Holy Sh*T!! Exhaust Gasket!
 

I just called Ray at Malloy Mazda, well they want 69$ for the turbo to downpipe gasket!! WTF!! He explain to me last month they were 30$ and they litteraly doubled (or more) in price. No idea why. Anyone know where I can get them any cheaper?? I know Malloy is the place for OEM but dam he doesnt even know why they jacked up the price. =/

I called a local dealership and they told me that the price for that gasket is over $100.00!!!!

best bet if you know someone at a machine shop make a bunch and save them or sell them directly to us or on ebay.

The machine shop could make them easily no? He said its just plain stainless steal nothing more of less.

Call mazda to see what they are made of. also find out what the width should be.

I tried but i could find a machine shop to help me for a decent price.

is it possible to reuse the original if i'm really careful? my cars got 33k on it... hopefully its not in too bad of condition. could you just make one of 304SS in a shop?

I think you could probably reuse it depending on the condition but mine was missing an entire piece of it =/ thus I defenetly need a new one.

Just be glad you don't need the exhaust manifold gasket.

Has anyone got a few pics of it? I might have a friend who could fab some up for much cheaper than that, depending on the shape and material they're made of.


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I need one too so it would help me out as well.

I got one I don't need. Came in the kit with all the turbo gaskets.

seems 40 bucks shipped would be a fair price?

john

I got dibbs! I just pm'd ya

www.rx7.com 45 bucks for them

you should be able to reuse the stock one

thank you initial FD! i would muchrather just replace and start fresh... but at $100 a pop, that's expensive crap :)

That crap is made of 4 sheets of stainless steel pressed together, with a weld that is then finished smooth on the inside to make a nice little compression sandwich. Not defending, but a bit more work went into it than crimped aluminum over paper based cake, a la Mr. Gasket... ;) Still, $100 is more than I paid a while back... Must be running out of them in the US?

Which one in this picture is it? I've got a friend who does shit like this and he says it's something he could do (and sell them inexpensively). He said the guide told him choice "I" in the pic. I told him I'd gauge interest in this (probably $30 as a guess for one of his.........that's MY guess on it). I'll get more info from him. Would people be interested in that?

EDIT-- oops, here's the pic.

http://www.mazdatrix.com/pictures/exhaust/gaskets.jpg

damn i was just about to post that... you beat me to it.

http://www.mazdatrix.com/e6.htm

i can make them, but i'll need one to make a dxf file from. if you take paypal i'll send you the 40 right now. this seems to be something i would be able to produce for even less than you were able to buy them last month.

I dont know where you got 45$ cause it says 80$ on their site.

wow, i must have taken a while to post that. marko's speaking of me. i could make solid copper, 304, 304l, 316, or 316l. solid stainless has worked out well in many applications, and i don't see why it wouldn't work out here.

i cant even find them listed... link me

shit im looking for the exhuast manifold gasket

Its "I"

^ Yes I would be interested. Im sure there will be a lot of people interested!