i think my stock cat is dead and don't feel like buying a replacement...

btw will it noticably increase hp?

will it be much louder(deeper/raspier/ricier)?

btw i have a 2.25" tanabe catback

 

It will be a lot louder and raspier too. I felt more immediate power and throttle response. As in when you step on the gas pedal and rev it, that little delay you have before the rpms go up. Mine now revs with no delay and jumps up as soon as I spike the pedal. You should feel a slight increase in the high end. It's worth it.

 

i agree, read my sig. that's where i got mine from testpipes.com. i'm sure you can have them special make one to match the diameter of your cat-back. i got the test pipe before the cat-back so i didn't get to do that so it's a bit smaller than the cb. yes it is worth it, well worth it. it only cost me $30, best bang for the buck so far by far. it will kill a bit of your low end though.


[Modified by YodiBrodi, 8:26 PM 11/12/2002]

 

I got mine from ebay.

Alot louder and deeper exhaust note and some real nice gains up top. Revs more freely.

 

anyone post a sound clip or anything?

 

I could kick myself for NOT doing this before I pulled my engine out...

 

I would stick with a carsound high flow cat, it costs like $50 more, but atleast you are legal, don't smell like rotten eggs, sounds better too.

 

I've never noticed any smell...Has anyone else?

 

if i were to get Mikes setup(kteller8) and the testpipe...hmm... like 5000000 more hp?
or 5?

 

You wouldn't be dissappointed
Ahhh, the clean look of no cat...

 

i was thinking about that, but it seems that everyone with one had problems with it failing after 3 months.

 

looks like somethings melting...

poeple with exp on his setup, were are the gains, not just numbers but, more low-end/high-end...

it is legal to have his setup right...
after testpipe no it wouldnt

 

The gains are in the high end. No, it is not legal but who checks. It will not come anywhere close to passing a smog test.

That melting stuff is grease leaking out of the broken halfshaft. This pic was for something else but it still shows my pipe without the cat.

 

not close, w or wo testpipe? i mean, cant be hard to install, so if when i have testing alls i would have to do is put on my stock.

How does it sound, like as ****, fartcan, or is it a nice pleasant deeps ounding hum

 

it sounds OK. a little too loud and raspy for my taste but i care more for the gain than i do the sound. it isn't legal by any means but since we're all bolt-up exhasut it's VERY easy to change. the first time you try to break the bolts on your stock cat are going to be a pain in the *** but afterward, if you remember all the sizes of your nuts and bolts, with jacking the car up, removing the cat and putting the test pipe in its place, then lowering the car is about a 10-15 minute job at the longest. at idle it's a deep hum but as you clinb through the rev range it gets nastier.


[Modified by YodiBrodi, 9:46 PM 11/12/2002]

 

Do you get a check engine light w/ test pipe?

 

not with OBD I. you would with OBD II though.

 

ahha buy mine!
used for one month..
not exactly a test pipe but close
IM me for some more pic..

 

Well that means I would get a check engine light,DAMN! would it be possible two switch my 6th gen. to obd1

 

Just bypass it..it works for me..
some guy have a turbo CL show me alot info about bypassing it...
em...I wonder where he at now..still have to thank him...

 

hmm i can get you a conversion harness to go from obd2-1
email me if you want to discuss details