Are there any TEST PIPES that look like a real cat?
Dec 5, 2004, 05:58 PM
#16
Originally Posted by illegalakkord
Are there any test pipes out there that look like catalytic converters?
I wanna use a test pipe to free up some power, but I know tickets are dumb expensive here in NY/NJ.
I'd rather not gut out my stock cat, plus I need a 3" pipe.
Also whats a good inexpensive 3" test pipe that I can get? (gonna mate it to a HKS downpipe and HKS Hi-Power exhaust)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance guys!
I wanna use a test pipe to free up some power, but I know tickets are dumb expensive here in NY/NJ.
I'd rather not gut out my stock cat, plus I need a 3" pipe.
Also whats a good inexpensive 3" test pipe that I can get? (gonna mate it to a HKS downpipe and HKS Hi-Power exhaust)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance guys!
Hey I have a hollow cat for sale. Looks like stock even Cali cop could not tell.
Dec 5, 2004, 07:26 PM
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This is a good question. Are there any other vendors aside from RRE? Or if anyone knows, someone in NC that will "overlook" my test pipe for an inspection? I'm well overdue on inspection and some help would be stellar. I just don't have the money to spend on a high flow cat right now either with the holidays coming up.
Dec 5, 2004, 07:49 PM
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Has anyone acual had a cop say somthing about not having a cat? I have never heard of anything myself but do they cops acually check for them around where you are? I have been pulled over a few times and the cops have never commented about my aftermarket parts or anything.
Dec 5, 2004, 07:56 PM
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yeh, they could smell it, they'll give you a ticket. just go straight pipe and try not to hide it. If the cop wants to give you a ticket, they'll give you a ticket.
Most of the time, they wont care. Then again, it really depends on where you live.
Most of the time, they wont care. Then again, it really depends on where you live.
Dec 5, 2004, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwman
This is a good question. Are there any other vendors aside from RRE? Or if anyone knows, someone in NC that will "overlook" my test pipe for an inspection? I'm well overdue on inspection and some help would be stellar. I just don't have the money to spend on a high flow cat right now either with the holidays coming up.
Try to live in CA. its a $2K fine, impounded car and maybe jail
Dec 5, 2004, 08:56 PM
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I use it only on trackdays.... Happy? Anyway how in any way shape or form would that incriminate them? There are thousands of parts bought and sold for cars that makes them illegal, yet you dont see lawsuits going aftermarket car part companies do you?
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Dec 6, 2004, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by scorke
I use it only on trackdays.... Happy? Anyway how in any way shape or form would that incriminate them? There are thousands of parts bought and sold for cars that makes them illegal, yet you dont see lawsuits going aftermarket car part companies do you?
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And all the thousands
of other parts that make a car "illegal" do not have the same consequences as the cat. It is by far the worst and most serious offense by changing the cat. Just the way the law reads, buddy.I could care less when you use a test pipe. I use one every day and kill birds as I drive down the street. So if you use one for only trackdays then more power to you. You still have a registered and inspected street car.
Dec 6, 2004, 11:10 AM
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take off your stock cat, cut the top of your cat on 3 sides as to let one side act as a hinge and open it like a door. hollow out your insides, then weld the top back down. easy and cheap.
Dec 6, 2004, 11:17 AM
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I have a Random Technology Hi-Flow Cat on my Evo...it flows at least as good as the exhaust, so it's not a restriction, and no stinkyness...I had to get it installed because my stock cat, uh...hit a rock...yeah, that's what happened...it got a big hole in it and had to be replaced...that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Dec 6, 2004, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by NOVA EVO
I have a Random Technology Hi-Flow Cat on my Evo...it flows at least as good as the exhaust, so it's not a restriction, and no stinkyness...I had to get it installed because my stock cat, uh...hit a rock...yeah, that's what happened...it got a big hole in it and had to be replaced...that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Must be a pretty big rock haaaaaaaa
