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Old 01-19-2007, 12:30 PM
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4AT removing CAT

Does anyone know what is the Pro and Cons of removing CAT for 4AT?
will it make the car go faster or slower?
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im pretty sure that it doesnt do anything significant alone, maybe a combination with pullies would help more noticable.
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does it have a side effect or will it make the car go lean? or will it disturb the back pressure? or it will give higher flow rate?
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nah it should be good but like he said with other mods you'll see bigger gains like exhuast and such
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you're going to gain maybe 3 hp, and it's going to make your car stink. You're better off just getting the rb reflash or something else that's not illegal.
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oh ic. thanks for the info.
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Also, large chance you throw up the annoying check engine light.
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not to mention it'll be loud..
Old 01-20-2007, 01:29 AM
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I think the RB reflash is only for the MTs.

I'm trying a new rear end gear soon and will post my seat of the pants results once that happens.
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i know it will be very fast on pickups. it will be amazing. but u will lose your topspeed.
but like all the singapore members say, how often u go 200km/h?
and u also need speed cut for that. hehehe
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theres an RE flash on asia forums for AT. dont know if its still going on.
Old 01-20-2007, 07:55 PM
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it was in singapore. no more.
i am located at east malaysia, that is north borneo to a lot of u.
can't send my car over, too far, so too bad for me.
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I removed the stock cat and install the RP hi-flow. I did notice a change. It "seems" to pick up a little quicker. Also the thortle response is faster. Now since I dont have a g-tach or did a dyno, this is all speculation.

No cel yet.
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Originally Posted by 09Factor
I removed the stock cat and install the RP hi-flow. I did notice a change. It "seems" to pick up a little quicker. Also the thortle response is faster. Now since I dont have a g-tach or did a dyno, this is all speculation.

No cel yet.
Does it cause the idle to be rough?
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The idle was rough before the stockcat came off and the hi-flo went on. So I would say no.
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Ive been running the stock cat and exaust for a while. I just put a strait pipe in place and gained 20 HP. Im shure its not as dramatic without FI but its proven the less back pressure the better on power with a rotory.
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^ 20 HP... sound tempting.. did you dynoed it?
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Originally Posted by foo77
^ 20 HP... sound tempting.. did you dynoed it?
Yes, has this been dynoed? Why would a straight pipe add that much HP and the Hi Flow cats cannot touch that gain? Am I missing something? I know the cats will not have a 20 HP gain, but I would thing maybe a 10 HP gain. Help me out because if you really got 20 HP and have the dynos to show it (or back it up). WOW!
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He said the gains were more dramatic because of forced induction. I'm sure he did dyno it since he's working on the 4 port blower at Pettit.
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