Exhaust Swap

[travellinbob]

I am fully supportive of your attitude towards stu Kev!!!  Fit or Ban. And for every lame excuse there should be a punishment!!! hmmmmmm now what could it be...... ideas are welcome people. Just use the paste. If all the bolts are new and the paste for some wack reason doesnt work then it will be an easy enough fix and by then you will have the right gasket. You are so going to be loving your car once all the good bits are on it mate! it is just a wee bit hard to get you to do it!!!!!!!!!!
 Maybe we should have a mini meet at Stu\'s ??   He supplies all the beer and the BBQ?

[grinder]

yeah cheers

to be honest i didnt realise how hard it was to try and fit an exhaust by yourself

it really isnt easy - its a pain in the rear to hold up , keep steady and try and get nuts and bolts into

and to make matters worse - the heating has packed up in the house and its bloody freezing - so we have NO heating at all or hot water - what a way to start a sunday eh

Stu

[Brett]

You whinging biatch!  :rollin

[grinder]

right then

got me the gasket from mazda , on the way back thought i would pop into partco to see what they could do

showed them what i got - he found a 99% match one in about 5 seconds - its slightly smaller by about 3mm ( bore ) but all the bolt holes line up just fine

so ..........

Mazda Exhaust Gasket - N378-40-305 - 6.09 inc VAT
Part co - UGCFDG29 - 2.35 inc VAT

so got 2 from partco as these are for the back boxes for the cab

put the info here for future reference - may add it to the FAQ\'s aswell

Stu

[Brett]

Good find :yes

[grinder]

yeah i was happy at that to be honest

it allows other FC owners to order by part number aswell

cant wait to get this exhaust on - just want to hear it - but its the old skool met on sat and sunday - well who knows

dont forget that elbow matey

Stu

[Brett]

I wont - Dont forget to turn up!

[grinder]

LOL !!

all aranged - being picked up at 5:30 tomorrow morning

[Brett]

LoL!

We will departing somewhat later than this :yes

[grinder]

hiya chaps

well the exhaust is on and i really like how it looks

and yes - it \'FC\'UKING loud - might run with the baffle in

its the crappiest fit ever though - been on the phone to brett about it and its right up tight on the chassis/seat area

no idea how to pull it away from there - its not using the rubbers so thats not pulling it

just no idea if it will go thru the MOT like that ?

and i dont know what bit is forcing it to sit at that angle ??

its dark now so cant look - but not sure if its the way its held at the tail pipe or what

working on the drive doesnt help as you cant get under the car to see whats causing it

why is nothing simple on these cars

still - it looks VERY nice

Stu

[shaunwil]

can\'t wait to hear it

Is it louder than mine ??

Shaun

[grinder]

paul said it was on-par with jons - so no idea