remove cat

jpogioli · 06-21-2009, 03:27 PM

I did a little searching and didn't really find what I'm looking for. How do these cars sound with the cat removed? I just want to make sure it's not going to sound like a lawn mower or something, haha.

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Babybudistmonk · 06-21-2009, 03:50 PM

it depends a lot on what6 kind of muffler you use, but because of the way the 2.3 is, its pretty hard to get it to sounds like a ricer. If you use the stock muffler w/o a cat it might be a little louder, but if you get rid of the cat, build a 2 1/4" exhaust and use a flowmaster 40 series muffler it sounds pretty good, loud but good. if turbod make it a 3" exhaust. I also hear running the 40 series backwards sounds interesting as well.

jpogioli · 06-21-2009, 07:20 PM

Thanks for the info. I'm not really trying to get it to sound like anything, I'm just trying to make sure it's not going to sound like total crap. I need to get rid of the one I have (I don't know that it's been replaced in the twenty year life span of the car). I want to just cut it out for now, instead of replacing it.

Has anyone done this and had bad results?? Thanks guys.

milanorama · 06-24-2009, 01:49 AM

When I got new exhaust for mine, I just got some cheap muffler from partsource (lol) and skipped the cat. It was a bit louder, but sounded way better, it used to sound like diarrhea but after it had a more clear tone and was a bit bassier. Hard to describe, but sounded better and I had a bit more power.

jpogioli · 06-24-2009, 06:22 PM

Hey thanks milanorama. That's exactly the info I was hoping for. I think I'll go ahead and do that then.

milanorama · 06-27-2009, 11:07 PM

Glad to have been of service!

rmodel65 · 06-28-2009, 04:20 AM

deleting the cat will be worth about 2-4 hp