Test pipe daily-drivers... how bad is the smell?
03-02-2007, 07:48 PM
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Test pipe daily-drivers... how bad is the smell?
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, but usually get comments that the TPs smell like gas initially and then you either get used to it or it goes away as the car adapts the A/F to lean things out
But my question is for daily driven test pipes owners... how bad is it? when you walk out of the car and into the office/work/school after rush hour commuting.. do you smell like gas the whole day?
, but usually get comments that the TPs smell like gas initially and then you either get used to it or it goes away as the car adapts the A/F to lean things outBut my question is for daily driven test pipes owners... how bad is it? when you walk out of the car and into the office/work/school after rush hour commuting.. do you smell like gas the whole day?
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03-02-2007, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jedi-z
I run helix test pipes and have never noticed any smell???
You have a huge snot that's been dormant up your nostrils that you gotta blow out ASAP.
03-03-2007, 03:01 AM
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I don't see why it would vary from Z to Z but it was enough to where I couldn't take it anymore. I'm not real sensitive to many things and am good at learning to live with certain things but I couldn't live with the smell from the test pipes any more. I used to get out of my Z and I would smell like gas fumes. I really miss the performance from them though. Big difference.
03-03-2007, 08:36 AM
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Buy an older Z, drive it for many years, get used to smell...
No joke, I've had my '79 for almsot 10 years and the fume/gas smell is something you get used to to...my 240 is worse. I cannot imagine a 350 with a much tighter body and better seals would be any worse.
No joke, I've had my '79 for almsot 10 years and the fume/gas smell is something you get used to to...my 240 is worse. I cannot imagine a 350 with a much tighter body and better seals would be any worse.
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I can smell it some during stop/go traffic, and when I park the Z in the garage...but other than that, I don't notice it. (i.e. getting out of the Z in a parking lot...don't smell a thing)
03-03-2007, 11:01 AM
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thx for the responses...
If you were to do a blind test with your coworkers/friends/significant other... is the smell bad enough that they would be able to know whether you drove a Z w/ test pipes just by sniffing/smelling?
If you were to do a blind test with your coworkers/friends/significant other... is the smell bad enough that they would be able to know whether you drove a Z w/ test pipes just by sniffing/smelling?
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Originally Posted by Zexy
You have a huge snot that's been dormant up your nostrils that you gotta blow out ASAP.
I've never noticed any smell.... Unless you have old Michele Jackson nostrils!!!
