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Old 05-31-2002, 07:19 AM
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i just put on my Apex N1 cat-back exhast on my 00 Si and it is putting out smoke that smells like burnt marshmellows....is it just because it is brand new and it hasn't yet adapted to the heat yet? my friend put on a Pacesetter header on his CRX and it did the same thing. now i know Pacesetter is not that good but what's up?
Old 05-31-2002, 07:21 AM
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pacesetter...ha ha

yeah you'll have a funny smell at first. if im not mistaken its the muffler/resonator getting used to the heat
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Burnt marshmellows? Lick it!
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Default Re: smells like burnt marshmellows... (LSDelSol)

My N1 did that too, its all cool mine sounded kinda raspy at first too... i was kinda pissed, but then after a week or so it was a nice low tone
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Yeah, mine smelled like that too for about a week and a half, smells good though.
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mine used to do that after driving it hard for a while.
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when my headers were installed I had the same smell and it was the fresh paint burning off because they weren't ceramic coated
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my friend (ridnmyhonda) just got his put on... and driving behind him it smelled like that, it smells good
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