Best way to Gut Factory Cats
03-12-2008, 03:59 PM
#1
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Best way to Gut Factory Cats
on my 95 GT i havean X pipe with an slp exhaust. Even though I dont have to go for emssions, they wont pass my car because id dosnt have the converters. So i have a factory H with Cats.. I am just wondering how i can hollow them out. Ive been told just beat on them and it will break the insides up.. However that dosnt really seem to good of an idea. There are 2 converters closer to the front and 2 lowe down.. Can i stick like a giant pry bar in or something? Just hate to throw an H on and loose flow that the X has.. Eventualy i'll put the X back on, but its a pain to have to lay on the ground i nthe road and do this evertime i need inspection..
03-12-2008, 04:42 PM
#3
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RE: Best way to Gut Factory Cats
maybe with the h-pipe hollowed out you may not notice too big of a power loss and decide to keep it on! im a certified emission inspector and as long as the converters are there and "appear" to be functional its a go!
03-13-2008, 01:37 AM
#8
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RE: Best way to Gut Factory Cats
u have to get every little peice out or it will plug up ur mufflers. use a long peice of rebar and hammer. takes a while
ORIGINAL: seancolon
on my 95 GT i havean X pipe with an slp exhaust. Even though I dont have to go for emssions, they wont pass my car because id dosnt have the converters. So i have a factory H with Cats.. I am just wondering how i can hollow them out. Ive been told just beat on them and it will break the insides up.. However that dosnt really seem to good of an idea. There are 2 converters closer to the front and 2 lowe down.. Can i stick like a giant pry bar in or something? Just hate to throw an H on and loose flow that the X has.. Eventualy i'll put the X back on, but its a pain to have to lay on the ground i nthe road and do this evertime i need inspection..
on my 95 GT i havean X pipe with an slp exhaust. Even though I dont have to go for emssions, they wont pass my car because id dosnt have the converters. So i have a factory H with Cats.. I am just wondering how i can hollow them out. Ive been told just beat on them and it will break the insides up.. However that dosnt really seem to good of an idea. There are 2 converters closer to the front and 2 lowe down.. Can i stick like a giant pry bar in or something? Just hate to throw an H on and loose flow that the X has.. Eventualy i'll put the X back on, but its a pain to have to lay on the ground i nthe road and do this evertime i need inspection..
03-13-2008, 01:51 AM
#10
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RE: Best way to Gut Factory Cats
thats what my less fortunant wa stanger friends do:P im registered in gold bar where theres no emissions:P
i have never even took a single car thru emissions
i have never even took a single car thru emissions
ORIGINAL: rmodel65
install the stock stuff get registered then put the x back on
install the stock stuff get registered then put the x back on