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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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So im turning into an old man and the fuel smell is starting to get to me. So im looking into hi flow cats to put on and i need suggestions on what brand to go with and should i run two inline with each other
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Right there with you turning into an old man. I have these on my car:

http://www.magnaflow.com/02catalytic...versal/595.asp

They came in my Kooks y-pipe. Work great and pass emissions easily.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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Are you running one or two.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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If you are running a decent size cam forget about cats. All they did to my car was turn the raw fuel smell into the horrid rotten egg smell.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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Its basically a 503 cam.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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I like metallic core cats. Magnaflows part number is 59559 I believe, the Thunderbolt metallic ones are the same thing
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 01:41 AM
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Summit has the metallic spun cats like in the link above for $93.15.
I'm picking one up tomorrow
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 02:09 AM
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I have a pair of pypes cats if your interested
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackBird87
Are you running one or two.
Two--one on each side of the Y-pipe
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 10:47 AM
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I have a single 3 in/out magnaflow hi flo cat on my custom y with a very large custom cam from LE and have zero rotten egg smell. However, I don't DD the car and I've been told with the overlap on my cam this cat wouldn't last long in a daily due to the fuel burning off in the cat greatly shortening it's life. It's not a big deal for me as I put very little miles on her yearly.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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DAVE00 is right. you better research how long the cat you buy is gonna last you or your gonna end up buying new a lot if you DD that car
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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The car is not my DD. Im gonna tweak the tune a lil bit cuz i think its too rich as it is but im not to worried about killing cats early. Looks like magnaflow is gonna be the one to go with now i have to figure out one or two and where i can put them. I have room where the hump in the floor is but i dont think thats close enough to the headers
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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I have two cats on my car, one on each side of the y-pipe. I have the Thunderbolt metallic cats and they are probably one of the smaller cats available. I'm lowered about 1.3" and initially I scraped them the first few months, but now they seem to be good.

I'm running a fairly large cam and I don't get any smells, just a little bit on startup when its cold. Car sounds good and runs well, I have no complaints with them. I will be taking them off this year however, I have an extra y-pipe and want to see how it sounds with no cats on the car.

Edit: I noticed you have Edelbrock shorties. My dad's car has SLP shorties and has two small Random Tech cats in the y-pipe, so you should be able to get away with two.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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I have two cats on my car, one on each side of the y-pipe. I have the Thunderbolt metallic cats and they are probably one of the smaller cats available. I'm lowered about 1.3" and initially I scraped them the first few months, but now they seem to be good.

I'm running a fairly large cam and I don't get any smells, just a little bit on startup when its cold. Car sounds good and runs well, I have no complaints with them. I will be taking them off this year however, I have an extra y-pipe and want to see how it sounds with no cats on the car.

Edit: I noticed you have Edelbrock shorties. My dad's car has SLP shorties and has two small Random Tech cats in the y-pipe, so you should be able to get away with two.
Hmm i do like how small those are and pretty cheap too.
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