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Jackson Racing Exhaust

This fine example of a Jackson Racing exhaust was Imported from the States for $499 plus delivery and tax (about 110 UK pounds) plus fitting (about 20 UK pounds). It can be purchased in the UK but at a slightly higher cost.

"It's the tops in both sound and appearance"

Jackson Racing Exhaust
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Kakimoto

 

"Lovely deep sound, although a little boomy at certain revs"

"With it being such a big tail pipe, there was some difficulty in getting it to fit so it didn't knock against anything."

"As to performance gains, let's just say it sounds faster at least!"

 

Kakimoto Exhaust

Close up of Kakimoto exhaust

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Original System

 
Kakimoto

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Kakimoto

"I had one of those exhausts; replaced with Stainless Steel 'coz it disintegrated :-( "

"Looks and sounds great!!!!"

Admittedly it was a bit boomy on the motorway, but on the back lanes/going under bridges it was fantastic!

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Borla Exhaust "Fitting the exhaust is a bit annoying - take out the two bolts on the cat and unhook the old exhaust from the rubber hooks, then fit the new exhaust in. Doesn't sound too difficult, but undoing the two bolts can be nigh-on impossible. Its best to soak them with WD-40 the night before you intend to remove them, or go to a garage and get them to do it! Does it make much difference? Yep - the engine is definitely quicker through the revs, so the acceleration has been improved. Its probably increased the performance by about 5bhp or so."
Borla Exhaust !

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Janspeed

The Janspeed mild steel exhaust

"much more subtle noise and good for a few more bhp."

Janspeed Exhaust
 
Remus

Remus Catback exhaust.

Mild steel with stainless steel internals. Rectangular tailpipe with Remus logo. Well made; gives a nice sound under acceleration.

Remus Exhaust  
Unknown This rather nice twin exhaust came on one owners car from Japan.

Nice Twin Exhaust !

Exhaust Rear View

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Maztek "Red Lyl's standard exhaust never did look particularly pretty, at least not since she's been with us, and so far funds haven't stretched to new pipework while the existing stuff sounds ok and does the job. While at the mini-national rally at Beaulieu recently, we got this from Maztek to smarten things up a bit in the interim."
Cool Exhaust!
Imported from the states but similar now available through Donutz "This Exhaust is a Flyin Miata Catback Dual Zorst, it has 2 x 3.5mm rolled, polished and resonated tips and is made from stainless steel. Cost 700 quid to import from the states. Its best looking and sounding zorst I've heard on a 5, mx5 mates from the NE love the sound, really deep and not tinny like a scorpion etc. Copies of the zorst are now available from donutz for half the price I paid for mine and their guaranted for life and made in Germany."

Rear View of Zorst

Side View of Zorst

 
Scorpion "Shown are pictures of the Scorpion Stainless Steel Single exit pipe back box for the MK2 - Should be available in July 2000 from Scorpion stockists. Its on my MK2 and the sound is getting better mile on mile. At first it seemed to be all too quiet for a replacement system, but a few hundred miles on and under load the tone had improved and now there is a throbbing bass note coming over. Don't dispair the exhaust does not deafen you top up or down, when idle you may not even realise its been changed, just take it up the rev range under load then you know! The tip is oval and fits snuggly into the hole kindly supplied by Mazda just as if it should have been there from day 1! All in all a pleasant change from the factory box"

Scorpion Zorst Side View!

Scorpion Zorst close up...

View of scorpion back box & exhaust

 
HKS HKS Super Drager exhaust system
HKS Exhaust System
 
HKS Wrapped HKS Manifold
Wrapped HKS Manifold
 
HKS

HKS Superflow Air Intake.

Beautifully made; this is not just an airfilter stuck on the end of the air flow meter, but incorporates a machined alloy ram pipe. Throttle response is fantastic. Uses a sponge filter which you clean merely by washing in soapy water.

HKS Air Intake
 
Mongoose Mongoose catback: Big 3.5" resonated tip fills the bumper cutout nicely, without looking stupid like some Japanese "Coffeecan" exhausts. Definitly better cruising ability on a motorway (ie. better midrange torque) than the previous system (Fujitsubo FGK). Nicely made fairly good fit (good clearance over the rear chassis brace, needs a little fettling to get centred in the cutout.
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Jackson Racing

Jackson Racing Header (Exhaust Manifold)

Replaces the standard header to allow more air flow from the Supercharger (see Engine Mods). Also keeps the temp in the header, not in the engine bay.

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Racing Beat (US) RS*R (Japan) RS*R 4-1 manifold; "OK, it came with the car, but you can easily order this from the US. Looks a quality bit of kit, and will improve the performance of your car, when used with a decent free-flowing exhaust".
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