Emissions parts removed to increase performance?
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Emissions parts removed to increase performance?
Aside from the cat, what other parts emissions related can be removed for a performance increase?
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5 Hp? Out of 238? That's a pretty small price to pay for clean air.
Remember the pre-cat days when cars had air pumps as part of emission control? Not only did those things eat up significant power, but they caused all kinds of drivablilty problems. I don't mind my cat one bit. And if I want to improve straight-line performance, I'll lose some weight.
Ken
Remember the pre-cat days when cars had air pumps as part of emission control? Not only did those things eat up significant power, but they caused all kinds of drivablilty problems. I don't mind my cat one bit. And if I want to improve straight-line performance, I'll lose some weight.
Ken
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5 Hp? Out of 238? That's a pretty small price to pay for clean air.
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Originally Posted by zoom44
ken- todays cars have air pumps and cats
I haven't done any crawling around the mechanicals on my 8 yet, and the newest car I've done mechanical work on was my '87 Accord. No air pump on that.
I remember the transition to air pumps in the late 60s, early 70s, and how bad things were. BMW introduced their 2002 as a replacement to the 1600 because the air-pumped 2 liter engine matched the power of the unencumbered 1.6 liter.
I never did remove an air pump from a car of that era - the need for all of us to breath kind of kept me in line. But I never looked askance at anyone who did.
The only problem I've ever had with cats is how expensive they are to replace, and having to be careful to not park on top of flammable material.
Ken
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