Tryin a ting wit the BJ

[nareshseep]

looks good man!

[Groovemaster]

Looks like stock........like you trying to make a sleeper. NICE!!!

[FullStop]

how does it perform?, looks good...

[Strugglerzinc]

So far i cant comment on gas consumption. Battery was disconnected several times over the last few days so still in the relearn process.

Dont know if there is any top end improvement as the roads have not been empty enough to go WOT for any significant period of time. Not really concerned about the top speed anyway as i usually dont cross 140 km/hr

The improvement is in the manner in which the car gets to the 140 mark. Torque *seems* to have improved quite a bit.

Its not a matter of me now "mashing out" harder as i have always floored it to get anywhere.

What is alarming is that i heard the car from the outside today for the first time as my wife drove away. She drives just as hard as i do and the blasted exhaust is QUITE loud on hard acceleration.

At the shop and until this point, i only heard it from inside the car which is quiet and just slightly louder than stock sounding but i was like WTF this morning from outside.

Will be looking at some additional methods of quieting it down while still maintaining my free flow...

[FullStop]

nice, i just came into posession of an autoexe exhaust and will be re-doing the exhaust system soon, Strugglerz, u'd previously commented that that mandrel bends were 150 each, where is that? i want a couple to re-do mine, thanks

[nareshseep]

Strugglerzinc you have got a CAI also?

[Strugglerzinc]

nice, i just came into posession of an autoexe exhaust and will be re-doing the exhaust system soon, Strugglerz, u'd previously commented that that mandrel bends were 150 each, where is that? i want a couple to re-do mine, thanks

At Greene's in California

Strugglerzinc you have got a CAI also?

No not yet, just the K&N panel

[FullStop]

thanks, i will check it out, main road? muffler shop or parts place, thanks

[Strugglerzinc]

thanks, i will check it out, main road? muffler shop or parts place, thanks

Road before the California Gas Station on the left heading south along the main road. Sign saying R.Greene's. Its a muffler shop.

[FullStop]

great thanks alot, will check it out.

[mingrio]

the original exhaust system that came with the ZLVE engines in the BJ hatch is it any way similar in performance to a 2 inch exhaust system?

[nareshseep]

I running that right now (stock rs) with CAI and pulls good I get my 180 in 4th gear, spoke to a guy by name of Andrew from south who built bigger headers (imraj) and 2.25 exhaust and man tell me he was getting 230 km from that.

[FaLLeN AnGeL]

red bwoy,Strugglerzinc,Protege 2NR, do u guys know if the double light headlight will work on the single light bj 323. the headlight pic in Protege 2NR, is the double healight i talking bout and the headlight that Strugglerzinc, what working on is the single head light on i talking bout.

help a new comer out

[red bwoy]

it will work but u have some minor electrical work to do to reconnect the different jacks for the high and low beams when you buy the double headlight make sure and get the both jacks on the light

[Strugglerzinc]

what he said ^^ just the internals are different. external dimensions are the same.

you dont even need an electrician if you are a DIYer.

[FaLLeN AnGeL]

i could do it myself thanks for the info any one know where i could get a pair of these headlights to buy of if anyone would like to trade this for the single type?

[FullStop]

um wasnt the double designed for for stock HID application? i think it was...could be wrong tho...dont know if that would affect anything.

[FaLLeN AnGeL]

ghostbusters, what u mean stock HID application? i saw that somewhere before does that mean that this headlight came with a HID system installed? didn't know that they did this to 323's

[FullStop]

yes, the double headlight setup came on the late sport 20 s model and the mazdaspeed familia and the fieldbreak edition of the 323, all were closeout models, special editions basically, yeah they came with HIDs installed

[FullStop]

So i finally got my exhaust pipes changed out, and also got the autoEXE barrel installed, will post pics tomorrow, gotta say, the sound is great, the tone is so low that the roof of the house vibrates when I'm pulling out of the garage, pretty quiet and the improvement in power is great, I'm hitting 180 too easily with more room to press the X, i did 2.25" throughout, crush bent, but i must say that the bends dont crimp very much, and since both the stock and aftermarket exhaust manifolds outlet is 2 inches, i think my system sould be able to make use of the scavenging effect.

the exhaust gases are exiting the muffler are considerably hotter than before, and i had a straight through muffler before so that says alot i think.

[Strugglerzinc]

^^^ **in best Mr. Burns voice** Excellent

On another note. If you need balancing for your tires, i recommend Aranguez Alignment Centre.

They were able to sort out a vibrating tire in their first try after several other big names selling Toyo and Goodyear tires could not.

They use John Bean equipment by Snap-On tools rather than the Hunter that everyone else uses.

I will be going back for alignment after fixing some busted bushings. Hopefully i wont get screwed then...

[Strugglerzinc]

If you've ever wondered what the inside of a stock muffler looks like. This is the one i took out.

I've put arrows showing the flow of your exhaust gas




Closer. As you can see, the gas flows directly into the baffles at every pipe with 4 3/16 holes where they hit.



If you think your engine needs restriction then you gotta get one of these.

[Strugglerzinc]

Got one of these on sale to replace the shiddy resonator i got from the shop at the time





Just for some scale, 31" long 3.5" diameter, 2" in and out.

As tall as a dining table...



Internals, nice uniform perforations throughout. The one from the shop looks like someone punched the holes with a nail and hammer...seriously




Don't expect any gains, just the knowledge that its complete with proper parts.

[nareshseep]

^^ did to resonator make your exhaust quieter?

[FullStop]

that look like it'll be loud Strugglerz, i used a ovel type resonator in mine too, the quality dont look so tops in the resonator i used, but i figure it'll hafta do for now, the one i used looks like this


but is not a magnaflow...i took pics on my phone, but i dont have a data cable, ...

[Strugglerzinc]

If by itself it'll be loud.

What i have now is 18" long and not nearly as perforated as this one with bits protruding into the flow.

I'll be using it as a resonator along with the existing Dynomax...physics says it cant be louder than what i have now

Lets hope i'm right... This has been sitting around for awhile...no time to install.

[FullStop]

lol, physics ent fail yet

[mazdamig]

stock muffler is real sheit

[libra]

stock muffler is real sheit

yup lol .... i put one of the megan racing muffler what TSC has on tuner that sounds real nice and looks kinda oem

[mazdamig]

libra, how much for the megan racing muffler