My stock AST mounts are broken.

I called the Mazda dealer and they said they didn't have the mounts and I would have to buy a new Intercooler with the AST together!

Well, that didn't concern coz I figured I would want to replace the stock AST with an aftermarket one anyways.

Currently I came across 3 different brands:
Pettit Racing AST
Tri-Point Engineering AST (But I couldn't find it on their website?)
ASI AST (I heard that they had thicker aluminum walls than the Pettit?)

Are there any other brands available?
Which one is the best?
Do they come with their mounts?

Thanks!

 

Get the ASI one from the RX7Store.net.

 

DO NOT GET A STOCK REPLACEMENT!!!!!

 

Which AST? Any that is made of aluminum.

 

Yeah an AST is a AST doesnt matter, aluminum is of course better then plastic.

 

Tri point and ASI have the best looking ones...polished! RX7-store.

 

ASI here, no problems with it

ALI

 

I would say any AST thats aluminum is good to go with.

 

I like the looks and structure of the the AS. I ordered an ASI over 3 weeks ago. Theyve been on back order. Could only find one location that has them. Ive had to split my stock ast at the seam (where it was leaking), dremeled the channel and rib on the top and bottom halves then used a lot of JB weld applied to both halves. Wrapped it tight with a self stick hi temp metal tape for extra strength and to keep the glue bead in. Then clamped it good and tight. Works fine but its still plastic. Im just about ready to CAD one up and have the CNC guys at work cut one for me.

You could put your own bracket on yours in the mean time till some ASI ASTs surface or you could do the bypass scenario.

 

Who needs a stinking AST..


Eliminate, eliminate!!!

 

no AST here but ASI's is deffinately top quality especially since i know the guy at ASI and he is pretty damn good at making these things...just 30 min away

 

Thanks for your opinions!
I've already ordered the ASI AST.
It's so beautiful.
Can't wait for it to arrive.

 

yeah i have had the asi one for over a year now. still looks great and hasnt failed me yet

 

This is the route I went as well. No problems at all. And a cleaner looking engine bay

 

I don't have mine either.

 

I ditched mine. All the aftermarket units I've seen are simple metal cans without the baffles that the stock unit has. If you are set on having an AST I would replace it with another stock unit.

 

Get the AST from ASI, comes highly polished and works great.

 

where did u get your asi from? rx7store.net told me they have been back ordered for a few months now. so i went ahead and ordered the pettit.

 

Same from RX7Store.net
They said I had to wait for a few weeks for the new ones to arrive.
That's fine with me =)

 

Btw FD3BOOST I wonder where u got ur rims?
It looks so nice on ur 7!

 

thats funny they told me they didnt know when they would have them in. oh well, i guess i have to polish it my self.