Haha I know right. Yours was a common issue with the Z and aftermarket cats/pipes. Mine was just a 5 year old cat giving up I guess.

 

if it was the other one i was going to let you use it since i have to send the passenger one to cali... but there goes that idea

 

Eric, who make your HFC ?

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I think there would be a fitment issue between the DE and HR cats.

Ultimate Racing. They have a 5 year warranty, but I'm not sure how long they've been on the car. I've owned it 4-1/2 years and I'm not sure when the previous owner put them on. I tried calling UR earlier, but didn't get through. Gonna try again. I have a stock cat on right now so I can drive the car if I had to.

Edit: Just got off the phone with UR. The guy was extremely helpful and it might get warrantied out. The only issue is they don't make the cat in-house. They use a Magnaflow cat and then weld their piping on to make it fit the Z. He said it's possible that they only warranty up to 1 year, but he's going to check on it for me and see what he can do. Point being... first contact with UR seems like they have great customer service. That's what makes me stick with a company.

He suggested that since my Z is basically a track car now that I go with a test pipe to avoid any more problems with HFCs. High heat is what eats them up I guess, but I really don't want to rasp and extreme loudness of a test pipe. I think the motordyne ART pipes are supposed to solve those issues though.?.?.?

 

Has anybody changed out their Fuel filter ? if so, what kind of filter did you get ?

 

i should have mine in sometime this week, will try to meet up with you after they are on so you can hear them

 

anyone know what might be creaking in the rear of my Z since the weather got cold? sounds like a old wooden door at low speeds forward and reverse.

 

Are you on Solid bushings in the front of rear Diff ?

My Z creaks a lot at lower speeds like thru a parking lot.

It could just be the Styrofoam in the back under your matt....I have my spare out and nothing back there so I hear every little thing back there.

 

this is interesting and looks like it could be fun

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/17/e...cti/#continued

 

Anyone do anything with selling health insurance here? What a PITA to buy. Lol.

 

Hey Eric - I got that email about the race - that would be fun - will have to see where i'm at fininicicicicually -

Fith - I'll be going with a WIX fuel filter - but not i haven't changed mine out here - i HIGHLY suggest getting some line wrenches if ours indeed is a bolt in type - because HOLY CRAP - those things are sometimes very difficult to get undone - thanks for the heads up on not going with BMW - that was pretty expensive - but I think i would have tried lmao -

 

grrrr, still no word on my ART pipes, i called B2 to check the status of them and he told me that they are drop shipping straight from motordyne.....

 

Travis, with all the Xmas shipping going on...wouldn't be surprised if they get delayed....but I hope not.

I can't wait to hear them on your Z.

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On the funnier side...here is a post I ran across...

Low mileage ???....86,000 for a 4yr + old car. I know it's a Honda...but 86k is not low mileage !

 

I'd be interested to see what they consider high mileage. Haha

 

Eric - test pipes & leave tune as-is -- done.

Sway bar?

 

what cracks me up about the car is how much they want for it.

 

That may be what happens. Dunno yet.

 

tony from motordyne told me via email "they dont make much of a difference in the F/A ratio when changing from HFC's. the built in defoulers will keep the CEL off about 98% of the time."

 

built in defoulers - awesome -


fith - http://www.gopurepower.com/store/sub...ne+Fuel+Filter -

 

Damn Mike why is that so expensive...all the other filters I've seen have been under $20.