I was wondering if a Random tech cat would be alright with a 50 - 75 shot NX kit; or should i go with a straight through downpipe?

 

your exhaust is what chokes up making more power. you can really go either but having a cat wont restrict power too much.

http://www.civicforums.com/for....html

read that for more info

 

my exhaust is alright .... I'm worried about melting the innards of a cat; I've seen melted blobs of honeycomb catalyst material after ppl have gone turbo with stock cat and I saw the remnants of what a 150 shot did on a camaro with after market cat. So I was just wondering if the random tech cats would hold up.

 

don't use stock anything with he air flow in our cars VERY restrictive

 

I will buy your stock cat if you put in a high flow, I will pay 50$ shipped for any stock cats.

 

speedfos on 7thgencivic.com tore his stock cat up with 30k+ miles on 9lbs of boost.

http://www.civicforums.com/for....html

go to page 87 for his post. take it how you want to.

 

http://www.importtuner.com/fea...moval/

 

that article doesnt really tell him whether the cat will stand up to a beating though. it only tells him those gains are minimal if he plans on running light mods. Nowhere does it state anything about any type of forced induction.

 

Well thank you all for all the input. I guess I'll just play it safe and buy a test pipe

 

cats can die within seconds of being exposed to rich conditions. simple as that. run a cut out if you want a cat or just run a straight pipe. otherwise youll be spending lots of money on converters.

 

yea what he said.. jus pay the guy a little extra cash when your gettin your inspection though lol

 

if only it were that easy

 

^ oh but it is. i passed emissions twice with no cat. all they look for in 96+ cars is:

-a working check engine light: when you cycle the ignition, the light should come on momentarily, if not, you fail.
-no CEL's if you have a CEL on for any reason, you fail
-readiness monitors: if youve gotten this far, you should be fine unless you disconnected and reconnected your battery a few minutes before the test, you will be rejected and ordered to come back at a later date once all your readiness monitors have run.

so, just make sure you dont have any check engine lights and that youve been driving your car for a day or two without cutting power to the ECU.

 

Yeah I live in OK and they stopped having state inspections a few years back so I dont have anything to worry about that way.