Murray

I keep seeing posts about the hp gains from installing an X-pipe. It appears like a simple way to bolt on additional power. I may want to do this in the future (once I am sure the stock car is running as it should) but I am leary of the emissions impact here in Ontario. Have any Ontario Rennlisters installed X-pipes on cars that still require smog testing? How did it go?

Jim M.

The x-pipe, when used with the cats has no effect on emissions. My car actually was cleaner with the x and new metal cats than the year before, with the stock setup.

87 Shark

Check with the Ministry of trans. My 87 no longer requires an E-test (as of last year). In a year or two you will have the option of removing the cats, or replacing with the high flow units (my choice). RMB already installed.

GTASHARK

All cars 88 and newer are subject to emissions testing in Ontario. 20 year rule was dropped a while ago.

I know this very well given the model year of my shark

GTASHARK

High-flow cats have resulted in very good test numbers on my vehicle and less hp loss on dyno runs compared to stock.

martinss

Indeed Paul - '88 is the permanent changeover date in Ontario. That fact was a bit of a deterrent to getting an '88 - but not enough apparently as I have two cars from that year

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%27s_Drive_Clean: "At the other end of the age spectrum, the exemption for vehicles 20 years old and older was phased out. Vehicles built in 1988 and afterwards would have "fallen out" of the program after 19 years (for instance, a 1988 vehicle would no longer need testing after 2007). As a result of this change, such vehicles must continue to be tested every two years as long as they are on the road. Vehicles built in 1987 or before have now left the program permanently."

Koenig-Specials 928

I have an X-Pipe and high flow cats and I passed last year.

ROG100

My cars fitted with the X pipe and high flow cats pass much cleaner than the original stock cats.
They are amazed how clean the cars are at the test station.

Oh and I forgot to mention that I sell X pipes and ship to Canada 8>)

martinss

Roger: I can never get Search to work on your site - I just tried: `x-pipe`, `pipe`, `muffler`, exhaust`, etc - all gave something like: Your search for exhaust yielded no results. I tried Firefox and IE in case there was a browser dependency.

Murray

So it doesn't seem as if there is an issue with modifying the factory system as long as it passes the actual emissions test. That is good news.

+1 on the request to Roger. I couldn't find anything referenced on the site. Do we need to contact directly with e-mail?

Thanks.

ROG100

Martin,
Nobody uses my web site they all deal with me personally by email or by phone.
Very little of what we sell is on the web site anyway.

The new web site coming shortly will have everything 8>)

ROG100

We sell everything 928 - best kept secret in the 928 World 8>)

Cosmo Kramer

+1 Roger has the shipping to Canada well sorted out as well.

928 at last

Roger has that quite well sorted.
As we all know up here, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE UPS.
Unless of course you don't mind paying insane "Brokerage" fees.
Some of us have had experiences where these "fees" were well in excess of 100% of the purchase price of the item.
Your call.

928 at last

Now everyone's going to know......