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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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I'm looking at getting headers and y-pipe, most likely american racing but I want to know if all O/R headers and ORY smell like straight gasoline bc i DD my car and cant stand the smell. I have friends that have deleted the cats and smelll fine and others who have ORY and it smells like ****.
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 03:50 PM
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ive been runnin' no cats for sometime now and the smell isnt bad... i actually like it haha when i first got the ORY and cats off it smelled pretty strong for the first week or so then faded alot so
i would deal with the smell for the power or just get a catted ypipe w/ your LT's
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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stock cam probably won't smell like unspent fuel too bad. throw a cam with some nice overlap then you'll get raw fuel exiting out the exhaust.

Personally I like the smell of unspent gas spewing from my tailpipes. Makes it smell like a car.
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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my buddies 2000 TA has no cats, and no smell either,, he is stock cam, etc. i think he even still has the EGR and AIR setups on there as well, if that makes a difference.
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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I kinda take that back,, in the cabin of his car, no, it dosnt smell, driving behind him though is a different story.
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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well if your are winning then why do you care what the mustang behind you smells? haha
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True!!
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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It needs to be tuned then you won't have that smell. Did it on my lt1 when i got headers and deleted my cats. After i tuned it smell of gas went away.
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Originally Posted by KillaCamZ28
I'm looking at getting headers and y-pipe, most likely american racing but I want to know if all O/R headers and ORY smell like straight gasoline bc i DD my car and cant stand the smell. I have friends that have deleted the cats and smelll fine and others who have ORY and it smells like ****.
Smells like horsepower to me.

I'm running Pacesetter lts and tsp ory with the egr and air deleted. It gets pretty stinky at times, but that's to be expected from a catless setup.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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I dont have a problem with the smell inside the car. Sometimes when at a dead stop with both windows down I can smell gas a bit. Now for the guy behind me is a different story.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 07:37 AM
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Smells so freakin' good!!! haha
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