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Shopping for a high-flow cat converter; MagnaFlow or Eastern Catalytic?
I am interested in buying either a MagnaFlow or Eastern Catalytic cat converter off eBay to replace the one that I removed when installing my header.Which would you recommend?
and you won't "lose" power really....as long as you get a high-flow cat
but a straight pipe would give you more power probably...since you have an i4 you shouldn't have to worry about backpressure either
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and you won't "lose" power really....as long as you get a high-flow cat
but a straight pipe would give you more power probably...since you have an i4 you shouldn't have to worry about backpressure either
The thing is; I don't want to lose the gain that I got from installing my header.
I am going to buy a High-Flow MagnaFlow cat converter. I am going to have the muffler shop do 2.25" pipe from the header back to my muffler with the cat and rez in between(like a typical vehicle)
Do magnaflow cats muffle sound as well as the stock cat?
but about losing the gain from the headers...I doubt that would be a problem...a freeflow exhaust is fairly good usually, and the gains that you got from your headers aren't exactly phenomenal since you have an 4banger...it shouldn't have any adverse effect on your performance at all
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but about losing the gain from the headers...I doubt that would be a problem...a freeflow exhaust is fairly good usually, and the gains that you got from your headers aren't exactly phenomenal since you have an 4banger...it shouldn't have any adverse effect on your performance at all
Thanks for your advice! You have convinced me to buy the High-Flow MagnaFLow cat!
Wait wait ... N/A i$ doesnt need back pressure ?!?!?!?
where did you get this information ...
Dude, you are sooo wrong ...
this is only true if you were turbo ... But a N/A like a 5s-fe or a 3s-fe would require some back pressure to make power especially due to the low redline... Now if you can rev the F#@ker to 11,000 rpm then striaght pipe would be benificial. But that having horsepower in the higher rpm band...
Wait wait ... N/A i$ doesnt need back pressure ?!?!?!?
where did you get this information ...
Dude, you are sooo wrong ...
this is only true if you were turbo ... But a N/A like a 5s-fe or a 3s-fe would require some back pressure to make power especially due to the low redline... Now if you can rev the F#@ker to 11,000 rpm then striaght pipe would be benificial. But that having horsepower in the higher rpm band...
There will be more backpressure with the high-flow cat than there will be with the setup I have currently.
Wait wait ... N/A i$ doesnt need back pressure ?!?!?!?
where did you get this information ...
Dude, you are sooo wrong ...
this is only true if you were turbo ... But a N/A like a 5s-fe or a 3s-fe would require some back pressure to make power especially due to the low redline... Now if you can rev the F#@ker to 11,000 rpm then striaght pipe would be benificial. But that having horsepower in the higher rpm band...
was never under the impression that backpressure was a really big factor to a car that dynos at under 100whp.....unless he was running a full open exhaust...and even then
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