maybe they make the cats smaller so they heat up faster? maybe they are
pre-heated? anyone have any other ideas??
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Resetting the Computer?WAIT A MINUTE
>At 08:44 PM 2/15/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>My understanding is this:
>>
>>Cats only work when they have warmed up to operating temperature, which is
>>very hot. They are warmed up via exhaust gases flowing thru them. If you
>>split the exhaust gases to 2 different cats, they will warm up much slower
>>and you'll be spewing emissions into the air for a much longer period of
>>time. Hence, the regs on dual cats.
>>
>>Now, if someone could 'invent' a pre-heated catalytic converter and get it
>>EPA-approved, you could have dual cats AND be environmentally cleaner than
>>the original....... :^)
>
>
> I believe there are cars and trucks that have dual exhausts though.
>I'm not sure, but I think the Mustang has a dual exhaust. When I was
>at Jason & Norah's house, they had a model of a Ram and it had a
>dual exhaust with dual cats. (Granted, that doesn't prove anything,
>but usually companies model these things after a real vehicle...)
>Does the V10 have a dual exhaust?
>
> -Jon-
>
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