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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
I'm not poo-pooing your thoughts, just asking for some proof of them. If you have no proof and are just saying stuff because you feel like it, it's no sweat, but don't expect others not to ask you for sources. Hell, if ya don't care, then why even respond in the first place?
It's not that it gets hot, all working cats will heat up. The emissions depend on how quickly it gets to operating temperature compare to a functional stock setup.
Proven cleaner by what? I haven't seen any comprehensive emissions testing data for your vehicle, and until you had that I can't see how you could make any reasonable statements about whether or not it actually is cleaner in your case. Granted, you can go w/ the "It's cleaner cuz I said so." line, but that ain't reasonable IMO.
Besides, there's no reason to get your panties in a bunch when someone has a statement about something you're doing. If it's dirtier to run a bigger cat, it's dirtier. If it's cleaner it's cleaner. Like I said before, if you don't care about it *being clean why are you even bothering to post back saying you don't care, just don't post. 
*Aside from getting tagged by the CHP and their laser emissions doohickeys.  |
never said proven cleaner, said proven clean, as in passed emissions tests in new york. how is someone using a very similar exhaust setup with the same cat having their car pass emissions in the state next to mine (NOT cali) NOT proof of it being clean? I wont name names because I didnt ask permission, but you can go and look around on EPHATCH if you like. the exhaust gasses leaving the vehicle are cleaner than they would be with my old cat with holes, or with no cat as current, is this hard to understand? the high flow cat is a smaller cat, much smaller, so in theory it would heat up quicker because there is physically less to heat up.
I really dont feel like gathering up all kinds of irefutable data to prove my "cats pollute more through their creation than cars would over the life of a cat" theory, especially not to prove it to a forum. logic can work well here, mining and smelting and processing of precious metals is a very dirty process to the environment, it might not make the road you live on smell nasty like a car will, but it will destroy a lot of land and create unlivable conditions for a large area around it. uncatylised cars just shift the pollution to where most of us americans live instead of somewhere else, so we choose the later. if you would like to look into it more then go ahead, I dont feel like pulling together a research paper for you