TBI305Camaro

ok i just got my hooker headers on and did away with the cat...exhaust smells pretty funny now but im guessing this is normal?

Eric's85TA

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Yeah, mine smelled too when I gutted my cat.

FiReBReTHa

yea theres a grease that has to burn away.

88Bravo

I take it by now the smoke has cleared, that is if you got the uncoated. The grease, inside paint, and now your car isn't running as clean. It is hard to say what a rich motor smells like but that might be it as well.

Marshall89ws6

when u have a cat it turns most of your exhaust to carbon dioxide........ when u dont , it doesnt lol so theres ur smell for you....... its a smell taht should almost like hurt ur eyes

primer84z

*** knows i love the smell of fumes in the morning.

squirrelybird

so if you remove the cat your exhaust will smell? i have heard it will smell like bad eggs

TBI305Camaro

it smells more hot that anything not really like eggs at all...does irritate your eyes some could also be the paint inside the headers burning off...so far the paint hasnt came off the outside like i heard it would

Mark A Shields

By putting a cat on, I got an egg smell.

primer84z

it only smells for a couple days. but if you have exhaust dumps like i do, you get the fumes forever! dont worry your eyes will adjust and pretty soon only your friends eyes will burn.

cdogc350

That smell is usually the anti-rust coating put on to protect while in the shipping process. the smell should go away in a few days.

TBI305Camaro

good because its pretty bad seems like it is getting alittle better now

toosloz

that "egg" smell is a cat going bad...

Gunny Highway

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I know that generally speaking, that an egg smell (which I am currently having) is a sign that you need a tune-up or that the cat has gone bad.

I just did a full blown tune-up and took my emissions just prior to that and everything passed, but I know my cat is pretty much worthless right now. I feel so ghetto at a stop light when the smell is real prevailent. Anyways......

Habib7677

The thing that irritates your eyes is NOx.

vic_V8

not to be confused with nos, which irrates your pistons,

Supercharged84Z

and not to be confused with snot, which irritates your nose :lala: ......sorry had to be a moron for a few seconds there..lol....the smell should go away soon...then youll get used to breathing in raw exhaust gas and be like me:lala:

88Bravo

So TBI, has the smell gone away yet? It has been a while since you have last posted?

TBI305Camaro

yeah the nasty smell went away...still have the unfiltered exhuast smell tho...im used to it now but my mom drove my car around town and came back complaining about the smell and said it hurt her eyes i was like o you get used to it