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Topic #75154 22 posts Started by 96stgreendemon
96stgreendemon
#1
so my cat is clogged and i really do not feel like paying 200 bucks for a new one, anyone know of a test pipe that will fit our cars?
1996 Toyota Celica Project Mean Green3RD Gen 3SGTE WRC Edition W/LSD E153 - Love BOOST <32001 Solar yellow Lexus IS3002001 Dodge ram 1500 Off-road edition
Smaay
#2
yeah a trip to a muffler shop. have a pipe welded in its place

This post has been edited by Smaay: Jul 25, 2010 - 11:37 PM
2001 Celica GT-S Turbo1997 Supra TT 6speed1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap1990 Celica All-Trac
HectortheRican
#3
Awesome, I'm about to get a header put on and I wanna do a cat delete and keep the old exhaust manifold/cat for when I need to pass inspection. So the muffler shop will have test pipes handy?
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
HectortheRican
#4
P.S., I just wanna know. What kind of performance gains would I expect to see from a header + cat delete?
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
Smaay
#5
ok slow down turbo....The straight pipe will have to be fabricated to fit your exhaust. there are no off the shelf straight pipes that i know of. Unfortunatly you have an ST, i dont think there is a performance header for the 7A-FE. but i do know this guy that makes a turbo kit for one. try doing some searching in the Forced Induction section.
2001 Celica GT-S Turbo1997 Supra TT 6speed1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap1990 Celica All-Trac
HectortheRican
#6
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QUOTE (Smaay @ Jul 26, 2010 - 8:28 AM) *
>ok slow down turbo....The straight pipe will have to be fabricated to fit your exhaust. there are no off the shelf straight pipes that i know of. Unfortunatly you have an ST, i dont think there is a performance header for the 7A-FE. but i do know this guy that makes a turbo kit for one. try doing some searching in the Forced Induction section.


I'm not going turbo.. and they do make performance headers for the 7AFE, they just need to be extended a bit. I was going to have a muffler shop fabricate me a test pipe with flanges on both sides so it'll bolt on and be easy to take off. I know they don't make test pipes for ST's. I guess I should've worded the question differently than 'test pipes', more like tubes they can make me a test pipe out of.

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Jul 26, 2010 - 2:07 PM
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
SwissFerdi
#7
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QUOTE (Smaay @ Jul 26, 2010 - 9:28 AM) *
>ok slow down turbo....The straight pipe will have to be fabricated to fit your exhaust. there are no off the shelf straight pipes that i know of. Unfortunatly you have an ST, i dont think there is a performance header for the 7A-FE. but i do know this guy that makes a turbo kit for one. try doing some searching in the Forced Induction section.


Really? I know that guy as well. He's pretty awesome, he said he'd ship a kit to anyone promising to worship his 7A-FTE setup.

Hay Smaay...you know I love a 7A-FTE setup right?
'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE
hatchy_gt-s
#8
No shop will take the cat. off your car thats a $25,000 fine for the tech and a $500,000 fine for the shop. I believe Vincent has a test pipe on his site, look there.
HectortheRican
#9
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QUOTE (hatchy_gt-s @ Jul 26, 2010 - 2:12 PM) *
>No shop will take the cat. off your car thats a $25,000 fine for the tech and a $500,000 fine for the shop. I believe Vincent has a test pipe on his site, look there.


Damn, really? Geez.. looks like I'm stuck getting a cat. And I've seen the one on his site, it's only for the 3SGE.

So in order to do a cat delete, I'd either have to do it myself, get a buddy to do it, etc., is that what I'm understanding?

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Jul 26, 2010 - 2:21 PM
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
SoDo
#11
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QUOTE (hatchy_gt-s @ Jul 26, 2010 - 2:12 PM) *
>No shop will take the cat. off your car thats a $25,000 fine for the tech and a $500,000 fine for the shop. I believe Vincent has a test pipe on his site, look there.

Pay in cash and they will.
1999 Celica GT Hatchback
HectortheRican
#12
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QUOTE (SoDo @ Jul 27, 2010 - 12:28 AM) *
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QUOTE (hatchy_gt-s @ Jul 26, 2010 - 2:12 PM) *
>No shop will take the cat. off your car thats a $25,000 fine for the tech and a $500,000 fine for the shop. I believe Vincent has a test pipe on his site, look there.

