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It’s often discussed as a way to change sound and flow, but it also eliminates the emissions-cleaning function of the catalytic converters.","simplifiedExplanation":"“Straight pipe” usually means removing the catalytic converter so exhaust goes through a pipe instead. That can change the sound, but it also means the car isn’t cleaning its exhaust the way it was designed to.","sourceStartTime":6029.2,"sourceEndTime":6034.0}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Doug Tabbutt","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/my-cars-are-investments-so-i-barely-do-any-maintenance/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}],"alignmentMode":"scalar","fallbackOffset":0.0}