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Trying to determine what cats are on my '18 Z....I thought they were OEMs....but then I saw this "Z1" cut-out in the support brackets...which has me thinking these are aftermarket

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Old 10-07-2021, 01:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Trying to determine what cats are on my '18 Z....I thought they were OEMs....but then I saw this "Z1" cut-out in the support brackets...which has me thinking these are aftermarket and not OEMs.

Can anyone tell me what I have here?

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OEM cats are pretty easy to identify.

They'll look like this:
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Those look like resonated? test pipes. I bet your car is loud lol. Definitely Z1 brand.
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Loud...not at all. In fact I just removed the OEM cat back system to install the Invidia Gemini cat back system to get some sound....which it does now.

Resonated test pipes...wow...never even gave that a thought....good think I live in a non-emissions area!

I think I may have finally figured-out a portion of my Z's history:
A past owner installed the Stillen Gen 3 intakes, and whatever these are along with an aftermarket exhaust system. Then before selling, they put the OEM cat back system back on.
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The dealership I purchased from put an OEM exhaust system in order to sell.

Now I need to figure-out if a tune has been done...although probably not due to the two permanent error codes I have...(P0296, P0298 lean, post cat).

Is there a way to tell if a tune has been done?
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they look like Z1 high flow cats
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Good news for me....Z1 Motorsports replied to me, telling me that these are indeed their high flow cats....they never sold resonated test pipes.

Just need to determine about the tune.....

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With the car started and your cruise control off, hold down the cancel button and flick the set/resume button up or down and see if the cruise control light on the dash blinks. 1 blink for map 1, 2 blinks for map 2, etc.
As for what is on those maps??? (shrug)

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Thank you.

I did the above and had no CRUISE lite at all....appears my assumption is correct...not tuned...hence why I have the permanent error codes set.

Once I verify that the exhaust-HFC joints are not leaking, time to spend a bunch of $$$ and get a tune.
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That tune is going to wake your car up. Especially with those Z1 HFCs...

how did you not notice from the smell that it wasn't stock? lol

I have those HFC's and they reek but flows well
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