Benefits of Removing Cat and Running Straight Pipe?

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by WolfWings

At least research your claim a little before spouting it off like it's gospel, 'kay?

Either I was misinformed at the testing station I asked lot of questions at, or Wikipedia is wrong. Either scenario is highly possible.

The end result is the same regardless, though:

Catalytic converter == good, hence why it is mandatory in most parts of the developed world.

No catalytic converter == acid rain, contaminated water, etc.

[WolfWings]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Either I was misinformed at the testing station I asked lot of questions at, or Wikipedia is wrong. Either scenario is highly possible.

The end result is the same regardless, though:

Catalytic converter == good, hence why it is mandatory in most parts of the developed world.

No catalytic converter == acid rain, contaminated water, etc.

Nah, I'll disagree with you.

Low emissions == good, yes. But catalytic converters are just the easy way to 'force' all emissions down quickly, ergo why they were made basically manditory.

The Honda Civic was created initially to avoid having to add a catalytic converter (CVVC was the original engine-tech nickname, ergo the series-name CiViC) for example, and I've run vehicles with the Cat removed that still passed the tailpipe-sniff test just fine as long as they were well-tuned and well-maintained.