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Ken-

Sorry to hear about your R&J experience. Mine was better than yours by far. I had them do a custom headerback system for the old celica. that system included fabricating a flange for the header.

The fabrication was wonderful, and up to the over the axle bend the system was top notch. The part over the axle left a little to be desired, but I've not had time to get back there for tweaking, so I run it as-is.

Right now, the axle hits the exhaust about 1.5-2" before it gets to the bump stops (unacceptable). It would have been very easy for them to check that, but clearly they didn't. I have no doubt that they will fix it for nominal/no charge when I do go back, but that isn't the point. The final weld to the muffler is a bit sloppy too (rather high mis-alignment).

I'm *proably* going to replace the over the axle bend with cut and welded Mandrel U's myself, just because I enjoy that crap. What I really need is to get rid of that bottle neck all together.

Scott

Hey, I had a problem with an axle rubbing, too! Thought it was just my luck, or something.

They made the straight pipe I used at the rallyx and plan to use all next year for autox & track - axle back section with a glass pack muffler, and it rubs slightly when I hit bumps. Of course that part of the car doesn't move, and the pipe is only around 1/4" from the axle when static, so I don't understand how it could've been goofed up. I tried bending the hangers, but it wouldn't drop down enough to stop the rubbing. The next plan is to get some stiffer hangers (which I was planning to do, anyway) and see if that fixes it.

Stephen and I just got the integra back from R&J. We are quite pleased. We had Robert install a catback system, increasing the piping to 2-1/4, then putting on a straght-through muffler. We're now ready to make a little noise next season . Butt dyno says
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2001 Honda S2000 - SOLD
2012 Boss 302
2003 BMW 330i

I've had good results at R&J. 2 Years ago I had a straightpipe cat-back made for the DS car. Miranda is using it now on the STi Robert also made me a custom downpipe back exhaust early last year for STX. Converted my 3" no cat downpipe into a highflow cat one, then added a 3" cat-back. I was asked, "do you want it to stick out *exactly* where its supposed to , or do you want it as straight as possible". I said straight, so its about 2-3" off the cutout in the bumper. He also made the muffler removable, so I can take it off for events. Custom Work + high flow cat + muffler was ~$300. The only "complaint" I had was that when he was painting his welds he got some silver spray paint on the body of the car underneath.

I'm going back on friday to get a removable straight pipe installed instead of the muffler. On this one, I will sacrifice a little bend to have it come out in the center of the muffler cutout though I will also ask for no spray paint please also.

I haven't had any issue with the exhaust hitting on anything (other then the time I forgot to put the downpipe brace on). It has about an inch or less to spare on each side of the pipe in a few places. Can't ask for anything more when replacing a 2.25" exhaust with a 3". I will get some poly hangers from him on friday also, as I did notice more movement out of the exhaust lately.

-Tom

Ditto on that. I would have had him "hold the spray paint" had I known. He did ours from the cat back and I think was right around $150. Happy with it so far.

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Stephen Westerfield
2009 Infiniti M35 | 2007 Honda Fit Sport | 2005 Ford Mustang GT |2000 GMC Sierra |1992 Acura Integra LS | Super Westerfield Bros Acura Integra

Has anyone had R&J (or any local shop) build them a turbo manifold?

I talked to Robert today asking for some references and he suggested I just ask around within the club instead of him digging through his records for a reference...hrmph, not exactly inspiring confidence that he does them very often and he specifically said he hadn't done one for an RX-7 (those high EGT's will expose bad workmanship in no-time flat).

I'm interested in the longevity of his work...as in, how does it handle a few years of abuse.

TIA,
--Ashraf

He's a fabricator, not an engineer. If you have an unusual project, you will need to specify what you want based on your research. He will then build what you tell him.

Anders

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