I own a Civic Si...why does the aftermarket hate me?

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
04/16/2016 at 20:18 • Filed to: welp

Every single company that makes a header for my car wipes out the cat converter. I can’t run without one as NJ would literally have a fit over too much emissions, don’t mind the half destroyed cars driving on the roads around here that are ‘Ok’ in the states eyes because they’re not killing polar bears.

I really don’t see the point in keeping a stock down pipe and buying !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as the 8th gen forum has suggested. Welp time to find nicer wheels I guess.

DISCUSSION (25)

dogisbadob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:26

Perhaps you could add a universal cat to one of those catless headers

The likely reason there aren’t many cats/headers available for your 8th gen is because very few have failed in a car that new, and if they did, they were replaced by the dealer, for free, under warranty.

In a few years, more should be available.

JGrabowMSt > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:27

You could relocate the cat. Go long tube and have a custom midpipe with the cat. My friend’s shop had to relocate the cat on an E30 that got a manual swap. Cat just needs to be present, it doesnt have to be 8 inches off the header.

JR1 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:27

Move. Problem solved

TheHondaBro > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:27

If New Jersey would have a fit, you should too.

Kinja'd!!!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:27

Hey

hey

Guess what has more torque than your Si by ONE.

You’ll never guess

Totally

Kinja'd!!!

Let’s just ignore all aspects of a full comparison indefinitely.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > JR1
04/16/2016 at 20:27

That is planned, but for now I’m in Jersey :[

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/16/2016 at 20:28

torque? What’s that?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > TheHondaBro
04/16/2016 at 20:28

I almost bought one actually...there was and still is a really clean Honda Fit at a Nissan place by me.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 20:48

Suddenly I’m glad I have an H instead of a K.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > interstate366, now In The Industry
04/16/2016 at 20:53

*jealously intensifies*

Die-Trying > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 21:03

Kinja'd!!!

My bird IS the word > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 21:11

Why not just weld one inline with the exhaust? Or move to a free state :)

d15b > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 21:21

What have you done to your car?

interstate366, now In The Industry > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 21:23

It’s not much better for me. If I want to get a decent header I have to get one made for an H2B car and get an S-pipe made so it’ll reach my cat.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > d15b
04/16/2016 at 21:54

Nothing besides a short shifter adapter

d15b > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 22:07

What year?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > d15b
04/16/2016 at 22:11

d15b > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 22:15

2-door or 4-door?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > d15b
04/16/2016 at 22:38

2 door

d15b > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 23:00

You know what mod I would get? Maintenance. Get her running real good before you fix her up.

shift monkey > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/16/2016 at 23:45

doesn’t vibrant performance make a race header with cat for k20 Si’s?

Jack Does Cars > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/17/2016 at 00:29

You can register your car to a P.O box in North Carolina and we don’t require emissions. Not a bad deal honestly. Come down to the beach/mountains, get your car inspected, spend the rest of your year with happy VTEC times in New Jersey.

A girl in my Spanish class just moved here from Belmar(?), and is literally orange. She’s pretty cool though.

djgreenlava > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/17/2016 at 03:55

Instead of the header you can buy Flashpro. The difference is very nice. I will say though the six months I had a catless header with a tune were great and awful. Cold starts and certain highway RPMs were deafening and it ruined the character of the Invidia exhaust. Also I had an aftermarket rear motor mount installed to prevent the header cracking and the vibrations were terrible. With all the negatives though the mid range completely opened up and I actually had some passing power on the highway instead of dropping a gear or two.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > shift monkey
04/17/2016 at 08:05

$$$$$$ but yes they do

uofime-2 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
04/18/2016 at 12:19

Cats contain precious metals, they literally cannot be made cheaply or they do not work. crappy cats cost ~100 good ones that might actually pass a sniffer~350