running with no mid pipe

[niz55]

I just took out my last small cat to weld a straight pipe. Been running it like this for past day with no cat. This thing is LOUD! It even scares me when i gas it. Just wanted it to share it with you guys. For some reason my car is not blowing lue smoke.

 

[Sierra117]

If you have the stock downpipe, it could be still getting caught there. If you have a catless dp with the catless mp, you may not have a bad turbo seal and could be gravy.

 

[mazdaspeedjay]

you have a 2008. thats more or less why. but i can't stand it when people say don't put a DP on you car or test pipe cause you'll blow your turbo seals. for some reason 2007's got a big bach of turbos that were sent out with crappy seals. i've only seen turbo's replaced on 2007's maybe 1 2008 but i guess 08's like mine YAY don't really have the turbo problems that i know of. i just hate it when people post on here and say their DP's or test pipes cause their turbo failure this is so false and total BS your turbo was going up before you put the DP or test pipe on there.

the only difference is because you took off the so called filters for the exhaust you can see it alot more easy now, DP and test don't cause turbo failure bottom line me personally i'd rather put a DP on my car before my warranty goes up so i know if my turbo is bad and have a new one put on under warranty then wait and find out later and have to buy one myself. just my 2 cents but thats good news for you. i should be getting my test pipe this weekend and can't wait to install it.

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

i'd rather put a DP on my car before my warranty goes up so i know if my turbo is bad and have a new one put on under warranty then wait and find out later and have to buy one myself.

If I remember correctly, you work at a dealership. If the smoke only shows with the cats removed, and we can't go to the dealer with anything other than the stock cats in place because they'll claim it is the fault of the cats, then how do we get a dealership to honor the warranty and replace the seals when we can't show them blue smoke?