Dyno tuning
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Yeah probably should have given a little background.
I had had a dyno run after installing headers, catless x-pipe and exhaust.
Now that im having to go back to cats, is it necessary to retune?
Prefer not to since it’s not cheap. Hoping to understand the impacts of doing it or not doing it. Thanks in advance!
I had had a dyno run after installing headers, catless x-pipe and exhaust.
Now that im having to go back to cats, is it necessary to retune?
Prefer not to since it’s not cheap. Hoping to understand the impacts of doing it or not doing it. Thanks in advance!
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I would think that it would be a good idea to have it retuned if you have to pass an emissions inspection or if putting the cats back on would trip a trouble light on the dash.
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Find a friend who has a good scan tool, drive your car about 100 miles after you put the cats back on and then scan the emission pids with the scanner. It will tell you if you have any emission problems
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Thanks everyone! I called the shop this morning. They said it is already tuned to send false signals to the O2. So it shouldn't throw any codes and should be fine but should get a tune when I have time. So I guess I will quit being lazy and throw on the ls6 intake that's in the garage and tune it all at once.
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why not just install dummy cats?... basically it's just a shell you put over your existing pipe and looks just like a converter housing... that would be cheaper/easier and no worries about your tune... inspectors are not going to remove those and verify that there is actually catalyst inside of them lol
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Yeah I almost went that route but I don't want to raise any eyebrows with that stench coming from the tail pipes. It's a noticeable difference in smells. These emissions ppl in GA are ridiculous. There's only 13 counties in the state that require this testing. It's been a nightmare. Ready for it to be over with.
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Yeah I almost went that route but I don't want to raise any eyebrows with that stench coming from the tail pipes. It's a noticeable difference in smells. These emissions ppl in GA are ridiculous. There's only 13 counties in the state that require this testing. It's been a nightmare. Ready for it to be over with.
Yeah Texas has cracked down on this too. You can't get it register until it passing state inspection. With the muffler bypass my car is a little loud. They also check to see if there is a muffler there. So no more SPL loud mouths.
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Yeah I almost went that route but I don't want to raise any eyebrows with that stench coming from the tail pipes. It's a noticeable difference in smells. These emissions ppl in GA are ridiculous. There's only 13 counties in the state that require this testing. It's been a nightmare. Ready for it to be over with.
So my solution was to register the car at my dad's house many counties away. Do you have a UPS store in the next county over that doesn't inspect you could use as an address? The addresses look normal and not like a PO Box? Could be one option if your not looking to go on the $1k adventure ahead of ya.