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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 05:34 AM
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test pipe....clear this up for me

where does the test pipe fit into the exhaust system?
headers-Ypipe-cat-Bpipe-muffler
Is that right?
where does the test pipe come in?
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 05:43 AM
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test pipe replaces your cat...
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 05:46 AM
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It replaces the cat.

Testpipe terminology is really a misnomer, makes it somehow sound legitimate because you are just testing 365 days a year vs running an illegal polluting environmental saving bypass.

BTW I do it too.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:07 AM
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Test pipes are cheap too. You can get one made for like $35.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:53 AM
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Test pipes are cheap too. You can get one made for like $35.
Get an old cat and punch it, at least if someone looks under your car it looks legit, even if it doesn't smell legit.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:06 AM
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Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:27 AM
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Where is custom maximas resonated SS test pipe for 95-96 maxs
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:51 AM
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I think you guys have a bung welded in the cat for the 02 so maybe that's why they didn't produce any for you.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 02:55 PM
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Does anyone know if the CM test pipe would fit the 95-96 max without modification i dont care about the O2
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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you have to have the O2 sensor.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 03:48 PM
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Originally posted by krismax
Does anyone know if the CM test pipe would fit the 95-96 max without modification i dont care about the O2
it fits, if you don't care about the 02.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 04:39 PM
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Whoa! Thomas is still alive?
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 04:58 PM
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Whoa! Thomas is still alive?
what have you been up to?
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:25 PM
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it wont do anything for your car. dont get it. waste of money and hurts enviro...

test pipes suck and you suck if you get one. unless you got a turbo or nitrous you wont notice it helping at all.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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I've got a test pipe. Not that it helped or anything though...

Warpspeed sells them for 95/96 for $25.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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i've got a test pipe.... i must suck
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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Well now that I know what it is, I wouldn't get one. I feel some moral obligation to not purposely f*** up the environment.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:39 PM
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Well now that I know what it is, I wouldn't get one. I feel some moral obligation to not purposely f*** up the environment.
Call the president of mexico and get them to put catalytic converters on all their cars too. They don't have them down there.
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 07:51 PM
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I'm just saying I don't want to harm the environment myself anymore than I have to.
And I'll call mexico tomorrow
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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Originally posted by white95max
I'm just saying I don't want to harm the environment myself anymore than I have to.
And I'll call mexico tomorrow
I know I was just joking. It's a good point you make. I've considered putting my cat back on if I can find it in my garage. I lost my strut bar in there somewhere too... people keep moving things on me.
Old Jun 5, 2003 | 06:35 AM
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I'm just saying I don't want to harm the environment myself anymore than I have to.
And I'll call mexico tomorrow
I not trying to be a **** but i seen a news report on CNN about three years ago but a 2 cycle engine jet ski, in sevens hours of use the jet skis pollution equals a midsize car (made in 99)driven for one hundred thousand miles.
Old Jun 28, 2003 | 01:45 PM
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got a CM test pipe put on my car. it helped me, im not talking about 50 seat of your pants Horsepower ! I noticed it in the upper rpms, I would take it any day over hi flow cats, it helped me so to each his own. as for sound i got the resonated one so its much the same, maybe a little more ballz. i have jwt popcharger/y pipe/b pipe/aftermarket muffler
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Old Jun 28, 2003 | 02:26 PM
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Well now that I know what it is, I wouldn't get one. I feel some moral obligation to not purposely f*** up the environment.
I just noticed in your sig ,you have a spot where you are going to get a y-pipe are you going to weld the precats in? Because hipocrit your car will hurt the environment more now. But you might say it will still pass sniffer,but your "moral obligation" will not allow you to add one more once of pollution to the air. Remember the more cats the cleaner the air.
Old Jun 28, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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Well the Y-pipe doesn't eliminate the treating of the exhaust gases completely. The test pipe and Y-pipe would eliminate all cats, resulting in exhaust being released completely untreated. So installing the Y-pipe would make no difference after warm-up, and a minimal difference before warm-up.
Old Jun 29, 2003 | 06:35 PM
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How do u pass emissions if u have a test pipe? can u remove it before your test? and put it back on after?
Old Jun 30, 2003 | 05:10 AM
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I love you.. *sniff*

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way.

ZuM

Originally posted by white95max
I'm just saying I don't want to harm the environment myself anymore than I have to.
And I'll call mexico tomorrow
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