To keep the cat, or install the pipe?
i did the install myself very easy... except had trouble with the sensor comming off... it was in there good... i have only a CAI... and no exhaust... tightened the throttle cable a bit... and cars great... at first it sounded so gay.. but after a couple miles when the carbon built up inside the pipe it was all good.. sounds great... when i get my cat back i'm keeping it in... but when i get headers it has to go honestly... i've heard all the complaints....
boe - I'm thinking of taking out my test pipe when I get my headers...not going to combine the two. In terms of piggyback...i dunno man...not ready to switch to 91 octane just yet...gas prices are up the roof right now.
alexis - i should of drove over to your place to get mine installed. I went somewhere and paid an arm and a leg for it. Oh well.
alexis - i should of drove over to your place to get mine installed. I went somewhere and paid an arm and a leg for it. Oh well.
bob- take the sensor off first with a 7/8" line wrench (looks like a box wrench with teeth on the end) Sensor sockets suck!! (yell it from the mountaintops 3 times fast 
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I put my cat-converter back in and have noticed much better torque and not a lot lost in the upper end (of course, I don't spend a lot of time at 5k+ RPM in 5th). If you're AXing you'll not want to take the cat our because it'll 1) bump you into a higher category and 2) you'll be losing all that valuable throttle response and torque.
Plus, with and a cat you get that growl which the test pipe converts to a tinny rattle (yes, I drove with it on for approx 10K miles)
Just $0.02 from an NA guy who's been on both sides of the fence.
)I put my cat-converter back in and have noticed much better torque and not a lot lost in the upper end (of course, I don't spend a lot of time at 5k+ RPM in 5th). If you're AXing you'll not want to take the cat our because it'll 1) bump you into a higher category and 2) you'll be losing all that valuable throttle response and torque.
Plus, with and a cat you get that growl which the test pipe converts to a tinny rattle (yes, I drove with it on for approx 10K miles)
Just $0.02 from an NA guy who's been on both sides of the fence.
fro... i've worked on so things so far this summer for friends.. especially this car.. the corolla S... even though it's my cousin's I've done so much to it
here's the pic of our cars 2gether
bob... i actually cut my o2 sensor wires cause it was being a hassel and then used my soldering iron to put them back 2gether
here's the pic of our cars 2gether
bob... i actually cut my o2 sensor wires cause it was being a hassel and then used my soldering iron to put them back 2gether
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