F1blueRx7

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Welp, I just got my first 2 FC's. 1987, 1988 GTU's n/a (good engines to boot!) One parts, one goodone. So I take the goodone down to the inspection station for some laughs, and as I expected, bad middle cat, hollow main converter, and I havn't even looked at the first cat. The Second converter has a big rust hole in it. The converter on the other FC is swiss cheesed more then mine. So I head on over to mazda trix and take a look at all 3 replacement parts. I damn near cried.

On to the question, If I bought a header, that went straight down and bolted into the main converter... would it pass inspection in MD? Would the header/race cat from mazda trix pass a visual inspection? (i'm not worried about emissions, it just passed and it should be fine since next year it becomes a classic car... No more inspection/emissions. W00t)

Next question. Wheel hub. How difficult is it to perform the bearing removal listed on mazda trix's website. I've got spare hubs from the 87 FC, but I dunno if they will match up. Any tips/ idea's from EXP with this?

Thanks!

scathcart

I'm a Canadian, so I don't know your emssions laws.

The Bearings shouldn't be too hard. Take your time and be careful with the grinder, and make sure you use a proper bearing installation tool and you'll be set.

However, the hubs are interchangable among the year types and will fit provided they have the same lug pattern (4 bolt vs. 5 bolt).

Sean Cathcart

88RedConvertible

Dude, go to VictoriaBritish.com They have a good price on all 3 cats that got me through NJ inspection. (Tougher than MD)

dmyers

I have run into the same thing regarding the cats. Here's what I am looking at.

http://www.rx7.com/cgi-local/2catalog.cgi?cat=4&part=1

BTW I nearly soiled myself when the dealership told me how much replacement cats were.

F1blueRx7

iTrader: (5)

Holy cow... Thank you guys so much, you've saved me about 1200 dollars just with that link. thanks!!!!

RX7BEAR

Im moving to maryland in 4 weeks I have a header and a dynomax cat on my GXL . I hope it passes emissions there . Then Im moving to Greenville NC after a year maybe in MD after that to live for good DamnI hope it passes there too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cbrinega

I purchased and installed the Bonez Superflo Cat with presilencer, and I highly recommend it. It got me through the E-Check here with flying colors. (See the Repairs page on my site:

http://my.erinet.com/~cbrinega/

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