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[Guest]

As far as the cat being illegal, it would be way more legal than any custom exhaust in the F-M area.

[camzaro28]

u live in ND? if so it doesnt really matter if its illegal or not.

[Flowcus]

Bad93ex wrote:
I will now seriously consider a Focus as a vehicle.

Mine is for sale... its an SVT loaded if your interested ill get you more info and pictures.

Also as far as Zetec and Vtec... the Zetec on my car is intake side only and it just adjusts the timing on the cam to allow more air in and also adds more fuel. It doesnt kick in until 5krpm, and at the same time a 2nd runner in the intake manifold opens up.

[TsiTom]

Most random exhaust shops will not, in any way, help you eliminate your cat. At any rate...a high flow cat (or no cat) is a STUPID idea unless you have some kind of forced induction or higher compression engine... You'll actually be losing power more than gaining it.

[PSiedTSi]

maybe not losing it but shifting the powerband a little higher and hurting your low end...if you have a 5spd it doesnt really affect you that much....a high flow cat doesnt really hurt that much cause its still restrictive as hell...

[Flowcus]

Actually if I were to get an off road pipe for my car it would help it... more low end power and its dyno proven 9whp 6wtq. So thats not always true... although my focus is 10:2:1 compression which is considerably bigger then his. Also mine uses fuel like a turbo car... which pisses me off.

[out there]

hondaking424 wrote:
hey thanks for the tip, im not allowed to have a high flow cat because i guess there highly illegale if you dont have 50,000 or more miles on your car for some reason.
modifying ANY part of the car that could affect emissions is illegal. if you're going to build your car for performance and keep your tail between your legs... buy a hybrid and forget performance, because the stuff that nets the best gains is going to require illegal modifications to see/feel those gains

[Stormwalker]

I have heard that there is only 2 reasons you would be allowed to change your catalytic converter.

1)The current piece is in excess of 50,000 miles of use

2)The current piece is damaged beyond repair

So please, please, be careful around your cat, especially if you want to replace it with a higher flowing unit. Try not to accidentally drive a screwdriver or drill through it several times, or miss with a sawzall and saw it in half. Because if that happened, you would have to replace it.

[krzydrftr93]

Not bad looking at all. Looking good. Got anything under the hood?

[hondaking424]

i will get picks of the exhaust and the AEM short ram tommarow