Re: Re: Re: Cat question?

From: Jim Miller WB5OXQ (wb5oxq@clearsource.net)
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 00:02:47 EDT


If you gut out the cat or remove it get ready for a much louder exhaust
sound. I pit t hi frow cat on my R/T and it increased the sound level about
twice as loud as before. With no cat or a hollow one get ready for a loud
eshaust. I gained massive amounts of torque when i changed mine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Berry" <coolva1@cox.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:19 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: Cat question?

>
> KRC Performance or Speedtweaks has Cat Boxes... I've got one on my 97
> dakota... works fine...
>
> Tim Berry
>
>
> >
> > Well, if a person were to do such a thing, (I have no idea who that
would
> > be), they would take the cat off and use a bar or pipe and smash the
> ceramic
> > core into pieces small enough to come out. Sounds like yours is already
> > broken loose, so you wont have far to go. But, then you have to disable
> the
> > rear O2 sensor or you will get a trouble code. Companys make "Cat boxes"
> > that simulate rear O2 signals (for off road use only, of course), but I
> cant
> > think of the names right now. Anyone??
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > "Mike Styer" <m_styer@go.com> wrote in message
> > news:5901974.1018753726177.JavaMail.m_styer@gomailjtp01...
> > >
> > > How do you gut your catalytic converter? My cat is making that marble
> in
> > a coffee can sound when I let off the throttle, so I want have a little
> more
> > air flow without removing the cat from the exhaust line so i can pass
the
> > visual inspection here in PA (We don't have emissions testing in my
> county)
> > I know some folks here on the list have done it....
> > >
> > > By the way, the marble in the coffee can sound is the same a piece of
> pea
> > gravel being dropped in a Saturn's 5" exhaust tip an making its way into
> the
> > muffler :)
> > >
> > > Mike S.
> > > 1993 V6 5 speed
> > >
> > >
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