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Hi there, This winter im looking into exhaust for my 1988 rx7 N/A
its a 13b, my questions is...
is it possible to get the local exhaust shop to bend me headers.....etc all the way to a muffler...
I heard rotary's run hotter
is the a certain material/coating they need to use?
i figure it will cost me 300 bucks for the headers all the way to the muffler
and a reactive muffler is about 200...
but i dont want it to burn up the muffler, is there a way to solve this problem?
coating/material that is best used to disipalte heat faster?
Could I buy a presilencer off the mazdaspeed? and have everything elese shop made? with a reactive muffler?
its a 13b, my questions is...
is it possible to get the local exhaust shop to bend me headers.....etc all the way to a muffler...
I heard rotary's run hotter
is the a certain material/coating they need to use?
i figure it will cost me 300 bucks for the headers all the way to the muffler
and a reactive muffler is about 200...
but i dont want it to burn up the muffler, is there a way to solve this problem?
coating/material that is best used to disipalte heat faster?
Could I buy a presilencer off the mazdaspeed? and have everything elese shop made? with a reactive muffler?
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My prior NA had a rig made with the Mazdatrix dual header kit.
That provides the heavy mounting plate & the thick wall tube bends.
I printed a picture of the nice Racing Beat header and told the shop to make it like that.
Now the bad news.
NA rotaries with a header are LOUD AS HELL.
Mufflers alone will still be way loud.
A high quality presilencer is mandatory.
You will love the result.
I used two cheap but strong "turbo pack" presilencers.
That knocked down the heat & shock waves enough that I could use generic bombs at the back.
I kept the muffler flanges to make maintenance easier.
![](http://208.62.166.66:82/guest/pics/header/17 cheap duals.JPG)
The sound of a full dual>>link to short mp3 stereo file
That provides the heavy mounting plate & the thick wall tube bends.
I printed a picture of the nice Racing Beat header and told the shop to make it like that.
Now the bad news.
NA rotaries with a header are LOUD AS HELL.
Mufflers alone will still be way loud.
A high quality presilencer is mandatory.
You will love the result.
I used two cheap but strong "turbo pack" presilencers.
That knocked down the heat & shock waves enough that I could use generic bombs at the back.
I kept the muffler flanges to make maintenance easier.
The sound of a full dual>>link to short mp3 stereo file
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Originally Posted by 88durel
Hi there, This winter im looking into exhaust for my 1988 rx7 N/A
its a 13b, my questions is...
is it possible to get the local exhaust shop to bend me headers.....etc all the way to a muffler...
I heard rotary's run hotter
is the a certain material/coating they need to use?
i figure it will cost me 300 bucks for the headers all the way to the muffler
and a reactive muffler is about 200...
but i dont want it to burn up the muffler, is there a way to solve this problem?
coating/material that is best used to disipalte heat faster?
Could I buy a presilencer off the mazdaspeed? and have everything elese shop made? with a reactive muffler?
its a 13b, my questions is...
is it possible to get the local exhaust shop to bend me headers.....etc all the way to a muffler...
I heard rotary's run hotter
is the a certain material/coating they need to use?
i figure it will cost me 300 bucks for the headers all the way to the muffler
and a reactive muffler is about 200...
but i dont want it to burn up the muffler, is there a way to solve this problem?
coating/material that is best used to disipalte heat faster?
Could I buy a presilencer off the mazdaspeed? and have everything elese shop made? with a reactive muffler?
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Should run pretty cheap.
And you'll want at least a "tuned" header. Can they do that for you?
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Racing Beat header and catback doesn't sound that much different w/o a presilencer.
I had a high flow cat on there and then replaced it with a race pipe, and the car sounds almost the same--maybe a little less deep, but still not that much of a difference. It's still quieter than when I had a racingbeat header, high flow cat, and Apexi N1 duals.
I had a high flow cat on there and then replaced it with a race pipe, and the car sounds almost the same--maybe a little less deep, but still not that much of a difference. It's still quieter than when I had a racingbeat header, high flow cat, and Apexi N1 duals.
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Originally Posted by arghx
Racing Beat header and catback doesn't sound that much different w/o a presilencer.
I had a high flow cat on there and then replaced it with a race pipe, and the car sounds almost the same--maybe a little less deep, but still not that much of a difference. It's still quieter than when I had a racingbeat header, high flow cat, and Apexi N1 duals.
I had a high flow cat on there and then replaced it with a race pipe, and the car sounds almost the same--maybe a little less deep, but still not that much of a difference. It's still quieter than when I had a racingbeat header, high flow cat, and Apexi N1 duals.
Was this on a T2 or a N/A ???
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Originally Posted by drft_180sx
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nice setup but the headers seem to not extend out enough like the sdj racing headers...which i thought was the optimum header design for the 13B
nice setup but the headers seem to not extend out enough like the sdj racing headers...which i thought was the optimum header design for the 13B
A collected, single out header can make more power, but can also make less if it's not tuned right.
Full duals are not so touchy about tune. They just work.
And, I like the way they sound. If you pick up a miss, you can tell which rotor it is.
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Originally Posted by 88durel
So theres no certain material that should be used?
ill print that picture... what size of tubing is that header?
then after the presilencer? what is a good size?
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ill print that picture... what size of tubing is that header?
then after the presilencer? what is a good size?
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The header tube was .090 thick.
The rest was standard .062 aluminized 2".
FWIW two 2" pipes flow about the same as one 3".
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