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Old 02-27-2007, 12:08 AM
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i dont smell anything inside the car with the windows down. every now and then i get the header oil smell and thats cause they arent even a month old.
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:22 AM
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i smell that to but i smelt it because my car is running rich right now, but as long as im not stuck in traffic im kool cant really smell it.
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:31 AM
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so if ur car was running lean would u smell that at a red light?
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:35 AM
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I have no cats and i know the smell i can deal with it for the pleasure of the sound of my car thou :]
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:39 AM
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it depends....if u wunna take the chance of the cops pulling u over for no cats.
1 for highflows.
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:46 AM
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i went from stock cats to no cats, and all i can say is i wont put cats on the car again except for emissions time. yea you get a little smell, but only when im really gettin in to it... and ill be honest... gotta love that smell too, lol. goes great w. the whole 5.0 thing and the whole loud mean car thing, lol.
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:48 AM
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honestly sound-wise i went from stock headers and h-pipe (4 cats) to new bbk headers and o/r h-pipe. it sounded exactly the same just deeper and more throaty. it wouldnt rumble till like 2200 rpm's with the stock stuff. now it will rumble at like 1000 rpm's. sounds soooo badass
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Old 02-27-2007, 01:02 AM
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im glad i dont have to worry about emissions here
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Old 02-27-2007, 01:05 AM
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im glad i dont have to worry about emissions here
same here, good ole alabama.
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Old 02-27-2007, 01:06 AM
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it smells really bad some times
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