The AP exhaust also comes with a midpipe , so if you use that and get rid of the cat .... I'm sure you'll prob see a difference. If you just do the Catback , you're right, prob more noise and appearance than anything.

 

I think the only company out there I trust to maybe gain a few hp or at the very least not lose any hp is Racing Beat. They seem like they really do quite a bit of testing before releasing their products.

 

a few years ago i went to an american le'mans race at lime rock park or perhaps it was the rolex series, i forget. but what i do remember was how amazingly, ear piercingly loud the rx8s were when they went by under full throttle. that day is the reason i fell in love with the rx and why i now have one. i was obsessed with hearing them scream past. granded those were 3 rotor 2.0 engines i think. but regardless to answer your question, thats why im looking into exhaust. and to further iterate your point, although it looks like i wont be going with the agency power, the blue tips do look pretty cool to me. as far as hp gain, ill take it if its given but im not really looking for it in an exhaust

 

i like the idea that racing beat does only mazda stuff. and nothing else. it seems that all the r&d $ spent from other companies on so many different cars can get diluted.

 

ap midpipe fit on stock exhaust???

 

just got it installed when i had time,

hks highpowered exhaust. single outlet. for r3
alittle fabricating with the shrouds, buts it cleared.

 

Looks good! What do you mean by fabricating? Did you reweld the tip lower or did you get a longer hanger?

 

i tried different fitments of sort, I TRIED LOWERING THE EXHAUST W/ LONGER HANGERS, AND IT WILL ALMOST TOUCH THE GROUND, MY CAR IS LOWERED FOR STANCE, YOU PROBABLY CAN PULL IT OFF WITH STOCK HEIGHT THOUGH,
o and another thing, when i tried lowering the whole exhaust, if you look underneth the car on the door sides, you can see the pipes,it looks weird alittle,

fabricating would be that the shrouds had to be split apart, with a dremwheel kit, alittle shaving at the bottom of the reflector which would leave about half n inch away from the exhaust tips,

 

Hey guys. Here are few pics of turboXS exhaust on my S2.

 

Looking good! I just placed my order earlier today (backordered ) ... did you have to finagle with the hangars at all?

 

Yeah I used longer hangers from autozone. It's still not fitting as good as I want it to... I'll probably mess around with different hangers or get adjustable once later.

 

Good to know thanks. On the TXS site they show it installed on a S2, but the tips look like they are hugging the shroud

 

mike, Do you by chance have a link to the hangers you bought or at least a measurement so I can try and find similar ones?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADJUSTABLE-H...ht_1306wt_1170

These should work.

 

Is it possible TXS is using a Series 1 set up on a Series 2??.....

You know the "tips/outlets" are manufactured/welded to be lower on the S2 OE Rear Muffler.
In other words an S1 OE Muffler (with outlets/tips), won't clear rear bumper shroud on S2.

 

Yup, i know that, this is why i was confused when i saw this :

http://youtu.be/atu-u2vkl_o

 

Got you mate..

I thought you did....the TXS is incorrect to say 2002 (2?)-2011.

Won't be long and 'melted shroud syndrome' will happen to that red beast.

Part of the reason WHY Mazda changed the rear a little in S2 with a larger clearance/gap.

I guess you can get away with longer "hangers" with TXS small mufflers, but IMO if one did this to an OE heavy S1 CAT Back on a S2 you could have stress issues on your CAT Front.

 

Lol yup, i hear ya. Hopefully I can get some hangers that are slightly long enough to clear the shrouds like mikeinquincy did.... judging by his pics I would say he is safe from any shroud melting


Looks like no shipping to the USA. I will have to see if there are others.

 

Looks like these will do as well.... I guess nissan uses 10mm as well

 

I used 4 of these -
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...er=110787_0_0_

I'll try to measure the length this weekend. I'd say they are at least an 1" longer then stock.

The exhaust may actually fit better with 2 stock and 2 autozone hangers with the longer hangers being furthest back if that makes any sense. I didn't have time to mess around with them to see if that would actually work.

Also the autozone hangers are alot thinner then oem which allows for the muffler to swing side to side alot easier then stock. Doubling up the hangers may solve that.

Mike

 

Very interesting! Thanks for taking the time to respond. I will toy around with the setup when i get my exhaust. Will keep you posted.

 

"Revision:
-We have changed the Tips to a slash cut style which accentuates the lines of the rear bumper fascia.
-Tips were also extended to reduce hot spot when used with the racepipe
-All pipes were polished to a mirror like show car finish.
-Burnt Blue Tips"

In the description of the video. Maybe they lowered them too?

 

That is what i was thinking, but was wondering how they could have lowered them while still retaining proper fitment for the S1. Plus in the video I just dont like how close to the shrouds they are

 

Hey Mike would you mind taking a picture of your exhaust tips?

 

I don't believe this is S2 specific exhaust - you need longer hangers.

I posted pics few posts above. Do you need something more specific?