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Fake converter
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striker2
Official CEG Vendor
the largest one i see is a 3". how many turbo diesel trucks do you know that run 3" exhaust piping. just about every modified one i see is running 4-5" piping.
tourdesvt99
CEG'er
il say that the product is a pretty cool concept but the hp claims it makes is a huge downfall.
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
I've seen K&N claim 30hp on an intake that people couldnt get more than 10hp out of so its not a totally different situation. I think these guys are being half sarcastic anyway.
tourdesvt99
CEG'er
where was there a 30hp claim by k&n..and why would you be sarccastic when trying to sell a product..
mnewxcv
Hard-core CEG'er
"The product description above is for entertainment purposes only."
sounds like theyre just trying to make fun :shrug:
Beans
Addicted CEG'er
tourdesvt99
CEG'er
touche :shrug:
Dyoel182
Addicted CEG'er
Agreed. They're simply offering a product and having some fun while covering themselves legally. K&N on the other hand makes gain claims and then gets huffy when people get upset they arent seeing similar numbers.
Silverfro98
CEG'er
i would make fun if i owned a prank shop or somthing. true they know more about they're product then any of us do. but 10-50 hp is a big claim.
SkullV
Veteran CEG'er
K&N gets those crazy HP claims by doing 3rd gear pulls instead of 4th gear pulls on the dyno (using gearing to their advantage) and they also do the pulls after completely clearing the long term fuel trims (LTFTs). This makes the stock afr slightly leaner which is how they get the power.
I tested this with my CTS-V and with no tuning done, just bolting on the CAI, and clearing the LTFTs I got within 1whp of their claim.
I tested this with my CTS-V and with no tuning done, just bolting on the CAI, and clearing the LTFTs I got within 1whp of their claim.
pithon987
Hard-core CEG'er
hmmmmmmmm (actually thinking about getting one of these)............
Silverfro98
CEG'er
why?:shrug:
pithon987
Hard-core CEG'er
Im either gutting the cats or thinking about getting those....although i heard gutting a working cat will result in loss of power :shrug:
Silverfro98
CEG'er
why dont you just cut the cat out and weld a pipe in place of it? and gutting the cats in the headers will result in an increase in power.
Silverfro98
CEG'er
pgtfreak
CEG'er
If someone lives in a state where they have to deal with inspections, this may help them pass. The visual inspection at least, they'd still need to have the car in proper running condition, to pass the smog inspections.
pithon987
Hard-core CEG'er
what if I gut both cats except the main one and just weld a pipe in them so in case of inspection or something......(not that i have ever been pulled over or anything But for safety)
Silverfro98
CEG'er
Well if you gut the cuts in the headers, or "precats" and you just weld a pipe in place of the main cat. Then if they look for cats you can just tell them you have 2 in the headers 
SkullV
Veteran CEG'er
Im either gutting the cats or thinking about getting those....although i heard gutting a working cat will result in loss of power :shrug:
Bingo, you will gain power over stock, but you will lose power compared to having a test pipe in place of the cat. The gutted cat causes a pressure drop which causes turbulence in your exhaust gasses....on a CSVT you would only be looking at a ~1-2 hp difference between gutted cat and test pipe.
I'm actually going to replace my Kook's high flow cats with a set of these fake cats and see if I pick anything up. My Kook's cats are completely burned out because I turned off cat overtemp protection in my tune so it will be interesting to see if I pick up any HP/TQ on the dyno as well as a sound difference (should be less raspy).