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Exhaust Bullet Style Catalytic Converters

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Another link:

http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/x-pipes-3/
 

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Bassani used to make a kit that looked more like the Dr Gas x pipe and it was stainless. Wonder where that went?
 

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That first link I showed you is pretty freaking close.
 

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It's close, but the cross over is different. Honestly, that's a good price and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than it used to be.
 

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stykthyn said:
It's close, but the cross over is different. Honestly, that's a good price and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than it used to be.
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I'm not sure how different it could really be. Both are setup to accept the cat-back in the stock locations. The sliders for the headers give you a little room if needed but also pick up the headers from the stock location. The last Dr. Gas that I saw was regular steel and I think had ball flanges for the x-pipe. It was still in the box, broken into what looked like similar pieces to the Anderson pic.
 

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Looked like this with a bassani stamp on the x and iirc it was close to 700 dollars about 10 years ago.
 

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Mine looks like the other one and has the heat shields.

and did you mean, "Dr. Gas Stamp"?
 

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That's gotta be for SN95... It has after-cat sensor bungs.
 

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stykthyn said:
Why add it back if mfe has provided concrete evidence that the spun metallics work better than the stock units and all of its accompanying hardware?
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Why put it back to performance/stock? I want it to last longer than 5 years, 40k miles? I like a happy computer that does not spit codes without reprogramming? I want to be ready for any state's smog Nazis? I already bought the parts and have most on? I think all the above are legit answers for me.

It is also a lot cheaper and easier than installing a top of the line, self tuning system, new cats and whatever other new pollution devices would bring it up to 2016 standards. Add a flex fuel module and variable cam timing on a stroker motor and I would be very happy and very broke.

With the older computer, I wonder if the new converters might run really clean with extra air and last longer.
 

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Also... States do not have the brain power to figure it out on their own. The ones that test are awaiting their guidance from God.
 

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7991LXnSHO said:
Why put it back to performance/stock? I want it to last longer than 5 years, 40k miles? I like a happy computer that does not spit codes without reprogramming? I want to be ready for any state's smog Nazis? I already bought the parts and have most on? I think all the above are legit answers for me.

It is also a lot cheaper and easier than installing a top of the line, self tuning system, new cats and whatever other new pollution devices would bring it up to 2016 standards. Add a flex fuel module and variable cam timing on a stroker motor and I would be very happy and very broke.

With the older computer, I wonder if the new converters might run really clean with extra air and last longer.
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All well and good reasons, but in all fairness to the Mags, that 5 years and 40,000 miles included 4,000 miles of beating the out of it on road courses. When talking to Magnaflow and others before I bought them, nobody thought any of their available ceramic-substrate cats would last worth a damn. It's exactly why I went with the metal-substrate units, and I'm happy they lasted as long as they did.
 
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It was an interesting experiment and I am glad you documented the results.
 
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