What'ssooo bbaaad abbbout fuel ffuummees?

 

They stink ?

I have a straight through exhaust with restrictor plate and set at 10psi. Car pulls like mad, but I will have to see how much I loose with a cat. The smell is sometimes unbearable. I couldn't complain about the sound though

 

in defense of the MP, i don't have a problem with the smell on cooler/cold days and months because the window is up.

also, i have never noticed any low end power problems. i went from a cat directly to the MP (never had a high flow) and can't say that i noticed lack of power.

 

I guess the main question is : How Can U achieve having a MP and have minimal smell and have a nice exhaust sound not too loud..??

 

The smell; you just have to deal with... As for the loudness, a resonated midpipe will help quiet things down.

 

Use the smell as an excuse to use sweeter smelling race fuel

 

Thanks to all for their advice. Im going with Bonez hiflo cat.

 

If you want dyno numbers, go with a midpipe. There's not many people on the forum that have over 320 rwhp let alone 300 rwhp that has a HF cat. I remember ErnieT gained about 25-30 rwhp over a HF cat with a before/after dyno a while back.

Looking at all the comments here it seems that all FDs are different - most with midpipes will make the hp - some say they don't lose low-end. I had a Meineke cat welded onto a midpipe ($150 installed) and was able to get 380 rwhp at 15 psi with it - I think it just depends on the car and mods.