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I have Megan test pipes and I love them. Don't put steel wool in your exhaust. Save your money and get a tune if you're worried about getting a CEL.

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Old 09-24-2012, 06:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I have Megan test pipes and I love them.

Don't put steel wool in your exhaust. Save your money and get a tune if you're worried about getting a CEL.
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The smell goes away guys....seriously, once you tune and break it in...it goes away!

Untuned however is a gas station
Isn't the purpose of tuning to undo the leaning out of all your other breather mods? Wouldn't you then have MORE gas being burned/smelling like death?
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I have Megan test pipes and I love them.

Don't put steel wool in your exhaust. Save your money and get a tune if you're worried about getting a CEL.
You can do that too, lol I like leaving my sensors on though
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The smell goes away guys....seriously, once you tune and break it in...it goes away!

Untuned however is a gas station
wouldn't bother be one bit, i ******* love the smell lol.
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yea im getting megan test pipes this weekend (you wouldn't believe the price). i plan on installing both at the same time. we'll see how loud it really is. if its too loud, then itll be back up on the market lol.

thanks for all the help gents, much appreciated.
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Isn't the purpose of tuning to undo the leaning out of all your other breather mods? Wouldn't you then have MORE gas being burned/smelling like death?
LOL
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You're correct in your thinking...but trust me it's faint compared to the first start up.

that or my sense of smell is shot
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yea im getting megan test pipes this weekend (you wouldn't believe the price). i plan on installing both at the same time. we'll see how loud it really is. if its too loud, then itll be back up on the market lol.

thanks for all the help gents, much appreciated.
You doing it yourself?
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You doing it yourself?
probably not. i don't mind doing it, but i'll be under the car with 4 jackstands for at least an hour. i've got a muffler shop that will do it for $40.
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awesome...

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will do, hopefully by this weekend. thanks again for chiming in everyone.
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You can do that too, lol I like leaving my sensors on though
You do realize that the only job the rear 02 sensors have is to make sure that the cats are working properly, right? All they do is report a failure if they don't heat up to a preset temperature within a certain amount of time.

They don't "read" anything. At all.
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probably not. i don't mind doing it, but i'll be under the car with 4 jackstands for at least an hour. i've got a muffler shop that will do it for $40.
$40? They must have never worked on a 370Z before.

Get that estimate in writing.
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Lol @ the people bitching about the gas smell. Don't ever go around a muscle car, race track, or an car with big injectors at idle... If a lil gas smell gets u that bent outta shape ... Well... Get over it lol
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been around the car scene for a good amount of time. although ive never came out with a heavy hitter myself, i know quite a few people. long time friends/grew up with hasbak, phase 2, and a few shops. ive got some pull. no reason to doubt that i cant make it happen for $40. need special smogs? i get them for $45.

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Just saying... It takes a fair bit of labor to do the test pipes. One of the bolts needs to be accessed from the engine bay and usually you need to remove part of the intake for easier access. $40 is an AWESOME deal.
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