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Old 04-24-2013, 11:17 PM   #102
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Originally Posted by Coheed View Post
Every STS turbo car puts the turbo after the cat. I've never heard of a cat failure being ingested by the turbine. Not to say it doesn't happen, but I would bet it's a rare scenario.
And how far away is the turbocharger from the cat in sts systems? Visualize the glowing hot turbine housing and merge collectors when the car is ran hard. Then visualize a cat right next to that. Not a good recipe. I would ask tuners and motor builders to chime in here.

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