Is it safe to remove my CAT?
02-25-2004, 10:14 PM
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I run my car with no cat because I wan't going to buy used exhaust off of anything over a cx, just to have a cat. I may get a hi flow soon though we will see.
02-26-2004, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by A_PHOBIA
there is ill effect...."you need a certine amount of backpressure"
02-26-2004, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Solracer
That is a internet myth, back pressue is a bad thing to have in an exhaust period, ask that questions to some of the People from SMSP or Hytech and the will laugh at you.
02-26-2004, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 93HybridCX
I don't think you are getting his point..........a 4 cylinder such as your civic CX has one header (not headers). 
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02-26-2004, 05:42 PM
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Random Technologies and Powercore are two brands which make high flow cats. They're both 50-state legal, but that's just what makes me wonder if they'd even do much. And they're both well over $200 which is pretty steep for something that "might" give you some more hp.
02-26-2004, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Gearheaddave
About that,,,, I have a pair of headman headers on my D16Z6 its 2 totaly diffrent pipes, one goes to the #1 and #3 and the other goes to the 2 and 4... That is why I have dual exhaust..... And I had a high flow cat on it when I did a smog test and it passed with flying colors, I took it off and went to dual and I ran the same readings for Smog..... So I dont really know if a high flow cat even does anything but look like a cat...
02-26-2004, 11:10 PM
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ive seen some high flow cats that if you look at them they go strait through. are they still considered cats, i mean do they still do there job and let my car pass at the emisions testing station.