Hello all, I am a former Honda junkie converted to a Mazda fan, once I drove the 8 I had to have it. Traded my baby in that day drove my new baby home. Well here is my first question for you all as I am sure I will have many more being new to Mazdas completely, was a honda guru now knocked down to bottom
To get on with it I am going to put a cat back exhaust on (probably borla) but after reading threads for about a week on here there is one thing that sticks out. With the 8 is this a DIY project? Since I have no welding skills on my honda I had to take it in to have new hangers welded on, does the 8 not require this. Thanks and any updated advice on particular exhaust systems since many of you have had the chance to have them on for a while now. Looking for that low grumbling effect.

 

Got my Greddy installed by VividRacing here in AZ 1 hour labor.

VividRacing is a member here on the RX8 forum. His name is Mike Huff.

 

The Borla, Greddy, Racing Beat (etc) are all bolt on exhausts. If you've got jack stands and don't mind spending some time on your back under your car with a wrench, they're not that hard to put on.

Hardest part is getting the rubber hangers off the stock mount points so you can use them for the aftermarket exhaust... you've got to lube them up good before trying to remove them (some say Dawn dishwashing liquid works best), and you've got to have a stout screwdriver and be willing to pry on them. But it's doable. Or, you can pay a muffler shop about an hour's labor to install it.

 

Hey, Omicron, not only is the hanger part of the job rather difficult(I used WD-40) but the fact that the stock cat-back is a one piece run to the muffler makes for some difficult angles when actually dropping the pipe down. I used an 18 volt "sawzall" to cut the factory pipe in the same spot that Borla put their split. Then, with a flange kit I can now easily swap between the Borla and the stock muffler if I like.

Charles