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I've been paranoid since I read this article. Anyone had it happen?
I've been paranoid since I read this article. Anyone had it happen?
This scares me.
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SHO.fast
Wants Boost
hasnt happened but i agree that can be a little scary
i dont want sand in my engine
that is bad very very bad
I've seen quite a few cats blown out of SHO's, but never going upstream. When Scott had one going out on his car, he asked me what he should do to fix it. I told him to go beat on the car for a bit, so we did. 10 minutes later, we blew it out the the exhaust and gained a bunch of power back.
SHO_DOODmorrris
Owner & Fanatic
IM A GENIUS... i have the perfect solution... CUT OUT THE CATS
rofl...
rofl...
93rev2sev
SHO Member
Waiting to see what some others think before opening my trap.
SHO.fast
Wants Boost
Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
I have personally seen one car that ingested pieces of catalyst back into the cylinders, and know of one other from word-of-mouth (Erik T./RStalveyAFRR).
So, it's not common but can/has happened. It probably takes a very specific set of circumstances.
I certainly wouldn't run around feeling paranoid or worrying about the 1,000,000,000 things that can go wrong with any 14-20 year old car if there weren't any outward signs of trouble.
So, it's not common but can/has happened. It probably takes a very specific set of circumstances.
I certainly wouldn't run around feeling paranoid or worrying about the 1,000,000,000 things that can go wrong with any 14-20 year old car if there weren't any outward signs of trouble.
1993MTXSHO
Its a Taurus...
Just go tap you cats with a hammer or something and see if you hear pieces rattling around, if you do, the cats are toasted and you need to get them off asap. If you don't they're probably fine and you have nothing to worry about.
1995SHO9
FLEES ARE COMIN
Just loose the cats and go Felineless
Brett
SHOs before HOs
Ive not been here long, and i recall a very long thread reguarding this, it was argued up and down. It may have been wiped out, but its worth checking into.
ShoBall93
New Member
Sooo my Temp guage on my 3.2 is always down way below 1/2 almost most oof the time on the bottom line.. does this mean my Tstat is stuck open? cuz my car is always running funny, can this be why? sometimes feels like its loading up or idling funny or just loss of power?.....
Just thinking out loud but maybe it's running rough has something to do with your 72mm MAF? Did you reprogram your MAF for that peticular size MAF? Where can I get one of those powercoated intakes?
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westcoastclarke
New Member
yes.
My car was the same way. When the weather got cold, it would not even come off the bottom line. At all. after I changed my tstat the car ran better, warmed up faster, and the temp stayed around the middle even on the highway in the middle of winter. (this summer, when the temp was at 1/2, if i got on the highway it would drop to zero!)
some would say to change ur temp sensor when u do ur tstat. I did not though.
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pjtoledo
'ol man in the SHO
there's a write up in the first Goody Book on this, that puts it back to, what, 92 or something?? it's been known for some time now.
ShoBall93
New Member
Just thinking out loud but maybe it's running rough has something to do with your 72mm MAF? Did you reprogram your MAF for that peticular size MAF? Where can I get one of those powercoated intakes?
72's been off for a bit... It wil be going back in when i get my bored butterflies... haha
if you think the exhaust acts like a "vacuum cleaner" on decel, put your hand an inch from the exhaust pipe and have someone rev it and decel. you will feel constant pressure, even on decel. what a load of crap.
LJRuddy
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