I was driving to work, and soon as I hit the on-ramp my car started driving very poorly. I thought it to be possibly a blocked fuel filter so I replaced it. Then I noticed my catallytic converter that I just had put on glowing chery red. Panic sets in!!!!

 

is the air pump working/hooked up?

 

the air pump is spinning all seems to be in order

 

slight possabillity its a combo of you runnin too rich, reallyy cheap *** cat, or its not really new at all

 

clogged cat?

 

what do you suggest my first move should be

 

i hope that i don't annoy anyone, i have only had the car for a few months and i have never worked on a rotary before. it's different from any car i have ever worked on

 

the only thing I can think of is clogged cat or NO air gettin to it from the air pump. give it a day or so, and im sure someone else will chime in on the subject

 

Search 'Glowing red' on this forum...ya might hit on something substantial. I would say it's clogged up, but apparently it's new? Are you backfiring? Ya know some people here think the glow is cool, it's like natural ground effects.

 

i like ground affects just as much as the next guy, i just dont like the thought of bursting into a speeding ball of flames

 

just go RB exhaust system and youll love it.. seems like a good time to upgrade.. but im putting my money on the clogged cat

 

i live in washington state and i have to get emissions tested every other year, if this system will pass the test i would like to look into it

 

Do you have a visual inspection in your state?
If not then go for the Mazdatrix "grey-area" exhaust set-up. It uses the RacingBeat header, but with a hi-flo cat instead of the pre-silencer.
http://www.mazdatrix.com/e-gray.htm