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Old 04-21-02, 11:05 PM
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smell w/o cats

greetings,

i am looking for advice from those of you running cars w/o cats and more specifically who have the racing beat exhaust system.

my cats/muffler need replacing so i am thinking upgrade. no emission testing in quebec but i do live in the big city (montreal). i've searched the site -lots of thumbs up regarding power/performance but how about stink?

i've got an 84 with 12a.

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Old 04-21-02, 11:12 PM
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Rotaries WITH cats stink.

Rotaries without cats stink even more. Plenty of the gasoline in your hair/clothes smell.

Nothing can REALLY be done about it. It's the price of owning a rotary.

It's okay though, you get used to it.
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It's pretty bad lol.. people that follow me always comment. It's definitely pretty stinky
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You do kinda get used to it. It's not to bad unless you run the car in the garage for long periods. Driving around town I never notice, but the poor people following me on long drives, they notice
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It must be pretty bad, because even with my cat on, it still smells - not that bad of a smell though, not as potent as pure gasoline.
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I can't really comment on the smell. My exhaust is open with not cats on my '83 and it doesn't stink. It just smells like any other exhaust of a car. In any case I would do it because the rotary needs to breath. If you can hadle the noise it produces then go for it.
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