Cats Off - Man does it stink
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Burning Brakes
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Cats Off - Man does it stink
Well I tried a off road pipe in the vet and boy does it stink. Sounds awesome but the smell of unburnt gas in the garage sucks. NE1 know what kinds of high flow cats are available?
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From: Below the Mason/Dixon Line Alabama
Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (cscollis)
Well I tried a off road pipe in the vet and boy does it stink. Sounds awesome but the smell of unburnt gas in the garage sucks. NE1 know what kinds of high flow cats are available?
Good luck.
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From: belleville n.j.
Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (SPEED DOG)
i think that tuning may correct your odor problem. i am catless also but i dont have a stinky smell to it :lol: in a way it clears my sinuses but the smell is not foul. almost like smelling a bit of alcohol but very tolerable on mine
Melting Slicks
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (kumar75150)
In the 1960's I had several muscle cars with out cats of course. I do not remember that there was any smell of gas at all. What's different here?
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (Face)
I love the smell of big cubes in the morning! Gets me wired for the rest of the day! Or maybe that is just a few brain cells dying??? :lol:
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From: hamilton nj "Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid."-John Wayne
Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (Bling Bling)
Is it hard to remove the cats? Do you put them back on before a inspection?
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (Fast Lane)
My headers are currently being built and I added the hi-flow cats after initially leaving them off....decided after tons of feedback and research, that it just wasn't worth it for me.....I like the mods, but I wanna stay on this side of "insane" :D :cheers:
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (Mean Green 2000)
I am running catless right now with my new prt's,just running a little rich.When the cats go back on she'll be running just right.I ran my B&B sports for so long I'm enjoying being a lil' obnoxious(insane) :D
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (wwashing)
In the 1960's I had several muscle cars with out cats of course. I do not remember that there was any smell of gas at all. What's different here?
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Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (wwashing)
Don't worry you guys, it's the stuff you can't smell that'll kill you! :leaving:
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Melting Slicks
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From: East Tennessee
Re: Cats Off - Man does it stink (cscollis)
These cars will try to run run at 14.7:1 at idle/part throttle (if the O2 sensors are working anyhow) so 'tuning' at idle/part throttle is pretty much the same for everyone. All cars without cats stink wheather its a new honda or a modified vette, it just bothers some people more then others. A larger cam will spit out more unburned fuel.. I followed C5 Vert's car for around a mile in traffic and my eyes were watering so much I had to drop back behind some other cars - sounded good though :D
Newer unleaded gas has different additives that give it that 'rotten egg' smell. Put some leaded race gas there and it smells like a 'real' car - although your O2's life will be reduced by ~90%.
I pick up ~8rwhp without the cats but I cant stand it, it fine with a headwind but with the top off and tailwind stopped in traffic its pretty nasty..
Newer unleaded gas has different additives that give it that 'rotten egg' smell. Put some leaded race gas there and it smells like a 'real' car - although your O2's life will be reduced by ~90%.
I pick up ~8rwhp without the cats but I cant stand it, it fine with a headwind but with the top off and tailwind stopped in traffic its pretty nasty..