Dangers of Test Pipe?
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Air pollution in India is horrendous. I was talking to a co-worker in India and he was coughing a lot. I asked him if he was sick and he said he was coughing because he made a quick trip to the market on his motorbike and didn't wear a mask. It's estimated 1.1 million people die prematurely in India due to air pollution.
At 10 million, Delhi hits record number of vehicles; air pollution up too | delhi | Hindustan Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/w...deadliest.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/50449237.cms
At 10 million, Delhi hits record number of vehicles; air pollution up too | delhi | Hindustan Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/w...deadliest.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/50449237.cms
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Kind of off topic, but average life expectancy in China has dropped five years due to air pollution.
As for stink, anyone that tells you there is no smell doesn't understand what a catalytic converter does nor that the smell trails behind the car. They are the same folks that think their farts don't stink because they're jogging away from them - fine for them but not for anyone that comes after.
As for stink, anyone that tells you there is no smell doesn't understand what a catalytic converter does nor that the smell trails behind the car. They are the same folks that think their farts don't stink because they're jogging away from them - fine for them but not for anyone that comes after.
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The S already has a high-flow cat, and replacing with a test pipe just makes your car stink and will soot your rear bumper, for negligible gain. Just stick with the stock cat. I'd only consider replacing if my cat went bad and I didn't have to worry about emissions tests because it is a cheap option, but that is not usually the case.
I can tell you from years of driving S2000s and being around people that remove their cats that one, no S2000 with a test pipe has ever been able to escape me, two, they smell like ass, and three, their rear bumpers look like ass if you are not constantly wiping them down.
I can tell you from years of driving S2000s and being around people that remove their cats that one, no S2000 with a test pipe has ever been able to escape me, two, they smell like ass, and three, their rear bumpers look like ass if you are not constantly wiping them down.
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The S already has a high-flow cat, and replacing with a test pipe just makes your car stink and will soot your rear bumper, for negligible gain. Just stick with the stock cat. I'd only consider replacing if my cat went bad and I didn't have to worry about emissions tests because it is a cheap option, but that is not usually the case.
I can tell you from years of driving S2000s and being around people that remove their cats that one, no S2000 with a test pipe has ever been able to escape me, two, they smell like ass, and three, their rear bumpers look like ass if you are not constantly wiping them down.
I can tell you from years of driving S2000s and being around people that remove their cats that one, no S2000 with a test pipe has ever been able to escape me, two, they smell like ass, and three, their rear bumpers look like ass if you are not constantly wiping them down.
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From: Illnoise. WAY downtown, jerky.
No clue why you fools are bringing up the environment.
OP is good to get a test pipe as long as it doesn't affect HIS health. He is aware that it depletes the environment...which is obviously fine. But he's very concerned about his own welfare.
To answer OP's question...there's people here that think that "there's no smell" from a car that is catless.
Obviously, having a catless car damages TF out of your sense of reality.
OP is good to get a test pipe as long as it doesn't affect HIS health. He is aware that it depletes the environment...which is obviously fine. But he's very concerned about his own welfare.
To answer OP's question...there's people here that think that "there's no smell" from a car that is catless.
Obviously, having a catless car damages TF out of your sense of reality.
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You sit in a closed garage with a minivan with a cat and you'll still die from it. It's not a light switch that instantly makes your exhaust expel sunshine and rainbows. Yes, in the mass having a cat DOES help. Being the one of the rare cars without it won't save the world. I'd be willing to bet close to 99% of the cars in the US have cat's. You're not harming a god damn thing with a test pipe and you aren't saving the trees by having one.
Places like China, Indonesia, India, Phillipines, etc. all have factories that expel so much more toxic fumes than a group of cat-less car's can in a century.
Honestly, there are better things you can do to help the planet than 1 car with a cat if that's what anyone is worried about.
Don't get me wrong here, as I'm sure someone will take this reply incorrectly, you should have a cat on your car especially if it's your daily. You are hurting the environment and you are a contributing factor to global warming. But in the grand scheme of things, there are dozens of other reasons why our ozone is going to crap but the few car enthusiasts littered throughout the world running cat-less isn't the leading cause of it.
Places like China, Indonesia, India, Phillipines, etc. all have factories that expel so much more toxic fumes than a group of cat-less car's can in a century.
Honestly, there are better things you can do to help the planet than 1 car with a cat if that's what anyone is worried about.
Don't get me wrong here, as I'm sure someone will take this reply incorrectly, you should have a cat on your car especially if it's your daily. You are hurting the environment and you are a contributing factor to global warming. But in the grand scheme of things, there are dozens of other reasons why our ozone is going to crap but the few car enthusiasts littered throughout the world running cat-less isn't the leading cause of it.
