hollowing out cat good idea?
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hollowing out cat good idea?
The exhaust on my 03 evo smells like rotten eggs, i think its the cat. so what I'm thinking about doing is hollowing out the cat, but will this trip the o2 sensor and throw the CEL on. if so is there a fix for that like an o2 sim or something like that?
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Originally Posted by NocturnalEVO
a o2 sensor spacer.
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thanks guys, i did find that perrin fix too, but i do ike the idea of spending 8 bucks and making my own. so i guess the hollowing begins. sure will be nice to eliminate that rotten egg smell its not to popular with the ladies
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Originally Posted by ryno255
thanks guys, i did find that perrin fix too, but i do ike the idea of spending 8 bucks and making my own. so i guess the hollowing begins. sure will be nice to eliminate that rotten egg smell its not to popular with the ladies
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Originally Posted by Doogie Howser
When you go catless another odor emerges
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well the deed is done, and come to find out the previous owner must have installed a non fouler cuz there was one already there and so far no CEL..... You know the only odor i notice it smells like fuel a bit more, I'll take that over rotten eggs any day
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The exhaust on my 03 evo smells like rotten eggs, i think its the cat. so what I'm thinking about doing is hollowing out the cat, but will this trip the o2 sensor and throw the CEL on. if so is there a fix for that like an o2 sim or something like that?
If you hollow it out you've got little chance of passing an emissions test (even if you eradicate the CEL light with an O2 fix), but if it's shot already that's a moot point.
Changing an OEM cat (to a test-pipe or HFC) is actually an offense in many/most States which comes with a BIG fine if you're caught and reported.
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Yes, hollowing out your cat, or even just making a testpipe look like a cat is illegal in many states... But chances are you WILL pass emissions, just pray they don't find out that it's hollow. (I passed emissions catless, but they have to be able to visually see a cat under the car and, well, obviously they couldn't... so I went back with a HFC on the next day, they checked me off in like 30 seconds, then I left and switched back)
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