Please help with new high flow cat. please guys

[budda]

Well they had some persuasion to do so $$$

 

[BrutalB83]

Well they had some persuasion to do so $$$

Yeah, true. I do know of a few shops around here that will do stuff that's not exactly legal as long as you pay in cash...

 

[budda]

they probably just assumed it was a race application

 

[caboose]

Do they not do any type of emissions testing in WI? That surprises me that a shop would willingly remove your car and replace it with a test pipe...interesting...

I thought he was having it replaced with a high flow ebay cat...

And the reason that shops do that is because they keep your old cat, which is worth $100-200. They act like they are doing you a favor, but really they are just screwing you.

 

[zone90cb7lx]

had same deal with my 90 accord lx, being a noob my self i just said f- it and cut the down pipe just below the header as the header bolts wouldn't come off either...took off the header and replaced all 3 parts( i did this first only cuzz i had too, previous owner some how punched a hole in the cat.), next tune up, all belts, gaskets,then manilfold/throttle body w/ spacer, clutch,fly wheel, cam, then MAYBE the rest of the exhaust, been doin my h.w. for the last 8 months, and makin sure ill do it right
. listen to the man work first play later, it so worth it. mine only has 85k origonal miles and im baby steppin it....

 

[BrutalB83]

I thought he was having it replaced with a high flow ebay cat...

I'm sure it wasn't an actual cat converter. Most E-Bay "high-flow cats" are just resonated test pipes...

And the reason that shops do that is because they keep your old cat, which is worth $100-200. They act like they are doing you a favor, but really they are just screwing you.

True, yeah...

 

[BrutalB83]

they probably just assumed it was a race application

With the state that this guy's car is in I kinda doubt they would think that, but maybe...

 

[91accordwithwork]

yah u guya are all right



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[91accordwithwork]

lol

 

[91accordwithwork]

: )

 

[BrutalB83]

Not a smart thing to say on a public forum. Very, not smart.

Eh? What did I miss here? Anything good?

 

[91accordwithwork]

ooo noting brutal i deleted it : )

sorry about that

 

[BrutalB83]

ooo noting brutal i deleted it : )

sorry about that

Uh huh...right...some kind of insult towards me I assume? Or was it just TMI about under-handed dealings with the mechanic?

 

[awptickes]

The funny thing is that 14.7:1 is that people don't understand what it really is. I'll bet he hasn't read anything yet.

 

[91accordwithwork]

u guys are bogus/ mean to me always

i try to stay active on this forum and this is the thanks i get!

lol

 

[budda]

My guess is he thought 14.7 was what he ran in the 1/4 mile. Without knowing of a/f ratios, what other explanation can there be?

 

[91accordwithwork]

no i new it was a ratio of some sort

lol

and honestly for a second i did thing it was his time on a Q.M

lol

 

[zone90cb7lx]

ur talking about the compression ratio after boost? cuz the f22 is 8.8:1 right? or am i ways off and should shut up? .lol all i know is what i read from my manual (witch isn't hard to read, just takes time...)

 

[zone90cb7lx]

EDIT- for boost not after

 

[budda]

I believe we're talking about air/fuel ratios, but at this point I'm not 100% sure either.