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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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Anyone?? Smell with HFC

So I just installed my turboxs turboback catted and drove it for about 30 min and there is a big smell coming out of my exhaust I'm sure its the smell everyone is talking about for the test pipe but can you have that smell wih a HFC? Is it still legal if theres a smell like that?
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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Yanluvralliart
So I just installed my turboxs turboback catted and drove it for about 30 min and there is a big smell coming out of my exhaust I'm sure its the smell everyone is talking about for the test pipe but can you have that smell wih a HFC? Is it still legal if theres a smell like that?
It should get better after a couple hundred miles. My HFC smelled for a couple hundred miles after I first had it installed, but the smell gradually diminished over the course of a few days/weeks(depending on how much you drive on a daily basis).
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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 06:46 PM
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Great! Thats what I wanted to hear, but can you still get a ticket for the smell even if its not a tet pipe?
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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Yanluvralliart
Great! Thats what I wanted to hear, but can you still get a ticket for the smell even if its not a tet pipe?
The answer to that question depends partially on the particular laws where you live. In general though, unless a cop is in the car immediately behind your Ralliart while you're sitting at a stopsign/stoplight, or you get pulled over for another violation and keep the vehicle running while the cop is walking up to your car's window, there's really no way that they're going to be able smell anything suspicious from more than about a car's length away.
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 04:52 AM
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Have you tuned your car for the turboback exhaust? My TurboXS turboback hasn't had any smells. I hardly even know its there, until I get on it.
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 05:53 AM
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Got turboxs on mine. Smelled for about a day to burn off the coating they put on them. Catback with cat delete
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 07:17 AM
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I'm going for a tune next Saturday, but I drove it this morning and you gus are right it wasnt as bad, and for the engine light what do I need to do put a spacer for the O2 sensor? If so where did you buy yours?
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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Have the tune drop the signal for the rear O2 sensor
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