Ok, I have a 82 GSL with a rebuilt 12a (with 4000 miles on it), i'm running a rb header, bonez cat, and whatever rear section i got the car with (either stock or stock replacement). Anyway, The Bonez cat has less then 2000 miles on it, but even since the beginning, I can smell the exhaust (which is Hardly minty fresh) when i'm sitting at stoplights. The car smells great (well not great, but hardly noticeable) when i had the stock setup on it, but slow as hell.

My question is- is there anyway to have a both a decent smelling exhaust and high flow? Or am I asking too much...

Thanks!

Alvin

 

Add a cat and uprade the ignition. Oh, and don't forget to fix any exhaust leaks you may have.

 

Ive seen posts where people recommend checking your taillight seals. I checked mine and you can see right out of the car from inside!

 

forget the cats alvin. just get the rb exhuast. youve heard my car. it has rb header and presilencer. as for smell...i dont think u can get away from it with a "striaght pipe" (cats or not)

 

buy a product called MMO.. its awesome for rotaries anyways... pre-mix with it, it makes your exhaust smell minty fresh (literally!)

 

I'm selling my 2GCDFIS w/ TT if interested in an upgraded Ignition system.

 

I premix with with MMO but my exhaust still smells like major gas, but maybe this is because one rotor is flooding like mad and im getting 3mpg...

Honestly thats the thing I dislike the most about my car, I can't take it for a good drive without getting a splitting headache, im not talking about a small gas smell im talking about it smells like you dipped your clothes in gas.

 

Well, I already have a fairly new bonez cat (less than 2000 miles on it) and i'm not running rich or anything, I already have 2gdfi too, though i'd be interested in trying the TT, so lovinda7 (check your pm). So that's why i'm curious as to what i'm missing? is the bonez cat not doing what it needs to? hum... maybe i'll try this mmo stuff...

 

oh and peter, I want a minty fresh car, I'd rather be a slight bit slower than smelling the exhaust =)

Alvin

 

The words "minty fresh" should never be associated with an FB. If you run a cat that actually cuts down the emissions enough to make it smell "minty fresh", you'll be choking the engine too much, therefor no speed.

 

minty fresh and speed will never work together

 

1. Check your timing.
2. Are you using 2nd gen plugs on your leading? You should be if not.
3. Check your tail light seals, good call ratboy.
4. Get that system from Lovintha7. You won't regret it.

 

FIX your tuning! if you're getting such terrible MPG and headaches and etc, that would be the first thing to fix!

 

If you did a engine swap to something like a s5 t2 or even a 13Brew (13btt) and used all the same stuff.. you would have 3 things going for you: 1. More power 2. Better smelling exhaust 3.Lower noise. One bad thing I can think of off the top is that its expensive to do the swap, about $3000 or so. You can save alot of money by doing to job yourself. There are lots of threads and how to's on this web site.

 

Wow, dusting off all of the oldies lately drunkclever. Hope you're wearing a dust mask!

 

just saw an option that wasn;t mentioned. I got 2 12A,s both are going to get "hooked up"