Is It Worth It???

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

hey guys im still having my plans for going all motor power and everything is going fine ... im getting a new Y pipe installed but its going to eliminate my cat but i'll have more peak power.... what do you guys think?? i was going to try and play it safe the whole way and work around getting CEL's and smog check issues... until i can get my block reinforced and go FI whats your guys's adivce for now?? is it worth getting the CEL's and know your gonna fail smog checks for greater perfomance power??

[Turbosolara]

4 cylinder does not have y-pipe

[Somedude]

I don't it will be worth it to make your car not street legal. You don't want to spend a lot of money on something that you have to get rid of later.

Just do a catback exhaust, headers and intake.

[jhenty]

read the latest article in Import Tuner about high flow cats and going catless as well. getting rid of your cats going to get you maybe 1 or 2 horses at the max next to a high flow cat. Stay legal cause a few horses is not worth it.

[lilm]

yep no y pipe on 4 cyl.

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

ok.. its not a Y pipe its a straight pipe then..

[Akfahad]

read the latest article in Import Tuner about high flow cats and going catless as well. getting rid of your cats going to get you maybe 1 or 2 horses at the max next to a high flow cat. Stay legal cause a few horses is not worth it.

Very true, but they also mentioned that the more engine mods you have (i.e. supercharger) the bigger the gain will be too. But I do agree with everybody, get a high flow cat if able.

[Mr_Chunks]

Magnaflow high flow cat is the way to go

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

where can i find a magna flow high cat?? i already have a custom header made... but it removes my cat... what if i got the headers installed and got a high flow cat attached or custom made would it still be street legeal with no CEL's?? and what size would the offset and size be in the cat?

2.00" In/Out w/AIR
2.25" In/Out w/AIR
2.50" In/Out w/AIR

or

2.00" In/Out
2.25" In/Out
2.50" In/Out

[Midias]

On my friends integra board a few people proved on the dyno that a highflow cat made better power than a test pipe. Different type of car but I am just adding. Personally I would add in a magnaflow highflow cat. I have one and I never set of the CEL.

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

how do you know which measurement you should get for a high flow caT?

[Midias]

measurement?
length width?
pipe size?
I have 2.5 welded in place I also have no cel or mods to trick my computer.

just like this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-5-Magn ... enameZWDVW

[Turbosolara]

as long as you dont remove the catalytic convertor, it will not trigger the CEL. if you are thinking about removing the cat, the car will sounds with high pitch like a civic and shoots out alot of black carbon deposits.

if you really want pwr...i think your best bet is to direct trade the turbo solara....

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

damn i hate how our I4's cars have the lowest after market support haha but... what if i did get this high magnaflow cat... and added a custom that i have (all sensors plug in the header)... what am i looking at??? CEL's?? not street legal?? barely any HP gains.... whats your guys input? or should i just go for the cat by itself?? since Midias got his hooked on with no CEL's

[NRDriver]

as far as cali goes. it sounds like its gonna be a pain in the butt to get smogged. my toyota truck passed the smog test there but when the saw that the headers werent cali certified, they failed me. LOL. so i dont know what you plan on doing when you need new regestration.
Food for thought