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      08-31-2018, 06:10 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by kpewpew View Post
Umm holy mama. I've done about 16-18 days at tracks in the past 12 months or so. Running high intermediate or advance group, depending on which organizer is running it. Usually 20-25 minute sessions.

Should I be worried? My pacing isn't super fast, but I think decent. (1:44.89 @ Laguna with RE71R and mostly stock car for example) And if I should be worried, what's a good solution without killing myself come CARB/smog time?
This is the dilemma because you are running hard enough for the cat to really heat up beyond perhaps normal operating conditions. Anything can happen...its like rod bearings - unlikely but if it happens wow it's costly.

If you don't mind the additional noise a catless x pipe will get rid of the risk but for smog you would have to swap back the stock x pipe and there are some additional prep to get the OBD into readiness which I understand is a bit of a pain in the ass.

My issue is bit more problematic because i want to remove the primary cats while keeping stock noise level.
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