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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a small rope fastened to the hook of the cat-block to facilitate hooking into the ring of the anchor.
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Examples
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As a rule, aftermarket cat-back mufflers are a re-design of stock mufflers, and are usually found in kit form along with larger-than-stock tail pipes that are specially bent to eliminate kinks or other exhaust-flow restrictions.
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A cat-back system is significantly cheaper than a header-to-tail pipe system.
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Typically, cat-back systems consist of replacement mufflers and tailpipes designed to reduce back pressure.
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A less-expensive option is to retain the stock manifolds, but go with a cat-back (catalytic converter to tailpipe) aftermarket exhaust system.
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Two curly headed girls sharp with blue mascara and arched cat-back brows stop to gaggle over the mystic signs.
Something Better Than This Mary Gaitskill 2010
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-- Soon: 15mm wheel spacers to increase track by 1.2 inches, and "short ram intake" to increase the induction sound (which already sounds excellent at higher RPMs) -- Later: max performance summer tires, headers, cat-back exhaust, reflash the ECU, lowering springs, paint the wheels, performance brake pads, etc.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2006
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I have been looking to do that with my new Camaro, but my initial research reveals plenty of "cat-back" systems and no "headers."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD RUSSELL 2011
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Other mods include ceramic header, chipped ECU, Apexi cat-back, CAI, and a few other things.
WN.com - Articles related to Eaton Corp looks at Asia Pacific to push growth 2010
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Other mods include ceramic header, chipped ECU, Apexi cat-back, CAI, and a few other things.
WN.com - Articles related to Eaton Corp looks at Asia Pacific to push growth 2010
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The stock cat-back is not a significant restriction.
NASIOC gigabytexbc 2010
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