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Old 12-01-2012, 02:24 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I have always knocked out the honeycomb portion of the cat after it fails and triggers a MIL code. That has resulted in about a 5% mpg increase in my experience. It also makes the engine noise a bit more pronounced. No smog checks in most of Oregon. Heck, smog doesn't exist in Oregon, so the checks they do have are silly.
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