Removing Cat
01-14-2010, 08:42 PM
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Removing Cat
I know many of you have removed and/or gutted your cats. Just curious who you get to weld up the straight pipe in its place since it is illegal to remove them on a street car and someone like Midas says ummm no way!
kinda what i was thinking, I have done it in the past myself and i only noticed that the exhaust system got slightly louder but other then that i didn't notice any performance gains . . .
01-20-2010, 12:30 PM
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There is a company who makes a straight pipe that appears (somewhat) to be a cat. I don't have a link, but it seems like it was an FI place that also carried the pipe. You could also do an off-road y-pipe (ORY) to bolt right up.
There are also smaller muffler shops (try finding a mom and pop place) that will do the work if you wish. You will probably want to make it a bolt-in, just in case you want to go back to cats at a later date.
Personally, I don't care why you do it, although little is to be gained by it except for special circumstances.
There are also smaller muffler shops (try finding a mom and pop place) that will do the work if you wish. You will probably want to make it a bolt-in, just in case you want to go back to cats at a later date.
Personally, I don't care why you do it, although little is to be gained by it except for special circumstances.
01-27-2010, 08:32 AM
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Yes. Did it. 97ss with 14psi FI app. Blower pushed rt side cat (core) into the exhaust pipe. I had a Random Y w/ twin 2 1/2" cats. Nice flowing set-up. I removed the Y. Welded 3/4 by 1/8 strip stock on pipe to hold geometry. Then cut out cats. Replaced w// 2 1/2" exhaust pipe sections from Summitracing. Easy w/ MIG welder. I had to install a CCI insert due to noise. Lots of noise. The cats do a good job @ noise reduction. Pipes were less cost than new cats. B.
01-27-2010, 09:27 AM
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Dont go to a major auto repair shop. Go to a mom and pop or some hole in the wall place to get it done. Opening up the yellow pages is a good place to start. Just call around till you find someone. That's what I did. Just be prepared for you car to smell after you remove them.
BTW midas never said anything about my missing cats. I guess it just matters who is running the show.
BTW midas never said anything about my missing cats. I guess it just matters who is running the show.
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