many questions and seek advice/exhaust build
Hi. I am seeking to perfect my car as faster/healthier daily driver. Ive owned my 02 ep for about 6 months now. I absolutely love it and im ready to put some work into it. First its at 170k miles, and it idles funny, like it puts and motor has a little shake to it. People tell me it is not suppose to idle like this, and that maybe it has a miss somewhere. Also it smells like straight gas burning. I changed spark plugs. And now im thinking maybe the catalytic converter is shot . Would that be the cause of the gas smell, and wierd idle?? Also plan on changing fuel filter. Next. Is exhaust . My family owns a pipe bending exhaust machine. And i am really wantin to build my own exhaust system. I have many questions and need advice. First. Headers. Racing headers vs non racing. Lol i do pizza delivery so if i do racing headers would i be ok for daily driving. Next cat. Performance cat ?? Or what. Next question is should i make my own custom pipe from the header/cat or just buy a cheap ebay fitted pipe. Also have apex muffler that i want to use ( discontinued) sounded great on my cb7 on stock exhaust. WANT TO DO ALL THIS EXAUST WORTH FOR AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE FOR MY MONEYS WORTH THOUGH FOR BEST QUALITY. Lastly any advice on cheap upgrades and maintenance to keep my car healthy and faster !!! :) btw i am brand new to the sight so ill do my best to keep up with this post. ANY ADVICE IS WELCOME. JUST WANT RO PERFECT MY CAR. thankyou