E-bay header (specific question) Options

[cardshark525]

I looked at other threads but couldn't get a definitive answer.

I am going to probably get the E-bay header for my 95 GT.

I think I did read somewhere that our cars have 2 cats. With that being said I also think I read somewhere that one is somewhere right after the header, on the downpipe or something like that.

Does the E-bay header include this cat? does this exist? if it does not will I be ok as far as emissions go?

I'm not in California thank god but I'm in New Jersey and want to know the specifics of this.

Thank you and sorry guys for bringing this up I know you've seen the E-bay thread about a million times but I'm looking for specifics that I wasn't able to find within the others.

This post has been edited by cardshark525: Apr 22, 2009 - 2:38 PM

[razor7]

I looked at other threads but couldn't get a definitive answer.

I am going to probably get the E-bay header for my 95 GT.

I think I did read somewhere that our cars have 2 cats. With that being said I also think I read somewhere that one is somewhere right after the header, on the downpipe or something like that.

Does the E-bay header include this cat? does this exist? if it does not will I be ok as far as emissions go?

I'm not in California thank god but I'm in New Jersey and want to know the specifics of this.

Thank you and sorry guys for bringing this up I know you've seen the E-bay thread about a million times but I'm looking for specifics that I wasn't able to find within the others.

If you try a more definitive search, you should have been able to find this information.

There are 2 cats on our cars, one on the header (where it connects to the down pipe) and one further down the line (in the mid section, near the resonator). By putting on the ebay header, you're removing one cat from your car. In theory, this should allow for more UNRESTRICTED flow, however the performance increase will be minimal (not the header, just deleting one cat).

There are a couple of people on these boards that have this same header on their cars, and they still passed smog. I don't think it was by much, but they passed nonetheless.

Don't be hating on California, some of us do live out here ya know :-P I do think that the laws on smogging are much easier on NJ though, so I wouldn't worry about it.

I will also say this though; Ebay headers are only OK. If you put header wrap on them, they will break, crumble, and implode on themselves. If you run them without the wrap, there is a small chance that it can discolor your hood. Bear in mind that they aren't tuned for performance like most name brand headers (like DC), but rather that they are taking the "tree stump" design and changing it to where each cylinder has it's own piping. This will increase performance somewhat (expect to see 3-5 at the wheels), but not as much as an actually tuned header.

-TC