Mazsport Midpipe owners
01-10-2009, 06:49 PM
#31
Mazsport owner here. The original design on the flanges sucks. I have blown out the manifold to midpipe gasket several times now. Scott did not take the time to source real OE flanges that have the inner recess for the crushable metal gasket that say, Racing Beat sells with their exhausts.
Currently I have mine rigid bolted in the rear also. In my opinion, this is not good. Rigid bolted means there is no flexible joint to allow for engine movement, hence I have blown gaskets repeatably.
I have my OE midpipe, and the Rotary Performance Supercat Midpipe. Both have the OE flanges. When Racing Beat comes out with their version of the dual silencer midpipe, I'm sure it will incorporate the OE flanges.
Currently I have mine rigid bolted in the rear also. In my opinion, this is not good. Rigid bolted means there is no flexible joint to allow for engine movement, hence I have blown gaskets repeatably.
I have my OE midpipe, and the Rotary Performance Supercat Midpipe. Both have the OE flanges. When Racing Beat comes out with their version of the dual silencer midpipe, I'm sure it will incorporate the OE flanges.
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01-13-2009, 09:57 PM
#41
for the header side you have to use that gasket...I am not sure where to get it however since it is not a mazda part...I'm sure racing beat has it
01-13-2009, 09:58 PM
#42
When I purchased mine, I called a couple times to check on the status and they told me that they were starting to ship the pipes with hardware and were just waiting for them to come from over-seas (if I remember correctly).
I'm assuming they were referring to the gaskets because there is no reason to get bolts over-seas.
01-13-2009, 10:00 PM
#43
I believe it was the earlier people who didn't receive hardware.
When I purchased mine, I called a couple times to check on the status and they told me that they were starting to ship the pipes with hardware and were just waiting for them to come from over-seas (if I remember correctly).
I'm assuming they were referring to the gaskets because there is no reason to get bolts over-seas.
When I purchased mine, I called a couple times to check on the status and they told me that they were starting to ship the pipes with hardware and were just waiting for them to come from over-seas (if I remember correctly).
I'm assuming they were referring to the gaskets because there is no reason to get bolts over-seas.
OD said he got some from mrgasket, hopefully he can chime in when he logs on.
01-13-2009, 10:01 PM
#44
found one, mazdatrix, 27 bucks
http://www.mazdatrix.com/8exhaust.htm
oops, nm its just the flange, sorry
http://www.mazdatrix.com/8exhaust.htm
oops, nm its just the flange, sorry
01-13-2009, 10:06 PM
#49
What do ya'll think of this:
http://www.mr-gasket.com/ProductDeta...minselection=2
Found a crapload here:
http://www.mr-gasket.com/ProductsLis...minselection=2
Not sure which will work the best in this application.
http://www.mr-gasket.com/ProductDeta...minselection=2
Found a crapload here:
http://www.mr-gasket.com/ProductsLis...minselection=2
Not sure which will work the best in this application.