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"Mini Cat" o2 sensor spacer alternative

realcyberbob

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You mean OBD2 readiness that you can set via VagCom prior to inspection. That's my point. :rolleyes:

You can set readiness but then get a CEL without a spacer and fail inspection...
 

NLeo

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are you CBFA or CCTA?
CBFA with just the spacer on the rear. I can run it with the stage 2 on and no cel but it will fail readiness because the cat and the rear o2 is not ready. In NY you can only have 1 sensor not ready. So I had apr make me a stock file that didnt delete the rear o2, but then it throws a cel for cataylst efficiency below threshold. Throw that spacer on and clear the codes and after a cold start or 2 it will have full readiness. I put the spacer on 34 days ago and drove 1000 miles and theres still no cel. I found this pretty impressive because theres tons of posts on here about people having issues with inspections and their $75+ spacers throwing cels after a couple days. I use one similar to this.

Thats currently $15 shipped and im willing to bet that its a lot better than the $50 mini cat that was posted above.
 

damagi123

Go Kart Champion
CBFA with just the spacer on the rear. I can run it with the stage 2 on and no cel but it will fail readiness because the cat and the rear o2 is not ready. In NY you can only have 1 sensor not ready. So I had apr make me a stock file that didnt delete the rear o2, but then it throws a cel for cataylst efficiency below threshold. Throw that spacer on and clear the codes and after a cold start or 2 it will have full readiness. I put the spacer on 34 days ago and drove 1000 miles and theres still no cel. I found this pretty impressive because theres tons of posts on here about people having issues with inspections and their $75+ spacers throwing cels after a couple days. I use one similar to this.

Thats currently $15 shipped and im willing to bet that its a lot better than the $50 mini cat that was posted above.
Now THAT'S what a helpful post looks like. Thanks so much man were in the exact same boat so I'm just gonna do the exact same thing and cross my fingers. Are you catless?

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NLeo

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Now THAT'S what a helpful post looks like. Thanks so much man were in the exact same boat so I'm just gonna do the exact same thing and cross my fingers. Are you catless?

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Yep 3 inch catless 42dd downpipe into the stock catback.
 
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