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Adding Cat-Back and leaving Cat on = No powe gainr???

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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 12:08 PM
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Exclamation Adding Cat-Back and leaving Cat on = No powe gainr???

I was talking to a friend yesterday and i said i wanted to leave my CAT on when i get my Cat-Back , he said if i leave on tha cat, there wont be much of a differnce from stock power???
Is tat true??
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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Yep did the same thing had it on, and decided to take it off and i could tell a much better power gain.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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If you still want to stay emissions legal... yank that nasty pre-cat and stock cat out, get new pipnig from the exaust manifold back... and get like a bonez high flow cat. That won't get you as much HP gain as having no cat.. but will definately be better than a 15+ year old clogged up cat.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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yeah the restriction is in the cats not the cat back
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