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JMAN August-20th-2003 06:56 PM

exhaust
 
i need an exhuast for my 92 pro. anyone know where i could get a decent one. i'm pretty much just lookin for a stock exhaust. thanx.

mazdaspeedwest August-20th-2003 07:20 PM

you could peel one off a junkyard car or just hit up Midas or the like for an OEM replacement system.

On the other hand, a Pacesetter performance exhaust is only about $150 from www.nopi.com.

There has been alot of discussion regarding the quality/endurance of the Pace exhaust, but from my experience, it was a perfect fit and has lasted 5+ years and counting in CA. A more seasonal state may terminate it pre-maturely. YMMV.

skr33t_rac3r August-20th-2003 09:31 PM

find u a machine shop that can do u a custom setup that way u get wut u want

jporky99 August-20th-2003 10:18 PM


Originally posted by mazdaspeedwest
you could peel one off a junkyard car or just hit up Midas or the like for an OEM replacement system.

On the other hand, a Pacesetter performance exhaust is only about $150 from www.nopi.com.

There has been alot of discussion regarding the quality/endurance of the Pace exhaust, but from my experience, it was a perfect fit and has lasted 5+ years and counting in CA. A more seasonal state may terminate it pre-maturely. YMMV.


yea u hit that right on the money i think. apparently the pacesetter has a harder time dealing with salted roads than the stock exhaust?? i dunno really but it seems that way according to others who have had pacesetter's catback. I'm still contemplating on doing it or not considering i live in a place where it snows ~3-4 months out of the year.

kagekun August-20th-2003 10:54 PM

Mine Rusted in less then 3months, but i live in Norf Dakota. If it didnt rust and sound so wierd i would say its awesome.

jporky99 August-20th-2003 10:59 PM


Originally posted by kagekun
Mine Rusted in less then 3months, but i live in Norf Dakota. If it didnt rust and sound so wierd i would say its awesome.
yea that's pretty far north. . . lots of snow there all the time?

kagekun August-20th-2003 11:17 PM

not really, snows like maybe late october thru late january or early feb. I guess the thing just couldnt put up with -30 degree ice sitting on it....

TaiMaiShu August-20th-2003 11:20 PM

Pacesetter SUCKS, my piping rusted at the flanges = bitch getting it back off, and that pretty black coating doesn't last a month. The muffler isn't as free flowing or louder as a universal Apex'i N1, so if you want, pay 175 plus S&H for good for nothin piping (if you live up north) that comes with a muffler which I wouldn't even consider a bonus, or go to monroe's and get yourself some custom mandrel bent 2.25 piping for cheaper, and buy a decent muffler for cheap too.

skr33t_rac3r August-21st-2003 01:55 PM

follow his idea just get u some 2.5 in pipes and get a muffler off ebay for like 50 bucks it will all cost about the same as the pace setter but it will last longer

Skullet August-26th-2003 09:32 PM

pacesetter exhaust blows ASSHOLE... my muffler sounds like a kazoo on crack, the whle system is rush bent instead of mandrel, and now my 4-2-1 header is comin loose from the block repeatedly, as well as my exhaust manifold gasket goin to shit.. and this is all after 2 weeks of drivin the car semi-hard. cept for the sound, which is ALWAYS gonna sound bad until i can get a temporary generic fartcan on it... i dont mind the pipng so much, but i still want to go with stainless mandrel bent... just gotta save up the $$.

UCSBgeek August-26th-2003 09:45 PM


Originally posted by skr33t_rac3r
follow his idea just get u some 2.5 in pipes and get a muffler off ebay for like 50 bucks it will all cost about the same as the pace setter but it will last longer
2.5 is too big


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