Cascade Crew

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:47 am Post subject:

And I had better emssions than a Prius at a stop light.

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

Crew,
I sold G33kSqu4d the catalytic converter off of my 86 firebird. It looked fine, I could still see through all the honeycomb, but is it possible i sold him a dud converter?

G33K5QU4D · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject:

OK guys, I finally passed, with everything being well below the allowed. Not sure why all the fluctuation, but I got my new tags and everything! Thanks guys for all the help.

fiveoformula · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:22 pm Post subject:

How many miles were on that cat? the newer they are the better they work.
No real way to tell they dont work by looking at them..

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:51 pm Post subject:

50K or less probably.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:04 pm Post subject:

Glad you finally passed.

The cat has a precious metal coating. If that coating is gone from contamination like coolant, oil, fuel, etc it can look fine, but not make the reaction. The only way to tell is get the car HOT and check with a temp gun. Should be approx. 100deg hotter on the outlet, than the inlet.

fiveoformula · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject:

When you passed, did you get to test right away or did you sit in line for a while?

G33K5QU4D · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:19 pm Post subject:

Was probably about 4 cars back, probably sat in line for about 15-20 mins.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject:

Glad you passed. FYI, the calibration on some of their machines is pretty wacko, even though they're supposed to be checked and recalibrated every 3 months or so, I seriously doubt that's kept on schedule.