gutted my cats...
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Re: gutted my cats... (ICULUKN-C5)
Man, I couldn't stand the smell :U Cruising it wasn't too bad but at idle warming up or at a light or stop sign it was sickening. Then if you went out somewhere your clothing smelled of gas fumes :( :U
I had Random Tech high flow CATS put on and it is perfect :D
I had Random Tech high flow CATS put on and it is perfect :D
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From: Swansea IL
Re: gutted my cats... (ICULUKN-C5)
I've driven behind catless vette's. Never again. I got stuck behind one at a stop on a hot St Louis day. I thought I was going to be sick. I don't see why folks thinks this is a GOOD MOD.
Tom
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Melting Slicks
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From: CenTex Texas
Re: gutted my cats... (ICULUKN-C5)
Ummm.......I'm tellin' PETA! :rofl:
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Seriously, you actually picked up 10 rwhp? I ditched my cats and replaced them with an MTI Off-Road X-Pipe and i didn't gain nothing! I mean nothing anywhere on the RPM band. Actually I lost 2 rwhp & 4 rwtq at between 3600- 4400 RPMs.
Here's my graph (The red & blue lines are the two "NO CAT" pulls and the black/green is the full exhaust):
[Modified by 97C5ENVY, 12:50 PM 6/27/2003]
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Seriously, you actually picked up 10 rwhp? I ditched my cats and replaced them with an MTI Off-Road X-Pipe and i didn't gain nothing! I mean nothing anywhere on the RPM band. Actually I lost 2 rwhp & 4 rwtq at between 3600- 4400 RPMs.
Here's my graph (The red & blue lines are the two "NO CAT" pulls and the black/green is the full exhaust):
[Modified by 97C5ENVY, 12:50 PM 6/27/2003]
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Re: gutted my cats... (AFVETTE)
I've driven behind catless vette's. Never again. I got stuck behind one at a stop on a hot St Louis day. I thought I was going to be sick. I don't see why folks thinks this is a GOOD MOD.
Tom
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Melting Slicks
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From: Highland Village TX
Re: gutted my cats... (Face)
No Cats will definately pick up HP, but more so TQ. You have to tune your car after you cut the cats off because it usually makes you run rich and when you run rich, you lose hp/tq :yesnod:
No Cats = More HP/TQ and less weight, but you have to ask yourself if the smellis tolerable, if you tune the car perfect, the smell is less noticeable .
Later
The Bandit..............
No Cats = More HP/TQ and less weight, but you have to ask yourself if the smellis tolerable, if you tune the car perfect, the smell is less noticeable .
Later
The Bandit..............
Melting Slicks
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From: CenTex Texas
Re: gutted my cats... (2001 Red Coupe Bandit)
No Cats will definately pick up HP, but more so TQ. You have to tune your car after you cut the cats off because it usually makes you run rich and when you run rich, you lose hp/tq
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From: belleville n.j.
Re: gutted my cats... (extremecorvette)
i dont smell anything bad in mine and i have been catless for a while now. if the car is tuned right u shouldnt have any smelly problems. believe it or not i passed my inspection
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Re: gutted my cats... (Face)
I love the smell of no cats. :D :crazy:
Face- love the sig pic dude! :cool:
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Re: gutted my cats... (ICULUKN-C5)
Do you have the Dyno Chart?
I've seen more than one before and after that showed no improvement from killing the cats.
I've heard lots of claims of improvement from gutted cats - but not a dyno chart to prove it.
Besides, how much came from the tuning you had done, not just the cat removal?
It seems most folks can get a few ponies from just tuning anyway.
I've seen more than one before and after that showed no improvement from killing the cats.
I've heard lots of claims of improvement from gutted cats - but not a dyno chart to prove it.
Besides, how much came from the tuning you had done, not just the cat removal?
It seems most folks can get a few ponies from just tuning anyway.
