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Thread: Miata Headers, all of them, which one do you own?

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power atlnb's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stoly View Post
    To avoid having fingerprints, etc. burn into the manifold, you rub it down with alcohol so it is perfectly clean. Just before you fire it up for the first time you rub vodka all over the manifold. As it burns off it'll turn the manifold into a pretty colour i.e. the nice gold colour mine came out in. Should probably point out that this will only work on a new manifold and you only get one shot at it (no pun intended).
    That vodka wash is an amazing idea. I wish I thought of that before installing my header
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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! 3MiataFamily's Avatar
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    Racing Beat ceramic coated...been on 3 Miatas...2 of them mine and still good after over 250k miles...initially purchase used too...

    Get the good stuff once and case closed...
    President Nutmeg Miata Club/94 C pkg/163k/VMaxx/RB header/exhaust/NEW PAINT!/RB sways/OZ Racing Starlights/Boss Frog Twin

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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! WASABI's Avatar
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    OBX here! 4 to 2 to 1... had it installed a year then took it off to paint it, and wrap it because of my Racing Beat intake. So far so good, and still stays cool.








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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here!
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    I have a Brospeed... and crap I could be wrapping it now, that reminds me. It cracked all the way through in 4 or 5 places after I right after got it. I had a local redneck weld it up for $5 and its held up great for two years. If it gets messed up again, I'm definitely going with the racing beat 4-1, but in reality I could use much more flow..
    Just another cracka azz cracka with an Old Beat up '97

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift Demon I Am's Avatar
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    I have owned both the OBX and the Raceland headers. My first car the OBX header was installed with the new engine so I don't recall any fitment issues, as the motor was not bolted in. when I installed the race land header I had to have someone underneath the car move the transmission out of the way so that the header plans would fit in between the transmission and the body.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift I<3flippyheadlights's Avatar
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    I think this is a JDM HKS super somthing or other header. Has all the fancy JASMA plating on it. Saw a HKS one and it looks the same.

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    Got it on the super low from a very cool guy in the local club!
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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! vindi49's Avatar
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    Got a Fujitsubo manifold, decent condition and it only cost me £27 ... pics will follow once I find them!

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power BlitzWing's Avatar
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    Fujitsubo 4-2-1 totally unmodded so it just dropped into my roadster. the finish however was horrid it had clearly seen daily use so I got some 60 grit, some 800 and my polishing kit and spent a day turning it from orange to a decent silver. its still not perfect but it looks the part.

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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone wannafbody's Avatar
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    I have a RB on my track car, quality looks good and it pulls hard to redline.

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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here! Left0verCurry's Avatar
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    Anyone here with a Cobalt header? Any thoughts or comments?

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    01+ OEM exhaust manifold. Got rid of the boat anchor 99 stock manifold. Coupled with the OEM Mazdaspeed exhaust quiet most of the time but nice rumble when you get on it. No fitment issues since OEM.

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    Jackson Racing Carb legal for 1.6

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power JLBMX5's Avatar
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    I have an obx header that I had ceramic coated by a local shop. after installing it on my 93 Miata with 94 1.8 motor the header sat firm against the transmission tunnel and made a very loud rattle sound. so I removed motor again used a 2.5 lb hammer and bent the tunnel where it was rubbing and used a socket to put a dimple on the header as well. it now fit perfectly but to remove and install this header the easiest way to do it was to have an engine lift and kinda install header along with motor at same time. Would I recommend this header to anyone. HELL NO. Sorry no pics of it but someday I will pop the hood and take one lol.

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    Idling - Listen to it purr... wolfgang's Avatar
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    i have a racing beat on my 1.6 with a high flow cat and a straight through exhaust. it was loud, backfired a lot and served its purpose. ideally i'd like to sell it off though because i have other plans. it's a nice part that held up great so far. i made sure to use the double layer metal RB gasket when i installed it, and it's probably the only header i'd consider if i were going to build another 1.6.

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power BlitzWing's Avatar
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    I'm not running my Fujitsubo with a racing beat race pipe and single exit power pulse muffler. its actually quite tame at idle just a bit lower pitched then stock... until you go over 3500k rpm then its glorious

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