C6 Exhaust smell
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Cruising
Joined: Feb 2023
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From: Jacksonville FL
C6 Exhaust smell
I have a 2011 GS that has long tube headers and has been tuned, I still get exhaust smell unless I have A/C on and recirculate, I have been told high flow exhaust cats will help anyone have this problem and solution?
Racer
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From: Syracuse, NY
I have the same issue. I have Cam, TSP Longtubes, TSP X pipe (no cats), Corsa extreme, Has been dyno tuned. At idle at a stop sign if the ac is on and NOT on recirculate mode its bad in the car. If I turn the climate control off or have it on recirculate I don't smell it very bad. I thought maybe I had a exhaust leak and bought fancy wide exhaust clamps and it didn't change anything. Be interested to see how much the hIgh flow cats would help
Safety Car
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From: Erlanger, Kentucky
So yes, high flow cats will significantly decrease the smell.
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Cruising
Joined: Feb 2023
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From: Jacksonville FL
I have the same issue. I have Cam, TSP Longtubes, TSP X pipe (no cats), Corsa extreme, Has been dyno tuned. At idle at a stop sign if the ac is on and NOT on recirculate mode its bad in the car. If I turn the climate control off or have it on recirculate I don't smell it very bad. I thought maybe I had a exhaust leak and bought fancy wide exhaust clamps and it didn't change anything. Be interested to see how much the hIgh flow cats would help
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Cruising
Joined: Feb 2023
Posts: 13
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From: Jacksonville FL
Thread Starter
Cruising
Joined: Feb 2023
Posts: 13
Likes: 3
From: Jacksonville FL
Ahh Myrtle beach, My grandparents lived in Windy Hill during the summers and back to Marion S.C. in the winter I stayed the summers with them working at the pavilion in Ocean Drive at age 12 thru 15, made decent money as a teenager and a new crop of girls they lived by a putt putt there right on the water. Haven't been there since they pased away.
