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Old 05-31-2004, 12:20 PM
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is it better to remove my cat or install a perf cat?what diff does it do if i do remove it besides making it louder?

Old 05-31-2004, 12:28 PM
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Install a high performance one...otherwise you will not pass emissions (visual inspection) NTM releasing smog in the air.

Old 05-31-2004, 12:35 PM
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i live in miami theres no inspections.but your right about the smog.i rather protect the air.its poluted enough..
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (speedyracer_25)

save the air--hug a tree! no seriously though i would either install a high-flow or another oem cat converter
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (jwogen1)

on a street car, leave the cat on please..not like you can blast a mustang GT without the cat. i gets annoying too
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and sometimes no cat smells like poo
Old 05-31-2004, 02:05 PM
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (secksiman19)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by secksiman19 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and sometimes no cat smells like poo </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol, indeed, no reason to not run a cat for a daily driver.
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (Gerbilo)

don't remove your cat on that car, for 1 it would be loud as hell. 2 your car would probaly run like ****, you ned a certain amount of backpressure and the cat is what is the cause of the back pressure you have now. It is the biggest restriction in the system.
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (tjohnson329)

its not gonna do anything really for you, but you will shoot flames for a few weeks......

if ur lazy and want something to do, just gut it....then u can be the cancer fairy and give everyone you know lung cancer!!!

its kinda just something stupid and pointless on a street car (like everyone said), but its just something u can **** around with (for lack of a batter word) in teh same way (like the $25 OEM Honda Polished oil filler cap that i bought on Ebay....but in defense, mine isnt sealing right)
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hey fw190bvi, ive always wandered...what is the exact chemical in the cat that is a carcinogen...everyone i ask has no facting clue...
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (speedyracer_25)

What year is you car?? Because if it is 95+ your OBD2 computer is doing to thow a code. I say leave you cat on. It does not make that much of a differents, unless your running alot of nos or alot of turbo.
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Default Re: to remove or not remove my cat (tjohnson329)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tjohnson329 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">, you ned a certain amount of backpressure and the cat is what is the cause of the back pressure you have now. </TD></TR></TABLE>

No you don't....dont' spread that newB myth please.

If you want to free things up, get a high flow cat....but as said, please don't run w/o a cat...bad for the environment.
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