Originally Posted by erkthejerk73 maybe 4 cats = 4 O2 sensors? Yeah I'm not sure on his confusion about 4 cats. He pointed to the piping in front of the
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Yeah I'm not sure on his confusion about 4 cats. He pointed to the piping in front of the cats (not the exhaust direction, the other side. Between the cat and the headers I guess?). So, almost as if he made it seem as if there was an additional cat in front of each one. If that makes sense.
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Everything between the headers and midpipe on these cars is a huge restriction on your exhaust. So anything that opens that up (HFC, LTH, or Y pipe) will see a large increase. The rest of the exhaust, get what you like
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Just picked up the car. He said everything went smooth, and it does sound really good.
Only thing is I can *definitely* hear air coming from where the cats are. At high RPMs on the road it's noticeable, and when I have the car stationary with the door open during revs. Should I be able to? For example if I give it a nice rev up to 4k while in neutral, on the release I'll hear air from the front-middle of the under carriage. I was a bit concerned at first, but I wasn't sure if it was because I'm not used to it, or something isn't right. |
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Some of the older VQ35 engines used in the maxima had four cats, two pre-cats ahead of the normal cat that you'd normally see in an exhaust. I'm not sure why he would say that after having the car up on a lift though, it would be immediately evident that the pre-casts were not present on the 370z.
In my experience, most mechanics will try to convince you that aftermarket parts are a waste if they are not an enthusiast themselves. They are so used to seeing cobbled up stuff that they usually push people away from aftermarket parts. I wouldn't give the guy to much credit because he obviously doesn;t know much about the 370. You've made a good choice and will be very happy with the money that you spent.
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One more thing. And I'm on mobile at the moment. But I revved the car just now and I can actually smell exhaust. Just throwing that out there ... Shouldn't be normal right...?
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