idonaldson

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So I'm finally puling the blown motor out of my car after letting it sit for 18ish months while other life events were happening.

First off, all the apex seals are either blown apart, or there is a giant hole somewhere. I tried getting a compression reading with my piston compression testor, and the most I got was 15psi on the back rotor and absolutely no pressure on the front. So, with a 5k mile shortblock sitting in the garage next to the car, out comes the possibly blown one.

Now my question is, the car came with what I assume is a early edition 5zigen Fireball exhaust. To me, it looks rather small for a turbo car. And I can't find anything online about this exhaust on an Rx7.

Anyone seen this before, or have thoughts? I'll try and get the whole thing off the car and see if there are any other tags to identify it this weekend.

Sgtblue

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Hard to tell much from your picture. And I'm only familiar with the most common cat-backs. But I think for almost all FDs a 3 inch cat- back is plenty.

idonaldson

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Two more pics now that it's out of the car.

Sgtblue

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*Just laying it on the ground might have been an option for getting a decent photo.
*It appears to be all stainless, that's good. Nice welds.
*Still hard to tell, but it looks to be 3". Which is again, should be plenty big enough.
*If you're looking for information to sell it, it's not my taste. But the JASMA plate suggests it has all that JDM super-goodness that some look for. Still, it's probably not worth all that much, especially if it has to be shipped.

idonaldson

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*Problem with it leaning on the wall? There wasn't really room on the floor to get a full picture.
*It is full stainless, and other than the small reduction before it joins the cat, it's 3" all the way.

*Might sell it, or? Depends on the sound when the engine swap is done. If it sounds like a pissed off wasp, it's coming back off and I'll start the hunt for something else.

Thanks.