Well.. for some people. they might be in the market for a CAT. BUt why get the stock piece when there are many aftermarket high flow cat's around. Well.. my concern would be is how well they actually work...

anyone have any experiences w/ aftermarket CAT's ? what kind, what went wrong etc... ?

 

You mean true High Flow Cats, or glasspacks that claim they are high flow cats? I bought the fake one, thinking it was going to be true...it changes the sound a lot, adds a tiny bit of oomph, but it also smells up the air a bit.

 

no Im talking about REAL Cat's, like Random Technology, or Catco, the real deal.

 

Heh, I was a little disappointed when I saw the 'cat' was completely hollow after I received it. I'm sure I'll get a real one again sometime, so I'm interested in finding results too.

 

I had a random technologies cat on my old civic. I dunno about HP gains over stock, but since like the early 90's, cats have been so efficient that you are looking at maybe a 2-3hp difference for the most part (more with the turbo). The Random was really well built, but I wouldn't suggest wasting money on a cat unless you really need to replace it.

 

I had a catco and some other brand too. Not much gain, you won't even notice. Don't buy one unless yours takes a ----. Also check on smog legality, as most aren't legal to install on newer cars in Cali (maybe legal to install, but may not pass smog visual BS).

 

yah im just really interested in smog results w/ aftermarket cats. I think my stocker is talkin a dump..


on a side note. If anyone knows what emmisions readings mean what let me/us know.

 

who uses a cat none of my vehicles have them

Beau

 

well, people in cali. don't have that type of freedom, and from the sound of crx88si, it's the same in canada

 

I sure am.. stupid emmisions suck. we only have to do it every other year though. But last time I did mine it BARELY passeed on the HC2's (hydrocarbons??) And I dont think it will make it this year.

If your car is a 88 its checked every other ODD year 2003, ,2005, ,2007, until its 20+ years old and its exempt.

89 cars check 2002, 2004, 2006 etc. til 20 yo.

Visual and tail pipe sniffer.