Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #200
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   From: jared@opticslab1.uncc.edu (Jared Stack)
Subject: Re: DAILY digest of "miata" mailing list (part 1 of 1)
   Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 20:37:14 -0500

If your cat. converter dies without Mazda picking it up under warranty, you
have 2 options. Shop around with vendors listed in the Miata Mag. for a
good price (I bought one from PBC). Or, you may consider saving $ and
getting a cat from Midas or Mineke. Originally I was concerned about
retaining the exhaust note, but as long as the cat is a similar size &
shape to the original if it is replaced with a blasphemous non-Mazda part I
don't think you'll see the difference.

BTW, the Mazda cat is warranteed for ONLY 1 year, compared to 5 for the
muffler shops.

Jared Stack
Classic Red, '91B

Alex writes:

>Thanks a bunch to all of you who responded on my catalytic converter
>woes.  I'll give that rascal (mazda dealer) a call next week & see what
>I can find out about a cc recall.
>
>One thing that perhaps wasn't clear in my original note: the rattling
>started at about 45k miles or so, but I didn't get around to taking it
>in until it had about 52k, because that's when I heard about the heat
>shield problem.
>
>So, maybe it is a little bit my fault for not getting it into the shop
>before the 50k tick on the odometer, but still, 52k ain't that far away
>from 50.
>
>thanks again, y'all -- this is one of the reasons a mailing list like
>this is great......
>
>Alex Little
>Raleigh, NC
>