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Apr 20, 2008 | 04:49 PM

beemc

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From: jennings la

my exhaust stinks

yesterday i installed kooks headers and highfow cats and when i run my car hard the exhaust stinks it smells like old cats smell when they are bad is this normal for new cats to stink ?

Apr 20, 2008 | 05:31 PM

XvettemanX

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installed bassani's about a month ago and still have a bad smell

Apr 20, 2008 | 05:54 PM

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St. Jude Donor '08

Great I have the kooks with high flow cats Is this what I have to look forward to???
Does your Co2 sensor come on too???

Apr 20, 2008 | 06:14 PM

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From: jennings la

i havent had any problems with 02 sensors or anything else just the smell and when i fired it up for the first time after the install it smoked like a train i gues the headers were coated with some oil or something

Apr 20, 2008 | 07:25 PM

Braciole

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St. Jude Donor '08

Yea must be the oil, sounds like it to me.
Did you get a local tune, or a diablo sport II????

Apr 20, 2008 | 08:49 PM

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i have a basic diablo tune i am gonna try to get the car tuned next weekend

Apr 20, 2008 | 09:34 PM

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I had LGs with cats installed over a year ago. I get a whiff of stink sometimes, usually under full throttle.

Apr 21, 2008 | 12:04 AM

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That's the smell of high performance! I noticed a little something when driving in traffic today and listening to my Flowmasters. I thought someone farted?