i finally got around to buying a new exhaust, i bought the RB road race full exhaust and it sounds so god damn sick, at idle its quiet but if reved up or when i get on it it sounds very very nice. there was also a nice noticble increase in power too.

 

SWEET!!!i purchased the same one...suppose to be in next few days...i cant wait!!!,how long did it take you to put on?

 

hey speaking of exhaust. what do you guys think about apexi? i bought a car with a single can on the back. not sure if i wanna rip it out or not.

 

ok this is weird i just looked up the numbers on my exhaust its 163-kz01. that came out to a apexi dual n1 exhaust. but i have only one can....

 

it only took me a couple of hours to put it on cause i took my old exhaust off a day before, did it in my spare time, not hard at all. as for a single can i dont really like them because the FC has TWO exhaust cut outs in the bumber, i just think they look funny with only one. the duel N1 are pretty sick as well but that just a cat back

 

yeah,nothing against the single cans,but something about the dual exhaust makes the FC look so friggin nice!!!

 

yea i love the look of the two cans i in the back its sexy but i bought the car as it was, and my other is wrecked. i ran into a problem today and i hope you guys have the answer. i have a rc header i was trying to put on today. took forever to get teh heat shield off and pull the manifold. what ended up happening is that when i mounted the header, it was about 4 inches away from the cat. now i dont understand this because its supposed to be a direct bolt up right so why am i short? any tips or answers would be greatly appreciated.

 

it took me a super long time to get the old block header off stupid 5/6 port actuaters. i really dont know what to tell you meximan about your 4 inch differece, try pulling the cat and **** forward a little i dont know. any one else know?

 

well. i looked it up last nite and found on racingbeat.com that i guess the headers dont bolt up to your stock cat, i gues i need a presilencer....stupid shop didnt tell me that. i think i f i pulled all my exhaust back 4 inches that could work but then my can sits 4 inches in...would look wee tarded. hows the car comin by the way bud?

 

car is running good, i got to stop buying performance stuff and get some tires and new brakes, but after that its either a suspension job or have the motor rebuilt with a big street port just cause i want more power and i might as well do it befor the motor blows and screws something up.

 

sounds bitchen. this new car i bought that im workin on supposivly had it rebuilt at mazda's and more, by ken. he said he remembered doing it 2 yrs ago. but i think after my exhaust is done ima also get my rebuilt and ported just for the power and so i have reciept of it for selling value. so i guess i need to get a presilencer now and get 4" of pipe to extend my cat back . do you think i should add the 4" before the maint cat connect it to the headers or to do it from the cat back? i thought cat back, cuz they can throw it in there anywhere. i dunno i have to wait till wed to get my new gaskets...cant believe im payin 25 bucks for the manifold and exhaust gaskets lol... jeeez.

 

screw cat backs, just go full. or do you need emission controle stuff? haha my exhaust makes my car sound turbo its sweet

 

how do i get to the top two nuts on the top of the exhaust manifold....thats only thing holding back, er how did you get them off,please dont tell me i have to pull apart the 5/6th port actuaters...lol .
just curious as im trying to figure out how to get to the top 2 nuts...

 

take the Two 10 mm nuts off (the ones that hold the actuators on.Tug on the Actuator abit,and it will Break the Seal(gasket there) so you can slide it off the "port sleeve pin"(that is what I'm callin it!)Then get a 14mm socket with Extension and a 3/8 drive Rachet and Reach in.Crack the Nuts on the studs that secure the exhaust manifold...and Tada!..you're stylin..

 

Awesome , Thank you so much misterstyx69... Wahoo !!!!

 

yea thats how i did it, but now the gaskets on the actuators are all cracked and i dont think there sealed very well now, id get some gasket material and make a couple of new ones, thats what im goin to do i think

 

hahah thats funny, you wouldnt believe what i had to do lol....i was under the car with my dad over it. i had to hold a mirror from underneath and take the ratchet and match it up and fuss around till it broke loose lol....took a LONG time lol..

 

haha ROFL

 

it takes like 5 min to take off after the acutators are removed, your way must have just pissed the hell out of you, i know i would have been frustrated and then my ADD would have kicked in and i woud have broke some **** haha

 

oooh ya i did get pissed especially when the heat shield cut the hell out of my hand...so i had fun tearing that apart, im just gonna wrap them.