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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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i forget who put them on, but i think they had some fitment issues. have the problems been resolved to the best of anyone's knowledge? thanks.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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I get mine tomorrow and will be installing them friday. I will be doing before and after dyno's (which I will post) and have been told the fittment issues have been resolved.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:32 AM
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cool; lookin forward to the review.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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no fitment issues.. mine didnt come with nuts/bolts though.. not sure if the newer ones do or not ?

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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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did you just use the stock nuts and bolts then?
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 09:47 AM
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That was me with the slight fitment issues, but that was because I was testing the first prototype for feedback & adjustments of the production sets.

The production cats fit great based on the feedback I provided. In fact, mine just needed some tweaking and they're good too. Lsdunique offered to replace mine with new ones and I didn't see the need to.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 11:31 AM
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Any dynos? I am trying to decide between Rt Cats and Kinetix Cats...
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 12:53 PM
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no the stock bolts are fused to the cats.. i purchased new ones at pep-boys forgot what sized exactly
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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all_bark is doing a before/after dyno this saturday, i'll be doing one on feb 7th.

I expect gains to be roughly the same as any high flow cats. What sold me was the look (pass smog visual inspection) and of course the price $100+ cheaper.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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i gained 15hp with these and CAI
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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We have worked out all the fitment issues.

All of our pipes now come with all the hardware needed.

thanks guys.
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Seems like I read somewhere that the RT cats come with extra bungs (in addition to those that go to the stock sensors) for use with wideband o2. If so, do these as well?

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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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thanks, guys.
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 11:23 PM
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Seems like I read somewhere that the RT cats come with extra bungs (in addition to those that go to the stock sensors) for use with wideband o2. If so, do these as well?

--Steve
These don't come STOCK with Extra bungs, but I specifically asked for them to be installed and I was given a VERY reasonable price for the extra bungs. I also wanted to keep them sealed since I wasn't permanently installing a wideband, but wanted to use the bungs for my Dyno's and tuning.

I'm getting a set with "sealable" bungs for a few dollars more than the stock price. I've been told they should ship out Thursday or Friday. I'll let you know how they turn out when I get them.

PM lsdunique, he was very fast to get back to me and was very helpful. If these cats work as well as lsdunique is helpful, I'll be loving every minute of my latest mod.

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Originally posted by 03 Z for ME
I'm get a set with "sealable" bungs for a few dollars more than the stock price. I've been told they should ship out Thursday or Friday. I'll let you know how they turn out when I get them.
Please do let me know!

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Sorry, but what is a bung?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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Originally posted by toykilla
i gained 15hp with these and CAI
To the wheel?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 12:32 PM
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yes to the wheels..
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Originally posted by Phatmitzu
Sorry, but what is a bung?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 07:43 PM
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A bung is a hole. As in bunghole. The stock cats each have one bung filled by the car's internal O2 sensors.

You can weld a small, round hole into the cat so as to be able to install an additional wideband O2 sensor and thereby monitor A/F ratio from a gauge mounted inside the car.

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