Pay in cash and they will.


Ha, that's doable, I'll do that.
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
krom8
#13
Most shops won't take it off because of fines. If it's already gone they'll usually do it no questions asked. Just remove it yourself.

This post has been edited by krom8: Jul 27, 2010 - 2:03 AM
Me and a guitar
HectortheRican
#14
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QUOTE (krom8 @ Jul 27, 2010 - 2:02 AM) *
>Most shops won't take it off because of fines. If it's already gone they'll usually do it no questions asked. Just remove it yourself.


I can't though. It's welded onto the old exhaust manifold.
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
hatchy_gt-s
#15
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QUOTE (SoDo @ Jul 27, 2010 - 1:28 AM) *
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QUOTE (hatchy_gt-s @ Jul 26, 2010 - 2:12 PM) *
>No shop will take the cat. off your car thats a $25,000 fine for the tech and a $500,000 fine for the shop. I believe Vincent has a test pipe on his site, look there.

Pay in cash and they will.


Ya Im not trying to give him illegal advice.
krom8
#17
I didn't know you were talking about the first cat. Maybe it would be cheaper to just get a cheap header and get it extended to fit your exhaust.

Did a search on partstrain.com for you and found this. http://www.partstrain.com/store/details/To...33-1838083.html

This post has been edited by krom8: Jul 27, 2010 - 5:19 PM
Me and a guitar
HectortheRican
#18
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QUOTE (krom8 @ Jul 27, 2010 - 5:14 PM) *
>I didn't know you were talking about the first cat. Maybe it would be cheaper to just get a cheap header and get it extended to fit your exhaust.


I'm talking about the second one before it meets the exhaust. And that's what I want to do! but apparently it's super highly illegal for any shop to delete the cat.
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
krom8
#19
If this is a must for you to get your car running right temporarily until you can figure out what to do you can cut it off and clamp some flex pipe on in it's place. It won't last long at all but I've done this on a tercel, paseo, corolla, chevy celebrity and an s-10. It's pretty straight forward but remember that flex pipe doesn't last long at all.

I think I'm getting confused, it seems there are two different posters asking different questions. It is super illegal for the shop to remove your cat. So is smoking weed but that doesn't stop people either, there are ways around everything just think outside the box.

This post has been edited by krom8: Jul 27, 2010 - 5:26 PM
Me and a guitar
HectortheRican
#20
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QUOTE (krom8 @ Jul 27, 2010 - 5:22 PM) *
>If this is a must for you to get your car running right temporarily until you can figure out what to do you can cut it off and clamp some flex pipe on in it's place. It won't last long at all but I've done this on a tercel, paseo, corolla, chevy celebrity and an s-10. It's pretty straight forward but remember that flex pipe doesn't last long at all.


My car runs fine, I just want a header. This is what I'd like to be done.

1.) receive header in mail
2.) take header to shop, have them custom make me a test pipe with flanges on both sides so it bolts onto the exhaust and downpipe no problem
3.) later when I'm not so strapped for cash, buy a good cat so I don't need to worry about inspections.
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
krom8
#21
I think your just going to have to buy your header and worry about step two once you get it. If you want to keep your flanges then definately don't take my flex pipe suggestion. You'll find a shop don't worry. Just tell them what you want done and they'll say yes or no. If you have problems finding a place to do the start looking for a shop outside of your city limits. Small independently owned shops usually will do whatever you want.
Me and a guitar
HectortheRican
#22
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QUOTE (krom8 @ Jul 27, 2010 - 5:33 PM) *
>I think your just going to have to buy your header and worry about step two once you get it. If you want to keep your flanges then definately don't take my flex pipe suggestion. You'll find a shop don't worry. Just tell them what you want done and they'll say yes or no. If you have problems finding a place to do the start looking for a shop outside of your city limits. Small independently owned shops usually will do whatever you want.


Oh definitely. I wasn't planning on going to Pep Boys or anything. There's plenty of small shops in the area. Thanks a lot, finally a straight answer from someone.
taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
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