Performance Exhaust and Header for Boxster - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Adam · 05-11-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fu03steve

i have a question. with the mid pipe and headers
which one set of cat are eliminated. does the CEL turn on?

On all 2000+ boxsters the pre-cats or warm up cats right by the motor are eliminated with all aftermarket headers except Fabspeeds which are a header with high flow cats.

Che, you need to bring a Fabspeed header knockoff to market and sell it for half the price. You'd probably sell a ton if you can make something like these. As you probably know, all the bungs in the world won't prevent a CEL from happening unless you have some cats.

blinkwatt · 05-11-2008, 11:23 PM

Che,

4 o2 sensor bungs??????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-Boxster-2-7L-3-2L-00-05-Exhaust-Header-Headers_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33631QQihZ020QQ itemZ300216614819QQtcZphoto

Adam · 05-12-2008, 09:32 AM

He doesn't mention if the 4 bung headers will cause a CEL or not. My guess is they will. I guess we'll see once somebody tries them.

fu03steve · 05-12-2008, 09:02 PM

so those 4 bung are for the o2 sensors then huh?

if i was to remove the 2ndary cat close to the muffler...
will CEL turn on/?

Adam · 05-13-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fu03steve

so those 4 bung are for the o2 sensors then huh?

if i was to remove the 2ndary cat close to the muffler...
will CEL turn on/?

Yeah, it probably will. In layman terms the sensors that were aft of the cats will sense too much pollution and think your cats are not functioning properly so there's a good chance it will trip a CEL light.

Wingnut2u · 05-13-2008, 10:26 AM

Che has totally disappeared from this site. I guess business is good.

That's too bad because like many others on this site I am interested in his headers but not without having the questions posted on this thread answered first regarding the CEL's

CJ_Boxster · 05-13-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Wingnut2u

Che has totally disappeared from this site. I guess business is good.

That's too bad because like many others on this site I am interested in his headers but not without having the questions posted on this thread answered first regarding the CEL's

hes around, Hes still a site sponser... His Ad is the one that says DelubozParts

Adam · 05-13-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Wingnut2u

Che has totally disappeared from this site. I guess business is good.

That's too bad because like many others on this site I am interested in his headers but not without having the questions posted on this thread answered first regarding the CEL's

No, he's been on here. he just hasn't posted a repsonse here. I clicked on his profile and it said he was actually here today @ Last Activity: Today 09:19. My guess is that he doesn't have reasonable solution to the CEL issue so he hasn't posted a repsonse.

fu03steve · 05-13-2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam

Yeah, it probably will. In layman terms the sensors that were aft of the cats will sense too much pollution and think your cats are not functioning properly so there's a good chance it will trip a CEL light.

so a better solution is probably to keep the cat by the muffler...
and remove the first cat along with the headers?

would that be better?

Adam · 05-13-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fu03steve

so a better solution is probably to keep the cat by the muffler...
and remove the first cat along with the headers?

would that be better?

Here's the deal. If you want to avoid a CEL then you need to keep your stock manifolds or pay $2,300 for the Fabspeed headers I listed a pic of. The other main cats down stream by the muffler can be removed because there are no 02 sensors by them. Essentially the computer doesn't know if those cats are there or not. Here's a pic of the stock Porsche manifold that che's headers replace and all the others on ebay like his. If you replace this manifold with one without a cat then a CEL is likely. This is why companies like B&B don't make headers for 2000-04 boxsters. They know it will cause issues. The 2.5L guys however are in the clear and don't have to worry about all this stuff.

delubozparts · 11-02-2010, 02:18 PM

Wow, its been longtime since I check back in. Suprised this Link is still up and running LOL.

Stop in and say Hello to my old customers and friends

Best Regards,

Che

stuklr · 11-02-2010, 09:27 PM

Hey Che, Any plans on offering secondary catalyst bypass pipes for the later cars that have two converters on each side? Im sure you could make a nice product and still undercut the other options by alot! Thanks

delubozparts · 11-03-2010, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by stuklr

Hey Che, Any plans on offering secondary catalyst bypass pipes for the later cars that have two converters on each side? Im sure you could make a nice product and still undercut the other options by alot! Thanks

I'm always have new products under production, I will check into these Secondary Bypass Pipes for the Boxster. Thank you !

Che

tommy986 · 11-03-2010, 11:40 AM

all we want is mandrel bent, stainless steel bypass pipes, at Honda prices.

extanker · 11-03-2010, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tommy986

all we want is mandrel bent, stainless steel bypass pipes, at Honda prices.

AND give 150 ft lbs more torque,10 more mpg,legal in 49 states [who cares about cali] wont pop a CEL and install in 5 mins,and of course balance the budget