Actually, the cat from Van Café is quite a bit better than the Emico brand. I've used both many times, and that one has more material, is better made, and performs better in the CA emissions test. Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:15 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution. The Emico brand cats are probably the better aftermarket options. Just take a look inside and compare the overall diameter (flow) and length (contact time) of the OEM and some aftermarket options. The Bosal and Walker are amongst the worse units. Some units can be restrictive enough to also affect performance. If everything is running right the cat should have very little to do to reduce CO and HC but is really needed to reduce NOx. Again this NOx reduction is what brought us the dyno emissions testing. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of pickle vanagon Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 6:01 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution. One middle ground option to consider on the cat (between cheapest and OEM) is the cali CARB approved cats. |
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