Daily driven test pipe or cat?

[nineD5_GS-T]

Just seeing how many people drive with their test pipe on the car at all times and how many people drive with their cat. I am debating weather to buy a test pipe with my turbo-back system, or a high-flo cat. And I dont wanna get a ticket from the popo for having no cat.

So overall, straight pipe or cat, whats your preference?

 

[dcskater82]

i doubt if i cop on a tourine trtaffic stop is going to check if you have a cat...at least its never happened to me...oh well, get a test pipe!

 

[311GSX]

Test pipe is what I run,It's louder and smells like gas,the sacrifices we make for power.

 

[HyperGSX]

Testpipe. I only put the cat on for emissions

 

[leet]

I run a test pipe on the street. Haven't had any problems w/ the authorities about it either. YMMV

 

[Paybax]

Well on the 2nd gen rx7 putting a hi-lo cat on stops boost creep when compared to straight pipe on the stock turbo. Also with straight pipes you start to smell like gas and shit. Like if u are in the back playing with your system ya start to stink real fast . I dont have to go through emissions here but i would rather of had a hi-lo cat then the straight pipe i had.

 

[SOURCE1064]

Originally posted by HyperGSX
Testpipe. I only put the cat on for emissions

Ditto

 

[TurBoGs-T]

I run a test pipe. Just will need one in about a year and a half.

 

[powells85]

Hey Charlie, living in NJ also, the cops ever check your car on its legality? I'm considering the test pipe but I heard of a kid with a mustang with high flows gettin sent to a center to check for cats by a Wanaque cop.

 

[Clipse]

I just did my emissions = what cat?

 

[SOURCE1064]

Originally posted by powells85
Hey Charlie, living in NJ also, the cops ever check your car on its legality? I'm considering the test pipe but I heard of a kid with a mustang with high flows gettin sent to a center to check for cats by a Wanaque cop.

I have never been sent to have my car checked out by cops. If they do that they really have nothing better to do. I have a heat shield on mine so it looks like a cat.

 

[powells85]

Yea, well the cops by me don't seem to have anything better to do but I think i'll be ordering the test pipe soon. Just to clarify, all 2g FWD's use the same exhaust correct? And should I go 2.25 or 2.5 inches?
thanks, mike

 

[RipperXX]

Originally posted by nineD5_GS-T
And I dont wanna get a ticket from the popo for having no cat.

Then I would think right there is your answer.


And I dont know about where you live, but I know in Atlanta trafic cop cars are equiped with something called a "Sniffer" that can tell if you have a working CAT, non working CAT or no CAT at all.

And if you have to pass emissions testing (thank god they dont enforce that bs around here) I would just buck up and buy a high flow.

 

[RipperXX]

I just noticed by your screen name you have a N/A car.. you will defently want a CAT as you will need some back pressure for the best preformance.

I am not sure about N/A's but i know on turbo chagred 1G's 2.25" is stock If your car has smaller pipeing (.25") then I would just got with 2.25" as I dont see any big reasion a N/A would ever flow enough to need larger.. although if you want to spend the extra green a 2.5" w/cat couldn't hurt..

 

[greyforestgst]

test pipe

its texas, every other vehicle is either a shitwagon farm truck with straight pipes and glasspacks or a cut-spring cadillac with purple shag interior and open headers

 

[greyforestgst]

oh as an added bonus, some crappy rice magazine managed to gain 20whp from just a test pipe on a turbo dsm, so bye bye kitty cat

 

[13secGST]

Originally posted by greyforestgst
oh as an added bonus, some crappy rice magazine managed to gain 20whp from just a test pipe on a turbo dsm, so bye bye kitty cat

That was Import Tuner...and That was my car.

The guy that owned it before got it in there...when I bought it though, it only had Tokico Non-adjustables and ACT 2100.

Get this...his dad was a cop and he lived in LA...I'm running a test-pipe right now...but I want to get a 3" test pipe and put a heat shield on it so it looks like a cat...I can't afford to pay the fine.

 

[DSM Stang-Eater]

Has anybody had both? can u feel a big difference just by swappin on the straight pipe? or is it a mere "hmmmm car feels a little faster......"
turbo spool any faster? ect, ect.

 

[RACER-X]

well i had to get one, here in tx they smogg test. just get both test pipe and high flow cat. you can flange them and swap them back and forth as you need to.

 

[Clipse]

Originally posted by RipperXX


Then I would think right there is your answer.


And I dont know about where you live, but I know in Atlanta trafic cop cars are equiped with something called a "Sniffer" that can tell if you have a working CAT, non working CAT or no CAT at all.

And if you have to pass emissions testing (thank god they dont enforce that bs around here) I would just buck up and buy a high flow.

I would imagine the reason they have that "sniffer" device is because you don't have emissions there. If you live in a state where emissions are required, police assume your car has a cat if you have good tabs.