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Old 08-29-2007, 09:39 AM
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my car has 4 cat. coverters on it.if i cut the back 2 off an leave the front to on,will the ce light come on, cause i want to get a little louder .but will cutting the 2 back cats make it louder.also has anybody heard the hooker mufflers on these cars
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Old 08-29-2007, 09:41 AM
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i had 2 cut off before i got my o/r H. it was a little louder,and my CEL never came on. i've never heard the Hooker mufflers,but i've heard they are very good. try www.mustangexhaust.com
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Old 08-29-2007, 10:07 AM
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if your rear oxygen sensors are before the last set of cats the cel will not come on
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Old 08-29-2007, 11:27 AM
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the rear O2 sensors are after the 2nd pair of cats, however if u only remove 2 cats, the ce should not turn on. It will make it notably louder. if i were u, i would just swap out ur mid pipe with an after market one like bassani wich only comes with 2 cats. ur ce light will not turn on, and it will be much louder, because it somes with high flow cats
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Old 08-29-2007, 12:01 PM
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cut them all off
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Old 08-29-2007, 12:09 PM
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well it depends. do u have to pass emission where ur at?? an az we do, but now that i got an sct chip, my check engine light wont come on for no cats, so i go right through emissions!!! and now i got no cats!!
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Old 08-29-2007, 01:53 PM
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Do you have to get the SCT chip to get rid of the check engine light, or can I just use my SCT XCalibrator tuner to get rid of it? Otherwise I'm ordering MIL eliminators with 02 wire extenders.
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Old 08-29-2007, 02:28 PM
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Got my rear cats off and no CEL for at least a year
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Old 08-29-2007, 02:36 PM
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Do you have to get the SCT chip to get rid of the check engine light, or can I just use my SCT XCalibrator tuner to get rid of it? Otherwise I'm ordering MIL eliminators with 02 wire extenders.
i have an sct chip so my tuner made it so that the ce light wont come on for no cats as measured my the o2 sensors. i think the handheld tuner can do it too, but not sure.
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Old 08-29-2007, 02:42 PM
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i believe you can just go to like autozone for the code
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