Difference between catted shorty x-pipe or non-catted with LT headers
7/25/12, 07:20 PM
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Difference between catted shorty x-pipe or non-catted with LT headers
I am waffling back and forth between a setup with catted shorty x or non catted! On one hand I am worried a cop will pull me over and ticket me for no cat, then I have to buy a new catted shorty x-pipe. But on the other hand I am afraid I will be missing out on the full affect of my new LT headers with the cat there.
Do the "high flow" cats really make a difference compared to normal stock cats?
What i would love to see is something like the JBA x-pipe for stock cats, but it also comes with cat delete down pipes you can swap to. So my ultimate wish would be LT headers with high flow catted shorty x-pipe but it is modular and comes with sections of pipe to swap in and delete the high flow cats, wishful thinking huh?
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Do the "high flow" cats really make a difference compared to normal stock cats?
What i would love to see is something like the JBA x-pipe for stock cats, but it also comes with cat delete down pipes you can swap to. So my ultimate wish would be LT headers with high flow catted shorty x-pipe but it is modular and comes with sections of pipe to swap in and delete the high flow cats, wishful thinking huh?
Thanks, Chris
7/25/12, 08:18 PM
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I've never heard of being ticketed for exhaust too loud... Except on base lol. I will say that I personally would go offroad x, as long as you have no emissions testing there should be nothing to worry about. Hi flow cats will be a happy medium between the two though, and do flow quite a bit better than the stockers
7/25/12, 09:03 PM
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I've never heard of being ticketed for exhaust too loud... Except on base lol. I will say that I personally would go offroad x, as long as you have no emissions testing there should be nothing to worry about. Hi flow cats will be a happy medium between the two though, and do flow quite a bit better than the stockers
7/25/12, 09:03 PM
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Geez, every time I log on there's a new thread about exhaust. You could have had this all molded into one to make it easier for guys to track and provide good feedback for you.
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about getting a summons for not having cats. It is highly unlikely that an officer is going to go thru that and then have to testify as knowing for a fact there was no cats. However I would go with the catted pipe so there's not much of a rich has smell but then again you don't have emissions testing. Your call...
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about getting a summons for not having cats. It is highly unlikely that an officer is going to go thru that and then have to testify as knowing for a fact there was no cats. However I would go with the catted pipe so there's not much of a rich has smell but then again you don't have emissions testing. Your call...
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Originally Posted by TheDivaDanielle
and gain an annoying smelling car.
8/4/12, 11:26 AM
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I'll say it like this. I had my GTO for seven years. It had longtubes, no cats, and was cammed for 6 of those seven years of ownership. About 65k would be the catless miles it had on it. I'll probably *never* go catless again. Aftermarket, high-flow cats are what I'd do. I don't think there was a single person that ever rode in that car -- especially in the colder months and DIDN'T ask "what is that terrible smell"
Plus I ran into the issue of exhaust shops being completely unwilling to even work on my car because it was catless.
Plus I ran into the issue of exhaust shops being completely unwilling to even work on my car because it was catless.
8/4/12, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDivaDanielle
I'll say it like this. I had my GTO for seven years. It had longtubes, no cats, and was cammed for 6 of those seven years of ownership. About 65k would be the catless miles it had on it. I'll probably *never* go catless again. Aftermarket, high-flow cats are what I'd do. I don't think there was a single person that ever rode in that car -- especially in the colder months and DIDN'T ask "what is that terrible smell"
Plus I ran into the issue of exhaust shops being completely unwilling to even work on my car because it was catless.
Plus I ran into the issue of exhaust shops being completely unwilling to even work on my car because it was catless.
Part of the reason I do most of my own work
8/4/12, 02:27 PM
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None of the vehicles I've owned that had the cats removed gave a smell inside, except once in a while while parked with the windows down. If you have the exhaust exiting after the cabin, it's impossible for the smell/fumes to travel forward while the vehicle is in motion.
8/4/12, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JosephCook78
None of the vehicles I've owned that had the cats removed gave a smell inside, except once in a while while parked with the windows down. If you have the exhaust exiting after the cabin, it's impossible for the smell/fumes to travel forward while the vehicle is in motion.
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Well yeah, when you're moving, no problem. Whenever stopped and the wind is just right, or winter time can suck though. I might ask though if it's a daily driver? That is the reason why I likely won't ever do it again. My cars are always my only cars, my daily drivers, so honestly at the end of ownership I wanted to put cats back on my GTO.
It's a personal choice I guess, two of my fbodies were catless, as was my GTP and GTO. It was far worse after I cammed my GTO.
It's a personal choice I guess, two of my fbodies were catless, as was my GTP and GTO. It was far worse after I cammed my GTO.
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On my last mustang without cats my Then GFs hair would STINK like exhaust after being in the car lol. I say the same, go catted. ... And I was always a catless kinda person..
8/8/12, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 2012GTCS
On my last mustang without cats my Then GFs hair would STINK like exhaust after being in the car lol. I say the same, go catted. ... And I was always a catless kinda person..
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I think any girl is just about to runaway from you upon hearing that
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