exhaust pipes on 00 solara

by **aznNblu** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:41 pm

how big are the pipes on solaras? i was gonna take off a cat and i needed to buy the pipe and i don'tknow the size of them. does anyone know what size it is? and also did anyone ever do this before?any better results?

by **Yanks0114** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:45 pm

Wrong section.

I belive they are a little over 2 inches. Why are you removing the cat. Its going to trip your 02 sensor

by **prowlerartist** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:02 pm

i removed the muffler and now have free flow. it sounds better and i got more power

by **SolaraT** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:09 pm

Hey if you don't need to do emitions testing go for it. I would not be able to due to emitions every year. Idealy it would give better flow.

by **aznNblu** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:13 am

that's why i wanted to do it, more flow and less restriction, plus i got a year left before i gotta get inspected

so deos anyone know the specs on the pipes?

by **SolaraT** » Sat May 01, 2004 9:30 am

I guess you got the hookup on a low key shop to do that or your gona do it yourself cause I don't know any muffler shop that will tamper with emitions equiptment. Federal Law says it's a felony charge here in GA. Good luck...

by **onefiend** » Sat May 01, 2004 11:01 am

just go with a cat-back

by **prowlerartist** » Sat May 01, 2004 11:05 am

just take off the muffler and have a straight pipe with a tip. It will pass emissions. I did this to mine and passed no problem in california

by **onefiend** » Sat May 01, 2004 11:41 am

pr0wlerartist wrote:just take off the muffler and have a straight pipe with a tip. It will pass emissions. I did this to mine and passed no problem in california

which smog shop did you take it to, did you have your catalyic converter when you passed?

by **all_red** » Sat May 01, 2004 11:59 am

Yanks0114 wrote:Why are you removing the cat. Its going to trip your 02 sensor

We don't have inspection down here and I was going to remove the cat converter and resonator and just have a straight pipe. Can't I just make a hole in the pipe for the sensor to go in?

by **SolaraT** » Sat May 01, 2004 12:22 pm

all_red wrote:
Yanks0114 wrote:Why are you removing the cat. Its going to trip your 02 sensor

We don't have inspection down here and I was going to remove the cat converter and resonator and just have a straight pipe. Can't I just make a hole in the pipe for the sensor to go in?

The o2 sensor after the cat would trip cause there is no cat to mix the outflow to specs programed in the ECU.
Someone said earlier about an o2 simulator?

by **prowlerartist** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:42 pm

i only took the muffler off, i still have the catalytic converter on and the resanator.

by **aznNblu** » Sat May 01, 2004 5:36 pm

so is there a way not to trip the sensor and get some power out of this whole thing? anyone got a sound clip of no muffler on a solara?

by **SolaraT** » Sat May 01, 2004 6:29 pm

pr0wlerartist wrote:i only took the muffler off, i still have the catalytic converter on and the resanator.

See for Prowlerartist's case all he did was remove the muffler. He still has his CAT and resanator. The o2 sensor is between the cat and resanator. All the muffler does is supress/silence noise. He will be fine with his setup. Why? The o2 sensor detects the outflow after the cat and determines if everything is ok (emitions wise). Therefore, if you got the funds to keep adding/removing the CAT every year or however often you need to do emisions then by all means replace the CAT with a pipe.

by **prowlerartist** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:01 pm

but i did get more power

exhaust pipes on 00 solara

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