is this bad?
 

ok so today i ordered my y pipe so i am gonna need to re use my catylitic converter. I cut it off of my old y pipe and when i picked it up a bunch of crap fell out... its the crap thats supposed to be in there too lol. Is this that bad that i should replace it? i was going to in the future anyways with a high flow one but im kinda short on money right now. if i need a new one anybody got one i could buy for cheap?

HELP me PUHLEEEEEASE

is the crap like a honeycomb type thing? whitish. the cat should be replaced.

yeah its the coney stuff
ill just get a magnaflow high flow cat

needs replaced

ok thanks guys

basically... what you do when that happens. is throw it out, put in a peice of same size tubing and ditch the kitty.

emmisions matt lol

pull it out and run a gutted cat, when you need to get emissions done buy a cat to put in there and just switch them out.

yea that honeycomb stuff is what makes a cat a cat and not just pipe lol but yea definatly needs replaced especially if u need to pass emissions

alot of work for absolutly no gain, a high flow cat has been shown to not hurt hp at all (sometimes cars made more power than with a gutted cat)

ch yeah i found the magnaflow high flow cat on ebay a 3" one for like 55 shipped brand new. so yeah ill get that when i get the money and im probly gonna put a cutout in. WHere to put the cutout? before or after the cat?

depends on tone you want

the deeper one

before is louder, but may have more raspy sound open headers don't have a deep tone, that's one of the things a muffler does