O2 sensors & cat removal

What do you really think that you are going to gain by removing the cat?

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It needs to be mailed to EPA with a return address attached, a description of why you took it off, and a check for (i think)...$10,000 or so for violating Federal Emissions laws........

or........

you could attempt to swallow it.......... while sitting in a oven.........

perhaps giving you some idea of what it's gonna be like someday for my ancestors to breath........ while dreading a sunny day........ozone depleated day.

because of folks like you.

~:~ MarshMonster ~sips his mushroom tea........and answers the questions asked.......to the best of his ability~ ~:~

Actually, that would be your descendants, not ancestors.......not that I'm splitting hairs........but I agree with you. JasperP

Suddenly, without warning, dingy101 exclaimed (20-Nov-06 10:16 AM):

How did you get a feline stuck in your O2 sensor???

badump - bum.

jmc

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sure.........like you don't drink mushroom tea too....... and make a few mistakes.....

:)

~:~ marsh ~drops a shroom in Jaspers coffee cup~ ~:~

If you remove the cats it would be illegal to drive it on a public Highway. IF stopped you face the prospect of a VERY BIG fine. Headers will hurt your performance on a street vehicle The only gain will be in the upper RPM range & it will COOK everthing in the engine compartment from the extra heat. Not worth the agravation IF you must?? use a cat back system

.. and, there's nothing in unprocessed engine exhaust that'll be any harm to the ozone layer.

-rev

Jasper wrote:

Gary, Since no one else has given you serious info, I will. I have nothing against hot rodding, if done correctly. We do live in a different time now and the wife's tale once told that you cannot make serious HP with a CAT is simply not in touch. There is a rub, when you are done, the vehicle must pass the 4 gas analyser test. So, you don't remove the O sensors, they are necessary for the computer to work. Headers and dual exhaust with dual converters work fine. Be very careful with cams. Long duration cams will not pass. High lift, fast ramp cams will pass. Watch your valve centers. Cams with valve centers lower than 108 degrees won't pass. Crank driven superchargers will pass. High compression pistons do not pass and you can't get good fuel 9.5 is street max and you may not pass the NO test. 9.0 and you will. If you use dual converters, don't use big ones, they won't get hot enough to function. Good luck, Steve

Summit Racing sells a plug in module that will "simulate" the output of a functioning post-converter O2 sensor. It's not street legal, of course. Leave the pre-converter sensor on one bank. Then he can have his long tube headers and straight dual exhausts.

I sure hope he doesn't live in my neighborhood.

-rev