stock cat and have just found out that my cat has that extra piping welded in. It should go to the exhaust end. Now I'm just pissed after spending all morning trying to remove my stock cat and that I have to install it back again coz this one you sent me can't fit. I don't have the box of this item anymore, so I'm screwed.

:mad:

Send me an email with your information. I will express you a new pipe and just put the old one in box the new one will come in. I will have fedex pick that one up.

The guy that does the welding messed up on a few of these.

Jason

^ Hope you got my email yesterday and will be sending the replacement soon.

Got it and taking care of that today.

Jason

Jason - sent you a PM and an email. Heck, I even called and left a message.


Let me know what's up. Thanks.

Just replied to your PM.

Jason

Back atcha.

Thats what I am talking about
 

I have been fighting power loss for over a year. The car has been taken well care of. Bought the car in August of 2003. Getting rid of it was never an option. Taken the car to 2 different cities for other options. No luck. Called Mazda North America 2 times. The dealer does not have a clue. Waste of my time. If their is no CEL, you are going to have to take action in your own hands. If your car ever has power loss, it most likely is the CAT. If it is not the CAT, its a dirty MAF. If its not the MAF, its your spark plugs and or wires. I have installed parts little by little over time. All of my mods except for the Typhoon were purchased from Jason at Rx 7 store. I would recomend everyone looking for a solution, to call him.

Pulled my CAT off. It was BBQ. You can hear all the pieces inside that were broken. It was heating up and conducting heat all over my car. My drinks were hot. The car would go into safte mode when heat traveled back up the header to the block.

Put the midpipe on. All troubles are over. I bet my car saw 25 horsepower as soon as that midpipe was in. I have stock exhaust, and glad. No resenator on that pipe. Sounds very good. No more problems or CEL after 250 miles.

You will need an air wrech to do this, or a gorilla.

I have no idea what HP my car has, but all the mods working together give the car the power it needs.

The ACT prolite flywheel should be stock. It is easier as a daily driver than the stock one is. You can roll up to speed bumps at 1 mph, and throttle up with 0 bucking. Power is all over the place. I like the Typhoon Intake. It was very loud until the midpipe. All the back presure was comming out when CAT was clogged. Get the Racing Beat wires. It will smooth out the engine and provide more at bottom end. I am not going to Turbo the car now. I plan to go with the interceptor ECU. I think you could get 240-250 bhp easy.

pm'd you regarding midpipe ($199) shipped to 92841.

:icon5: So your running a midpipe and no CEL has appeared yet? That is pretty good!:biggthump Are you running some sort of O2 simulator? (Which i thought do not really work well in RX-8s)

Thanks!
Edgardo

I want to know too ! How you run midpipe with no CEL.

Im buying one right now as soon as someone can give me an answer to this

nevermind...total came out to $219.
btw, is the ID of the pipe actual 3ins? or is it something like 2.75~???

No answer's from turbine on CELs, no one else is saying much about this.

I guess no one is truly exited after getting any of this gear or it doesn't do much? Anyone know? No sound clips, no dynos, no ???. Can anyone talk about what effect the midpipe or CAT has on the car... install ease w/old gaskets?... CELs?... Driveability? ... Power?... Longevity?... Sound?.... Anything????

intake, exhaust upgrades never really does anything tp the renesis. you most likely get a cel, although it wont affect performance of the engine. sound should be a little more...if using old gaskets is an issue to you go buy a new one...i personally would just the old one....dont see problmes there....lengevity wise....it's just a metal pipe...what lengevity issues are there to consider? the reason i'm getting one is because my car will shoot 2ft flames from the muffler tip when i do a redline upshift.....LOL

no CEL period!

Get the straight pipe for sure. It will make a huge increase in power. When it hits 5k, it puts you in the seat. WOT sounds perfect. I have stock exhaust. No way I can run after market. Not loud in daily mode. Very, very pleased.

I'm running the Greddy Turbo, and when I had the CEL code pulled, it was a too rich code. I'm positive I am killing my cat. Under boost it is very rich, 10-11 afr. I know that these cats have been known to clog or have various issues of spreading heat, especially w/ the adition of a turbo to an already very hot rotary machine. I have the B&B cat back, and am interested in getting a midpipe asap. It could possibly help w/ the CEL, but my main reason is to simply add sum more power w/ better backpressure. How's that $199 one sound?

I have the resonated/catless midpipe, still no CEL. I've gone about 1-1.5k miles without one yet.

Also, with aftermarket exhaust you'd definitely NOT want the straight pipe. I have the rx8store.net catback with the midpipe, and I'm GLAD I got the resonated one. Otherwise it'd be insanely loud.

hey i wanted to shoot flames as well. Im getting the Jic magic exhaust but i was wondering what else i need in order to shoot those flames :rock: do i need a midpipe? which one? but also i heard it'd be better to get a test pipe instead? wat would you guys say to get in order for me to OBTAIN THOSE FLAMES!! ahha i dont want something too loud as well.. juss something louder than stock but not too loud that i'll get pulled over for it.. -_-... THNX

im thinking about getting the high flow cat, but wondering whats the specs for it. its been a while since it came out, so theres gotta be some result on it. also can anybody be nice enough to post some sound clips. thanks

The resonated mid pipe is a straight through design correct? Is the center perferated at all or is it a straight through pipe with a resonating material wrapped around the pipe?

Thankx...

The resonated pipe is straight thru, no perferation. Basically a muffler welded into the midpipe.

Jason

So let me ask this. If you tested two pipes side by side, one with just a high flow cat and the other with just a resonator, how much quieter would the pipe with just the resonator be?

Is it nominal, substantial...??

Thankx for your input...

I've spent the last hour reading all of these threads, but haven't heard of any HP gains. Sounds like the resonated one would be the best fit for my Mazdaspeed catback, if I don't want it to be too loud. Also, it seems to be safe to say that no CEL will be thrown. Is this truly a worthy upgrade? Thanks for the responses.

Jason, I'm also asking you in here, so that I may be more precise: we are 2 or 3 guys interested in buying a high-flow cat, and one of the two or three we are considering is the RX8Store hfc. Could you please give me an estimation for pricing + shipping for 2-3 hfc to Athens, Greece ? You mentioned you can ship only via UPS or FedEx and that the prices are ridiculous due to size, but can you quote a ballpark figure so that we can decide ?
Thanks