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mate, it's pretty farken easy to tell a car with no cat.

forget flames out the exhaust anyway, i can tell you how to shoot flames out your arse if you really want to impress people and look cool.

easy to tell if it is without a cat. harder to tell if its gutted. but they do have defect stations (atleast in NSW) where they check things like that. not worth the risk for some stupid flames me thinks?

Thought so, very difficult to tell if it is gutted, because it would require them (EPA) to open up the cat, which they can't exactly do when they have you pulled over.

Thought so, very difficult to tell if it is gutted, because it would require them (EPA) to open up the cat, which they can't exactly do when they have you pulled over.

Listen to me Ali. There is no need to open your gutted cat to tell if it's gutted. Have you heard of a 4 gas analyser? Most decent mechanics would have one, you can be damn sure the mobile EPA stations have them too. RTA has them too. all the need to do is stick the probe in your exhausts outlet switch it on and you are pinned. There is a big difference between cat and no cat/gutted cat.

Yeah, but you could just say it is probably faulty, which you would simply have to get fixed, rather than not having one altogether and getting screwed. By the time they conduct a proper check, the matter will be long gone.

Listen to me Ali. There is no need to open your gutted cat to tell if it's gutted. Have you heard of a 4 gas analyser? Most decent mechanics would have one, you can be damn sure the mobile EPA stations have them too. RTA has them too. all the need to do is stick the probe in your exhausts outlet switch it on and you are pinned. There is a big difference between cat and no cat/gutted cat.

An even easier way to check is just look at the rear bumper around the exhuast. Although it easier to see on a white car because it will make an yellow stain around the exhuast.

Yeah, but you could just say it is probably faulty, which you would simply have to get fixed, rather than not having one altogether and getting screwed. By the time they conduct a proper check, the matter will be long gone.

have fun mate. so just so we are clear what do you have on your car?

cat

no cat

cat casing nothing inside?

Or the cheap ricey way is to install a flamethrower in your exhaust. Cost around 150 buckz.

$150 for a bunch of twits to jam a sparkplug on the end of your exhaust... sweet! where do I get one of those?

hehe, I've already had a go at flamethrowers.com.au or whatever they called themselves for using pics of Jack's R33 GTR that I took, on their website to peddle their shit. Even though Jack's flames were cased by an angry engine and not some ricey flamethrower kit.

i was running straight through for about a year... came from japan like that and didnt realise for a while... didnt have any problems with staining but i have a cat now

use to get flames everynow and then becuase my tune was bit rich no popping though

So what the fu(k does rice stand for????

its useless shit tacked onto your car so it looks like you drove it out of the set of fast and the furious, even though your car does not go faster or handle better.

eg:

blue led washer nozzles

neon under car lights

"flamethrower" kits

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