I know its difficult for many car enthusiasts to think beyond me, my car, and the next paycheck-that-I-can't-afford-to-blow-on-car-parts-because-my-rent-is-due-but-I-will-anyways.

But the cats are there to decrease your emissions and subsequent pollution of the atmosphere.

 

i live in missouri and as i stated we do an obd scan not a sniff test of any sort... so if i don't have a readiness code for my cat or o2 sensors then i will pass

 

^ OH I C..

i thought you were in cali... BUTTTT but but! there is ONE county here in california that Does not smog!!! i do remember, but i forgot the county. somewhere up north.

 

Going catless is ghey on 99% of the cars on this site. There is very very little gain, if any, when comparing a Test Pipe to a High Flow Cat. Really the only reason anyone would need to drop the cat is if they are planning on getting tuned for race gas. And most of you are nowhere near that point. Having an APR chip, a magnaflow muffler, and a boost gauge isnt reason to need a TP, sorry lol. Oh and all those testpipes are flanged for a k03/k04, so they will be useless if you go BT, minus the elims.
My downpipe has a racecat in it. Granted, its like 100 cell or 150 cell. But I had it made when I was planning on being mostly a street car and not running race gas. I will need to get a new catless dp in the near future to accomadate the lead.

 

I had a bad cat, thus the TP... much cheaper than new cat or HFC... Sorry to offend you, Faster...

 

i went with a tp cause i was a noob and i also didn't feel like spending 240+ for a good one such as the labree..... i got lucky that i did go elim though when i went bigger turbo

 

Not offended, I meant it more as for people considering one. Im not trying to knock people who have them, but if I was at that point, I'd choose the HFC. Personally, I wish I did not have a cat in my setup right now lol.

 

You can get your stock cat replaced with a HFC for that much, if not less.

 

i got a good cat in my garage.... i just wanted more power.... being a noob i thought i had to get something

 

and get a lil beer money from a local scrap yard for your old one.