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Old 07-22-2006, 09:45 PM
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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?
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:16 PM
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:40 PM
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is the crap like a honeycomb type thing? whitish. the cat should be replaced.
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Old 07-22-2006, 10:51 PM
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yeah its the coney stuff
ill just get a magnaflow high flow cat
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Old 07-22-2006, 11:53 PM
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Old 07-23-2006, 12:00 AM
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basically... what you do when that happens. is throw it out, put in a peice of same size tubing and ditch the kitty.
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Old 07-23-2006, 12:36 AM
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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.
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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
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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.
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)
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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?
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depends on tone you want
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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
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