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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
What's this site we're on again? EcoModder...you know...Eco...meaning environmentally friendly.
I would appreciate people do not advocate removal of the catalytic converters. If your cat is shot the proper thing to do is have a new one put in place.
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eco=economy as in fuel economy, or saving money on fuel. anyways, like I said I am likely to be putting on a high flow cat, should keep my exhaust pretty free flowing and increase the efficiency of the motor, using less gas and cleaning the gas that is used (the 2.25" pipe models are designed for a 5.7l V8, my 2.0l I4 should be well scrubbed).
I am not advocating anyone remove their catalytic converter. I feel silly for not planning to have the budget to add one when I swapped out my header, the old header and cat were both leaking and had large holes, plus the cat was bad, the cheepest header/cat combo I could find was a raceheader that replaced both parts, just without a cat, and a high flow cat isnt THAT much, but I want to make sure the wifes car is running smoothly and that might require some new ignition parts, which cost about the same.
now dont get me started on the polution that CREATING the cat costs, there is way more pollution and horrible things going in the environment from the production of platinum and rhodium and the ceramics that make up a cat, way more than it will prevent from my little car or bike running 30,000mi a year.....