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!

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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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