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no cat=teh suxors...
... if you're trying to gain hp on your daily driver. Like what was said earlier... the gains are minimal, and the risk to your health is greater than the risk on the environment.
Test pipes are for race day. Still then... they're more trouble than they're worth.
... if you're trying to gain hp on your daily driver. Like what was said earlier... the gains are minimal, and the risk to your health is greater than the risk on the environment.
Test pipes are for race day. Still then... they're more trouble than they're worth.
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Originally Posted by Jafro
no cat=teh suxors...
... if you're trying to gain hp on your daily driver. Like what was said earlier... the gains are minimal, and the risk to your health is greater than the risk on the environment.
Test pipes are for race day. Still then... they're more trouble than they're worth.
... if you're trying to gain hp on your daily driver. Like what was said earlier... the gains are minimal, and the risk to your health is greater than the risk on the environment.
Test pipes are for race day. Still then... they're more trouble than they're worth.
Im taking off the test pipe soon any way, its not worth the risk.
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Originally Posted by JDMmike
my CEL came back on. freind told me my car was running too rich.
HP gains nonTurbo: pull the block apart, put some nice high compression pistons in and decent rods. It will cost just as much as intake, header, blah blah and give you REAL whp gains. It's kind of a bish though. :chuckles:
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Lots of people on this board will agree that the only way to make power with these cars short of doing internals or swaps is to boost them or spray them. You will barely feel the bolt-ons, but you WILL hear them. So if you want a loud slow car, stick with bolt-ons on a factory motor. There's not a ton of power to be unlocked from one of these engines with bolt-ons.
NA setups require displacement if you want to make power, so I personally wouldn't try it with a D-series.
NA setups require displacement if you want to make power, so I personally wouldn't try it with a D-series.
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Went to the Honda dealer and they checked the cel for me cause I could not find the wire. Im not much of a mechanic as you can see. They never told me the code, they said it was an o2 problem, insufficient backpressure and the o2 needs to be at a certain temperature for accurate readings. They said its common for a car to throw a cel light when you install a test pipe on a obd2 car.
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Originally Posted by PDiggityDogg
Even if there is a bung for the o2, youre still going to throw a cel for cat failure.
You'll most likely need an o2 simulator.
...and I hope you get caught running w/o a cat
You'll most likely need an o2 simulator.
...and I hope you get caught running w/o a cat
I put the stock heat shield over the test pipe so looks like an OE cat.
it fooled the mechanics at advance muffler so it will probly fool a cop. I hope!
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Just put your old cat back on there. That will fix the problem. A high-flow cat may help the issue if you really have to improve something
o2 simulators cost 10 times what your test pipe costs. Seems like a lot to pay for a 1hp gain that makes your car sound like crap and smell funny.
o2 simulators cost 10 times what your test pipe costs. Seems like a lot to pay for a 1hp gain that makes your car sound like crap and smell funny.
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That sounds like a plan. LoL you think my exhaust will get more deep with the cat or without? The test pipe was an attempt to make my exhaust sound better.
my friends civic dx is really LOUD and still deep he sets off car alarms when he cruses through the parking lot. His car has no modifications to it at all except his rsr gt2 exhaust. how come it sounds so good.
I know this sounds really rice but I just want a better sounding exhaust like my friends. I don’t care about performance on my civic cause its so damn slow and it cant get much faster, ive done most of the bolt ons but my friends car still sounds better. Im still in HS so I cant really afford a turbo
my friends civic dx is really LOUD and still deep he sets off car alarms when he cruses through the parking lot. His car has no modifications to it at all except his rsr gt2 exhaust. how come it sounds so good.
I know this sounds really rice but I just want a better sounding exhaust like my friends. I don’t care about performance on my civic cause its so damn slow and it cant get much faster, ive done most of the bolt ons but my friends car still sounds better. Im still in HS so I cant really afford a turbo
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Originally Posted by JDMmike
That sounds like a plan. LoL you think my exhaust will get more deep with the cat or without? The test pipe was an attempt to make my exhaust sound better.
my friends civic dx is really LOUD and still deep he sets off car alarms when he cruses through the parking lot. His car has no modifications to it at all except his rsr gt2 exhaust. how come it sounds so good.
I know this sounds really rice but I just want a better sounding exhaust like my friends. I don’t care about performance on my civic cause its so damn slow and it cant get much faster, ive done most of the bolt ons but my friends car still sounds better. Im still in HS so I cant really afford a turbo
my friends civic dx is really LOUD and still deep he sets off car alarms when he cruses through the parking lot. His car has no modifications to it at all except his rsr gt2 exhaust. how come it sounds so good.
I know this sounds really rice but I just want a better sounding exhaust like my friends. I don’t care about performance on my civic cause its so damn slow and it cant get much faster, ive done most of the bolt ons but my friends car still sounds better. Im still in HS so I cant really afford a turbo
Setting car alarms off with exhaust is :ghey: