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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 06:16 PM
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Default Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe

Does the car stink without a catalytic on?

Is it very noticable?


I'm sure it's not bad in the summer but in the winter it's easier to sniff out a stinker car (no cat car).

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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 06:51 PM
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Default Re: Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe (Edwin)

it does smell a bit with no cat. i've learned to recognoze the smell of my car , even in the summer.

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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 07:07 PM
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Default Re: Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe (Edwin)

Mine stinks like a SOB - makes my eyes water when I stop and the exhaust wafts into the car. Bleah -
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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 10:14 PM
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Default Re: Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe (Edwin)

I had a test pipe for a good 2 months before I just replaced it w/ a hi flow cat...

I didn't think that it smelled too much worse...i mean a little different, but everyone said it would smell like rotten eggs...it's not too bad
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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 10:24 PM
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funny I never noticed any smell...even fully open exhaust.

But, ask the folks behind me!!?
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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 12:46 AM
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Default Re: Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe (Chris)

It does smell a bit from the back of the car, but how the hell in this world that you can smell what come out from the back of your car when you are driving!!!
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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 05:05 AM
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I will comprimise and put either a removable test pipe with clamps, or a dump before the exhaust.

Cheapest route is a dump, but it would be so damn loud, b/c it like running with open headers!

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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 05:43 AM
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Default Re: Test Pipe or not to Test Pipe (Edwin)

I never noticed but people behind me said they did if I was on the throttle.
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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 05:47 AM
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stink... yes.
smell like oil... yes.
stain the back of the car with a light brown film... yes.
noticeable power increase with the test pipe... yes.
check engine light bother me... yes.
drive my car enough for it to bother me... no.
use the pipe on track... yes.
have to remove it for inspection... yes.
keep cat on once it is purchased... yes.
will the test pipe I am using be replaced with a cat once the tax check comes... yes.

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