The good the bad and the ugly
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The good the bad and the ugly
The good: My car passed inspection two days ago! The commnet from the guy was "Nice Car. Really nice exhaust."(Racing Beat).hehe
The Bad: It's going in for emissions today. Ever since september when I bought it, its exhaust has been pretty bad. It just puts out a lot of white exhaust that stinks like nothing else. Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a solution? It hasn't failed yet but its probably not going to pass. I still have the stock Cat in there and thats the only thing I could think of that might be able to help that. In Missouri though they have some sort of law that says that if it fails and you spend $200.00 on it to fix it then there is some clause where they let you pass. There might be an exception to Rotary's but I doubt it.
Sorry about this being so long, but I was thinking I might just get the RB Cat and pre-silencer package. Would I need the pre-silencer with the Cat from RB? Sorry again about the length and all the questions but its important. Thanks a lot!
-Matt
The Bad: It's going in for emissions today. Ever since september when I bought it, its exhaust has been pretty bad. It just puts out a lot of white exhaust that stinks like nothing else. Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a solution? It hasn't failed yet but its probably not going to pass. I still have the stock Cat in there and thats the only thing I could think of that might be able to help that. In Missouri though they have some sort of law that says that if it fails and you spend $200.00 on it to fix it then there is some clause where they let you pass. There might be an exception to Rotary's but I doubt it.
Sorry about this being so long, but I was thinking I might just get the RB Cat and pre-silencer package. Would I need the pre-silencer with the Cat from RB? Sorry again about the length and all the questions but its important. Thanks a lot!
-Matt
Re: The good the bad and the ugly
Originally posted by Tjive999
The good: My car passed inspection two days ago! The commnet from the guy was "Nice Car. Really nice exhaust."(Racing Beat).hehe
The Bad: It's going in for emissions today. Ever since september when I bought it, its exhaust has been pretty bad. It just puts out a lot of white exhaust that stinks like nothing else. Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a solution? It hasn't failed yet but its probably not going to pass. I still have the stock Cat in there and thats the only thing I could think of that might be able to help that. In Missouri though they have some sort of law that says that if it fails and you spend $200.00 on it to fix it then there is some clause where they let you pass. There might be an exception to Rotary's but I doubt it.
Sorry about this being so long, but I was thinking I might just get the RB Cat and pre-silencer package. Would I need the pre-silencer with the Cat from RB? Sorry again about the length and all the questions but its important. Thanks a lot!
-Matt
The good: My car passed inspection two days ago! The commnet from the guy was "Nice Car. Really nice exhaust."(Racing Beat).hehe
The Bad: It's going in for emissions today. Ever since september when I bought it, its exhaust has been pretty bad. It just puts out a lot of white exhaust that stinks like nothing else. Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a solution? It hasn't failed yet but its probably not going to pass. I still have the stock Cat in there and thats the only thing I could think of that might be able to help that. In Missouri though they have some sort of law that says that if it fails and you spend $200.00 on it to fix it then there is some clause where they let you pass. There might be an exception to Rotary's but I doubt it.
Sorry about this being so long, but I was thinking I might just get the RB Cat and pre-silencer package. Would I need the pre-silencer with the Cat from RB? Sorry again about the length and all the questions but its important. Thanks a lot!
-Matt
The Bad: Your performance will decrease if you went from a pre-silencer to a cat.
The ugly: White smoke might mean burning coolant. Burning coolant = engine rebuild
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Highly doubt that it is the engine needing a rebuild. It only has 66,500 miles on it. What exactly do you mean when you say that stuff about the cat and pre-silencer? They sell it in a package at RB. Don't they both go on? What would be the perks of putting them both on compared to not.
A rotary engine will need to be rebuilded if it has been overheated. Do you know if it's been overheated? White smoke is a good indication.
Does your car loose coolant?
As for the pre-silencer and cat, a presilencer replaces the cat. You will notice cat replacement pipe with presilencer as a packaged offered by RB.
I hope it's not it either......same thing happened to my car
Does your car loose coolant?
As for the pre-silencer and cat, a presilencer replaces the cat. You will notice cat replacement pipe with presilencer as a packaged offered by RB.
I hope it's not it either......same thing happened to my car
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You're in Chesterfield? Cool ... need to come and hang out with the club. Make sure and read the Midwest forum for updates on club events.
Don't worry to much about a little white smoke, that's normal for a rotary. Everybody's definition of a lot is different. Hope the engine is fine though.
Don't worry to much about a little white smoke, that's normal for a rotary. Everybody's definition of a lot is different. Hope the engine is fine though.
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