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Old 04-14-2008, 08:45 PM
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I have a kinda acidic sulfer type of smell after the exhaust heats up, I have QTP SS headers, RandomTech SS highflow cats, SS 12" (brand not sure) resonators with the Basani 2.5" true dual exhaust and a little aluminum from the local shop adapting the basani cat-back to the headers.

all went on almost at the same time so not sure what the smell is, does anybody know?
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Its the Cats your smelling. When I first put cats (Magnaflow CarSound cats) on my ORY I had that same smell for a while. With in a few weeks it became less and less, now it doesnt smell anymore. I bet you smell it more after a WOT run? Its just the cats breaking in. You'll probably notice that the car will get louder in a couple of weeks.
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I do notice it more after I have been getting on it...

Thanks for the response!
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Any pics of your exhaust setup? Its the exact same set up I'll be doing very soon.
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ss exhaust always smells better......o you have a firebird, nevermind
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Originally Posted by BlackBADaSS02
Any pics of your exhaust setup? Its the exact same set up I'll be doing very soon.
I have pics of my similar setup in the dual exhaust sticky. Post date is ~08-2007. I used magnaflow Metalicats(sp). I PM'ed you a link to a source if you want to go that route.
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I just did my exhaust and its my mufflers breaking in that smells...I have no cats
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4
ss exhaust always smells better......o you have a firebird, nevermind
...you ss guys just never give up
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my Magnaflow cats still smelled terrible after 6 months and 8K miles, i ditched them for an ORY and haven't looked back.
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Not that using a ORY smells any better, its just a different smell.
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yeah, but its a good smell!
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Originally Posted by BlackBADaSS02
Any pics of your exhaust setup? Its the exact same set up I'll be doing very soon.
Bryan...spelled the same as mine...it is not pretty underneath but I am sure it flows real good, and I dont like the real loud systems some have and this was loud to me, so I had high flow cats and small resonators put on and I think it sounds alot better, whencruising you can have a conversation without talking loud, but when getting on it at all, you hear the power

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