figured out the problem

clownhair · 04-02-2006, 04:34 AM

read here for a bit of background
25 psi holy crap

so I pulled the downpipe today and huge chunks of cat just started falling out. It turns out I was right and it was in bad shape. Its taken care of now and is back to pushing 15 psi and feels real nice. I finally got fed up when I couldnt drive up a hill because it would drop into limp mode. Never had another car eat a cat before.

cvenom2122 · 04-02-2006, 04:56 AM

the rl is always hungry

glad you found the problem!

Chazb · 04-02-2006, 08:37 AM

The cat should be under warranty.

Hyperion · 04-02-2006, 11:07 AM

This has happened to more than a few RL's, right? Seems odd for a lot of fairly new cats to come apart. Is this a common problem in general or is it unique to our application (supercharged)?

**Sp00ner** · 04-02-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Hyperion

This has happened to more than a few RL's, right? Seems odd for a lot of fairly new cats to come apart. Is this a common problem in general or is it unique to our application (supercharged)?

Well, cat issues have been around for a while, so I'm not sure that it's just our car. It might be worse with forced induction because the exhaust temps are higher, and with a turbo, you have alot of the heat being put into the turbine. Clown has also put alot of 'test' miles on that cat...

clownhair · 04-02-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chazb

The cat should be under warranty.

mines not, and no emmisions laws = don't really matter.

TXRLU · 04-02-2006, 01:34 PM

So yer running cat-less now? Where are the No-Emissions laws so I can move there! Just run straight pipe like the Neons and tell us how it feels..........

clownhair · 04-02-2006, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TXRLU

So yer running cat-less now? Where are the No-Emissions laws so I can move there! Just run straight pipe like the Neons and tell us how it feels..........

move to michigan

CuriousGeorge · 04-03-2006, 12:48 AM

oklahoma :-D

superbird · 04-03-2006, 08:19 AM

florida and lousiana. I hate cats

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