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Originally Posted by xuimod
I have the SBD kit. If I could do it over again, I would go the SC route.
With the SBD kit I'm having issues with an exhaust leak and some carbon monoxide leaks into the cabin as a result. Bought a carbon monoxide detector so I know what the exact levels are in the cabin. Have to run the car's ventilation on circulate most of the time as a result. And when cabin carbon monoxide levels get too high for my liking (say over 50 ppm) I open the windows while driving. I had to crack the windows open when it was raining today, that sort of sucked.
When I get around to it, I'm going to bring the car to a muffler shop to fix the exhaust leak. Also going to install an aftermarket catalytic converter because almost all turbo kits delete the stock catalytic converter. With no catalytic converter, your car puts out extremely dirty exhaust fumes. If your car is parked in a garage, that's not a good thing at all.
So that's more money out of my pocket to fix the exhaust leak and install an aftermarket catalytic converter.
In general, all turbo's run off exhaust so during the installation you change the car's whole exhaust setup. The exhaust coming out of your car's tailpipe (as a result of the catalytic converter delete) will be much dirtier and if fitment of the install turbo's exhaust pieces isn't exactly right, there's a fair chance you might end up with an exhaust leak (which result in harmful gases entering the cabin; especially if you don't run your car's ventilation on recirculate).
In contrast, with SC, you don't mess around with the exhaust so there's almost 0% chance of exhaust issues as a result of the SC. And iirc almost all SC kits maintain the OEM catalytic converter so the air coming out of the exhaust is much much cleaner compared to turbo kits.
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Sorry to hear you guys haven't found a solution for the SBD exhaust leak issues
. As for the no cats, I don't have any currently, which doesn't bother me. But having a leak would. Thanks for your input!