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Catco cats
anyone ran one of the catco high flow cats from summit racing? They have modles specific for the rx7, so im assuming theyd hold up, any experiences?
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They are garbage...mine was installed on saturday and burnt out on sunday..lolz I started hearing loose cracked **** exactly one day later. I have a RB pre-silencer now..so Im
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Originally posted by RX7_GTR
They are garbage...mine was installed on saturday and burnt out on sunday..lolz I started hearing loose cracked **** exactly one day later. I have a RB pre-silencer now..so Im
They are garbage...mine was installed on saturday and burnt out on sunday..lolz I started hearing loose cracked **** exactly one day later. I have a RB pre-silencer now..so Im
on my car for a year now, it passed NYS inspection
and performance is the same as the RB pre silencer I took off, which made the car fail emissions, the exaust is cleaner and doesnt make my eyes tear when standing behind the car.
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maybe your car isnt quite running right? I have one
on my car for a year now, it passed NYS inspection
and performance is the same as the RB pre silencer I took off, which made the car fail emissions, the exaust is cleaner and doesnt make my eyes tear when standing behind the car.
maybe your car isnt quite running right? I have one
on my car for a year now, it passed NYS inspection
and performance is the same as the RB pre silencer I took off, which made the car fail emissions, the exaust is cleaner and doesnt make my eyes tear when standing behind the car.
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i was going to chime in and say they probably stink and likely glow, but i didnt want to speak too soon..
especially when, to my amazement, i looked at the cats i just chopped off my car, and my main cat is a 'Catco'
car passed an e-test, and i was suspicious of the cats being clogged, so i had them chopped off..
my precat which looked burned up was already gutted, and my main cat was still looking good - not clogged
SO! heres my review of a Catco catalytic converter for an FC.
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- i am unaware of when the cat was put on the car, but it looks pretty old.
- the precat was GUTTED, so the Catco was doing ALL the work
-passed an e-test with flying colours.
- it stood up to lots of burnt oil during a decarboning process using MMO from the previous owner
- it stood up to the rich running and sometimes smoking car when my car was running to rich due to weak spark
- it stood up to (what i found out to be) possibly an oil control ring going out? my car burns extra oil at high rpm only if i hold it up high for longer than 30 seconds. (which i never do, but DID do a few times during another testing phase)
- after all this, when i removed the cat a few weeks ago, it was still clean on the inside, and definately NOT clogged.. keep in mind the cat has (visually) been on the car for a noteable amount of time, and was still clean as a whistle when i removed it.
so, i didnt think id be doing a review, until i stumbled upon the fact that my main cat WAS a Catco cat.
but, considering, i will give it this:
'Catco' Brand Catalytic Coverters -
as reviewed by yours truely.
especially when, to my amazement, i looked at the cats i just chopped off my car, and my main cat is a 'Catco'
car passed an e-test, and i was suspicious of the cats being clogged, so i had them chopped off..
my precat which looked burned up was already gutted, and my main cat was still looking good - not clogged
SO! heres my review of a Catco catalytic converter for an FC.
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- i am unaware of when the cat was put on the car, but it looks pretty old.
- the precat was GUTTED, so the Catco was doing ALL the work
-passed an e-test with flying colours.
- it stood up to lots of burnt oil during a decarboning process using MMO from the previous owner
- it stood up to the rich running and sometimes smoking car when my car was running to rich due to weak spark
- it stood up to (what i found out to be) possibly an oil control ring going out? my car burns extra oil at high rpm only if i hold it up high for longer than 30 seconds. (which i never do, but DID do a few times during another testing phase)
- after all this, when i removed the cat a few weeks ago, it was still clean on the inside, and definately NOT clogged.. keep in mind the cat has (visually) been on the car for a noteable amount of time, and was still clean as a whistle when i removed it.
so, i didnt think id be doing a review, until i stumbled upon the fact that my main cat WAS a Catco cat.
but, considering, i will give it this:
'Catco' Brand Catalytic Coverters -
as reviewed by yours truely.
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Thank you everyone, im having smog troubles, and its the cheapest cat i can find. What kinda numbers were you getting on the E-tests, and does your state use rollers?
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Here is a site I used when my 87 base was failing emissions... HAILERS gave it to me. Last I checked, a bolt in replacement cat for the S4 FC was 179.00.
http://www.discountconverter.com/converters/index.htm
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http://www.discountconverter.com/converters/index.htm
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2.5 co wont pass in CA, i think im gonna go for the duel converter system j-rat posted, which looks the be the samce catco system on summit.
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The catco converter works fine on my car.
It's MUCH lighter than the stock set-up and the fact that it flows better will be OBVIOUS to anybody who looks into both of them.
Summit has both the single main cat and a dual cat pipe that'll replace all three cats on an NA car. I think I'd probably buy the dual cat pipe if I was to do it over again. Currently I have the stock pre-cats cleaned out and the Catco main cat.
One caviot, the Air pipe is a tad long on the Catco. It's no big deal on my car but it could be a problem in other applications.
Best selling point - price- if it burns out in two years, so what? buy another one and you've got 4 years of service for less than the Bonez set-up.
You could probably search for my name and cats to find the photos I posted when I did mine in March.
It's MUCH lighter than the stock set-up and the fact that it flows better will be OBVIOUS to anybody who looks into both of them.
Summit has both the single main cat and a dual cat pipe that'll replace all three cats on an NA car. I think I'd probably buy the dual cat pipe if I was to do it over again. Currently I have the stock pre-cats cleaned out and the Catco main cat.
One caviot, the Air pipe is a tad long on the Catco. It's no big deal on my car but it could be a problem in other applications.
Best selling point - price- if it burns out in two years, so what? buy another one and you've got 4 years of service for less than the Bonez set-up.
You could probably search for my name and cats to find the photos I posted when I did mine in March.
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Originally posted by J-Rat
the one I was looking at was part # 4689. Who makes them? I couldnt tell ya. Price is down to 160.00.
All I know is for the loot, its a good cat system.
Jarret
the one I was looking at was part # 4689. Who makes them? I couldnt tell ya. Price is down to 160.00.
All I know is for the loot, its a good cat system.
Jarret
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