Gen 2 vs. Supercharged Gen 1

[trippinbillies40]

Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

Why not wait rather than spend the money? Once the ecu is cracked maybe gut the front cat.

D.O. asked me to bring the car by for a baseline, so not spending any money.

[Poogchomp]

Originally Posted by Jucostud

Can we get rid of the front cat and still pass emissions if we keep the other one? What about a CEL?

If/when the ecu gets cracked it can be tuned to ignore the cat ready check so it won't throw the CEL. Depending on what your state requires for emissions testing then yes you would be able to pass after the ecu is cracked. At least that's what they do for the 1st gen cars.

Originally Posted by Jucostud

Is the header pretty easy to change on these cars? I think of header install and cringe based on my previous experience in my mustangs xD

iirc the header part number is the same as the 1st gen ones. If I'm correct, then swapping the header is a fairly easy job. Only annoying part is getting the original header out since there's studs connecting it to the over pipe rather than removable bolts.

[trippinbillies40]

Originally Posted by Poogchomp

If/when the ecu gets cracked it can be tuned to ignore the cat ready check so it won't throw the CEL. Depending on what your state requires for emissions testing then yes you would be able to pass after the ecu is cracked. At least that's what they do for the 1st gen cars.



iirc the header part number is the same as the 1st gen ones. If I'm correct, then swapping the header is a fairly easy job. Only annoying part is getting the original header out since there's studs connecting it to the over pipe rather than removable bolts.

Definitely a different part number but looks like install/removal is identical, should be pretty simple.

[Poogchomp]

Originally Posted by trippinbillies40

Definitely a different part number but looks like install/removal is identical, should be pretty simple.

My bad, I thought I read somewhere that they were the same. It should be similar regardless since the FA24D is just a bored out FA20D. Hopefully they didn't do fixed studs on the header because it was minorly annoying prying the header down when the studs got stuck on the over pipe.

[Lantanafrs2]

You want to spend money on a catless header that will throw a cel? My point is wait til they can tune it and a header is designed for it. Or remove front cat, which many have done, and tune it