1988 RX7 Convertible *No Cats*
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1988 RX7 Convertible *No Cats*
I bought this car not to long ago & it runs just fine but throws a horrible fuel smell after sitting for a while so I decided to do some detective work & I find streight pipe from the manifold to the mufflers???? What's this for & can this cause any damage, this is my first 7 so I don't know but I read somewhere that these cars have like 3 cats?? why so many converters?
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Because without them they stink, the cats can be replaced with a 3 way cat which will remove all of the unburned hydrocarbons, as well as the excess no2 , and your cars exaust will no longer smell , as well as be emission compliant
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I bought this car not to long ago & it runs just fine but throws a horrible fuel smell after sitting for a while so I decided to do some detective work & I find streight pipe from the manifold to the mufflers???? What's this for & can this cause any damage, this is my first 7 so I don't know but I read somewhere that these cars have like 3 cats?? why so many converters?
the reason they made them have 1 main converter and precat was to make them 50 state compliant for emissions.
no, it cant damage anything, but you might want to find a way to actuate the 5th and 6th ports.
there is thread after thread about all this though, please search next time
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I would suggest a high flow converter. It will run cleaner and you will not lose any performance, it will also quiet it down a little bit. You will not smell as bad when you get done driving the car
I speak from experience, when my vert was NA I had a RB silencer and borla mufflers, went over to a high flow converter in place of the silencer and it was the best thing I ever did
I speak from experience, when my vert was NA I had a RB silencer and borla mufflers, went over to a high flow converter in place of the silencer and it was the best thing I ever did
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I would suggest a high flow converter. It will run cleaner and you will not lose any performance, it will also quiet it down a little bit. You will not smell as bad when you get done driving the car
I speak from experience, when my vert was NA I had a RB silencer and borla mufflers, went over to a high flow converter in place of the silencer and it was the best thing I ever did
I speak from experience, when my vert was NA I had a RB silencer and borla mufflers, went over to a high flow converter in place of the silencer and it was the best thing I ever did
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Mine was so so clogged up you couldn't see through it.
I removed it after getting my car inspected and will have to reinstall it again for the next 3 inspections, until I am exempt. I didn't want to buy a new cat, or god forbid my 20yrs old cat give up ghost so i took it off to save it just to pass for the next 3 years. After that I go classic status and don't have to do emmissions inspections!
I removed it after getting my car inspected and will have to reinstall it again for the next 3 inspections, until I am exempt. I didn't want to buy a new cat, or god forbid my 20yrs old cat give up ghost so i took it off to save it just to pass for the next 3 years. After that I go classic status and don't have to do emmissions inspections!
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I'm getting ready to test for my 6th time on my aftermarket high flow cat.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+testing+texas
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+testing+texas
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