same here
View Poll Results: When purchasing an aftermarket header do you prefer:
NO Catalytic Converters
16
32.65%
High Flow Catalytic Converters
33
67.35%
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Header Poll: Cats vs. No Cats
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Safety Car
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Header Poll: Cats vs. No Cats
Just curious what kinds of header systems that folks are installing.
When upgrading to a new set of headers, do you prefer to purchase them with Catalytic Converters or without?
Thoughts and opinions appreciated!
When upgrading to a new set of headers, do you prefer to purchase them with Catalytic Converters or without?
Thoughts and opinions appreciated!
AKA "The CLOWN"
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Chicago South Suburbs
I would like to have my cats back, but I had to punch them as they were starting to fail on me. It made the car a little bit quieter with them on, Long tubes and GHLs.
My car is quite loud at WOT with out cats. My car is also Supercharged with meth injection. Over time the cats just fail and turn into a ball of crap, if you let it go this far, it most likely will get stuck in your mufflers and trying to fish out chunks would not be fun!
My neighbors are just so happy that I have no cats and it's even louder than last year.
My car is quite loud at WOT with out cats. My car is also Supercharged with meth injection. Over time the cats just fail and turn into a ball of crap, if you let it go this far, it most likely will get stuck in your mufflers and trying to fish out chunks would not be fun!
My neighbors are just so happy that I have no cats and it's even louder than last year.
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Safety Car
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From: pueblo co
my 03 Z06 was pretty much stock ..other then the vararam intake setup..so i ordered a set of LG long tubes street series with high flow cats...i went two weeks with the no cats.it was too loud and the smell was giving me a head ach..so on when the high flow cats..and the smell is gone..it sounds amazing ..so deft high flow cats for me
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Oklahoma City OK
I believe us FI guys would like to run cats, but there is not anything on the market that will withstand the abuse they get. They eventually melt and clog things.
Anyways, my car smelled right after I took the cats off. Turns out the car was running really rich. Retuned the idle with the help of a forum member and now it is smell free except if I come to a stop quickly after going WOT.
And NO my nose isn't broken
Anyways, my car smelled right after I took the cats off. Turns out the car was running really rich. Retuned the idle with the help of a forum member and now it is smell free except if I come to a stop quickly after going WOT.
And NO my nose isn't broken
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My cats smell. They're metallic substrate so I don't see how they'd melt like the ceramics do.
