Full Throttle acceleration smell

[NavyChief122]

It's the cats normal.

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[markmurfie]

If you are smelling something inside the car, have you replaced your cabin air filter?

 

[ANGST]

Smells like ... victory

 

[Terminator2]

The catalytic converter smell sure makes sense, as it's the same smell like when your driving behind someone in a newer performance car that just did a full throttle blast.

The part I don't understand is why that catalytic odor is coming into the interior and not just out the back of the exhaust

Check for exhaust leaks.

 

[Bluemustang]

I wonder if anyone who notices this still has the sound tube installed? Maybe that allows extra fumes to permeate into the cabin?

 

[markmurfie]

I wonder if anyone who notices this still has the sound tube installed? Maybe that allows extra fumes to permeate into the cabin?

Doubt it. The thought had crossed my mind, but then I remembered how many chambers and membranes were in that thing. Sounds passes through it, nothing else.

 

[sk8erord]

Is this smell kind of like burnt plastic/rubber almost? Not quite oil? I can't quite think of how to describe it, but my car gets this fairly often, and not always after driving WOT. I've been debating taking it in, but oil levels are good, etc... :shrug:

 

[Ricketts]

Bump, not 100% the smell is convertors with mine being close to the below described smell. As mentioned above I've owned many many cars and never once had such smell after hard acceleration.

Is this smell kind of like burnt plastic/rubber almost?

 

[CEHollier]

I'm changing the FRPP sport to the Corsa extreme catback anyway, so we'll see very soon if the full throttle smell continues

I have Corsa Extreme cat backs and so does my son. Fitment is excellent and quality is awesome. We installed them on jack stands. You will be very happy with Corsa..

 

[69mach1-395]

Latest generation of Ford Explorers does the same thing.

Lots of owners freaking out on the forums, NTSB investigation.

My dad got ford to buy back his exploder because of this. He turned around and got an f150 ecoboost...
My CS is completely stock and I get this smell when I mash the pedal. I wish I didn't so what is the fix?

 

[TooSoonJunior]

My car smelled inside the first time I went WOT with the Whipple installed and I crapped my pants, wasn't an exhaust smell so much though.....

 

[jasonstang]

I have noticed if the wind is blowing tail wind, I occasionally get a whiff of exhaust after full throttle acceleration before coming to a stop.

 

[Austinj427]

My 2012 GT did this but it was never a problem.

 

[Babar]

I had that smell coming from my stock exhaust and still get that after some hard acceleration on my Corsa extreme catback.
COrsa EXtreme will put a smile on your face !

 

[ahl395]

Remove your cats and you'll really smell something, mostly at idle though

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