SaintS2000

Hello All,

Besides the obvious that a few may be adding more problems to our environment and to our ozone layer by having a test pipe.

I'll probably get my as5 whooped for asking this question but I'll ask anyway what may seem to be a common sense question.

But wouldn't it be harmful to one's health if you do change your cat. to a test pipe in the long run or even now especially if you frequently drive your S2000, for an instance, as your daily?

I actually researched the function of a cat. converter and this is what I have found:

"A catalytic converter is a device that uses a catalyst to convert three harmful compounds in car exhaust into harmless compounds.
The three harmful compounds are:

• Hydrocarbons (in the form of unburned gasoline)
• Carbon monoxide (formed by the combustion of gasoline)
• Nitrogen oxides (created when the heat in the engine forces nitrogen in the air to combine with oxygen)

Carbon monoxide is a poison for any air-breathing animal. Nitrogen oxides lead to smog and acid rain, and hydrocarbons produce smog."

In a catalytic converter, the catalyst (in the form of platinum and palladium) is coated onto a ceramic honeycomb or ceramic beads that are housed in a muffler-like package attached to the exhaust pipe. The catalyst helps to convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. It converts the hydrocarbons into carbon dioxide and water. It also converts the nitrogen oxides back into nitrogen and oxygen.

Source: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/question66.htm

I'm contemplating of getting one but would like to hear one's input. I'd expect with these fumes that you guys are describing, I would imagine one will have symptoms such as (but not limited to): dizziness, feeling sluggish, sleepy, headache or light-headedness?

Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks!
SS

Topplayer

Edit:
Yes its bad for your heath, how bad? not as bad as riding behind someone that has a test pipe. get a HFC if your concerned.

Midnightdennis

Hey, we have a convertible top dont we? Lol

Apex1.0

I don't like the sound of the exhaust with a tp anyway. Too high pitched and raspy. Go with a hfc. Most of the flow, with reduction in emissions and better sound IMO.

riceball777

I been driving for 18 years now and I never had a car with a cat. I’m still alive.

Chuck S

It's an irrefutable scientific fact that anyone who has ever driven a car without a catalytic converter, even once, dies.

-- Chuck

Chibo

Don't be a dickbag, run a cat.

Jah2000

I stopped running TPs ever since my teacher and other people told me I smelled like gasoline and/or drugs in the '90s. Pretty embarrassing when you smell like a gas station.

JUSTINTHECOASTIE

Life is all about chance, chance you die from hazardous waste, chance you die and don't even know we are dead, fact is live everyday as if you will die the next blink of your eye. On the bright side, plants can actually process the carbon monoxide making carbon dioxide which it needs to survive along with nitrogen oxide and certain hydrocarbons.

spdracerut

Hazardous waste makes you die faster along with causing other health issues (mental, respiratory, etc). There's a reason we don't have lead in gasoline anymore. There's a reason for the EPA. You kinda need clean air and water to live a healthy life. The alternative is to be exposed to excessive hazardous waste and chemicals. I HATE being behind cars without cats. I visited Taiwan back in the early 90s and I didn't see the sun the entire week I was there because of the pollution.

Also, plants convert CO2 to oxygen, not CO to CO2. This is why deforestation is really bad for the earth as it reduces the planets ability to convert CO2 to O2.

Here's some fun stuff from China where filtering products for air and water are required because pollution is so bad:
Beijing's smog: A tale of two cities - CNN