Should I get rid of my catalytic converter? What will happen?
04-22-2006, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by WckdDudeMan
if you tune it right, not all that many people tune these engines right when they make that change... thats why you pull up behind 80s caprice with no cat or a clogged cat and it smells like wrotten eggs... oxygen sensor is picking up a bad reading or out of service engine starts running rich... bad smells happen
04-22-2006, 07:10 PM
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Car: '85 El Camino SS
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I pulled the cat out of my 305 TBI and i noticed a difference right away. Sounds better, drives better, and as long as the pollution ****'s don't take a look under your car it's well worth it.
04-22-2006, 08:11 PM
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how can you "tune" the car so that it doesn't smell as bad w/o a cat? (besides plugs, wires, rotor and O2 sensor)...
04-22-2006, 08:39 PM
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"bad" is relative. I think it smells fine. If it smells horrible (like sulfer) then the cat is clogged. I'm not sure what you mean by "bad"
04-23-2006, 05:19 PM
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This thread has gone on way too long considering we've already answered the main question quite a few times.
You can either
a) remove it and put some pipe there
b) remove it and replace it with a high flow cat
Since you said you don't have any money, just go ahead and throw the old one in the garbage and put a peice of pipe there.
I hate to be a pessimist about things, but I'm somewhat dubious the cat is your "no power after 3000 RPM" problem. It sounds feasible, but a stock LO3 isn't an Indy race car either. 3K RPM is about when it falls on its face.
You can either
a) remove it and put some pipe there
b) remove it and replace it with a high flow cat
Since you said you don't have any money, just go ahead and throw the old one in the garbage and put a peice of pipe there.
I hate to be a pessimist about things, but I'm somewhat dubious the cat is your "no power after 3000 RPM" problem. It sounds feasible, but a stock LO3 isn't an Indy race car either. 3K RPM is about when it falls on its face.
04-23-2006, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Cruz'N Bruz'R
Dude, we drive Thirdgens, we ARE white trash.
04-23-2006, 07:38 PM
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if you tune it right
04-25-2006, 11:11 PM
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Removing your emissions equipment is a FEDERAL offense, regardless of your state's emissions regulations. If you are caught, you can be punished by a fine, jailtime, or both. Please stop giving us hot rodders a bad name.
Removing your emissions equipment is a FEDERAL offense, regardless of your state's emissions regulations. If you are caught, you can be punished by a fine, jailtime, or both. Please stop giving us hot rodders a bad name.
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