Front Section Exhaust - Help!

[MissWPC]

Hello all,

I am new to this site and was hoping you guys might be able to give me a little help...?

I have owned my Toyota MR-S for four years now and it has been an utter delight, until now.

Half way to work my exhaust started blowing extremely loudly, I am told that I need a new front section with a cat replacement pipe but my Toyota specialist garage don't appear to be able to find one unless its directly from Toyota and is imported from Japan. This could take up to June 20th but I need my car to get to work!

I have been scouring the internet, but am having no luck. I have just moved house to Fareham in Hampshire (which cost enough without this problem added to it!) and am hoping to find somewhere either local to make a bespoke one and fit it, or purchase one I can send to the garage.

Any ideas would be most appreciated.

I'm dumnfounded that I don't appear to be able to buy one off the shelf so to speak

[Aki-MR2]

Hi there, sorry for the late reply, I don't come on this forum very often. You may have sorted your problems by now?

The MR2/S exhaust is in three sections, the front is the manifold and contains pre-cats, these are there to comply with US emmission laws and are not needed for the UK so they can be replaced or stripped out. (there are other issues with precats you should perhaps read about in the maintenance section) The middle section contains the main cat, and you do need this for UK emissions, although you can get aftermarket ones to fit your car so they don't have to come from Toyota or Japan, either that or search eBay for a breaker, there's loads on there? The back section is the back box and tail pipes.

If by the front section do they mean the precat manifold? Or is it just the middle cat section.? I know on mine which is a UK 03 model the exhaust is all stainless steel so shouldn't be susceptible to rot but all the clamps and nuts do rot badly, maybe it's one of those that's failed?