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California98Civic · 06-04-2017, 04:33 PM

A couple years ago, a team in England invented a more efficient catalytic converter design. Saves fuel and reduces emissions, they claim. They also claim it uses up to 80% less metals and therefore could cut the cost of producing CATs by well over half. Here is the story:
https://phys.org/news/2014-01-cataly...ption-car.html

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	More efficient catalytic converter A couple years ago, a team in England invented a more efficient catalytic converter design. Saves fuel and reduces emissions, they claim. They also claim it uses up to 80% less metals and therefore could cut the cost of producing CATs by well over half. Here is the story: https://phys.org/news/2014-01-cataly...ption-car.html __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.