sals7tmp

well one of my cats are rattling. i know its because something rusted out in it, but i just cant cut it off bucause the cops are really fussy about sound were i live. i dont have the money to replace the whole exaust and i was wondering if there was a cheap way to fix it.
If it comes down to it i guess i'll just have to move and cut off the cats and leave it with strait pipes. haha
any info will be greatly apprecated.
o and i almost forgot it is a 1990 5.0 with stock exaust sept for the headers. i dont know what they are, they were on there when i got the car but they are ment to fit the stock exaust.

gogojuice

id like to say there is, but i not talented enough to fix that, its sucks i know, but id say just go get another cat, ummm perhaps a junk yard would have one, much cheaper.......

sals7tmp

I looked in all the junk yards withing 100 miles of my house and none of em have any 5.0s left. everyone is buying em and fixing em up. and the one that i did find had its exaust so rusted it wasn't worth it.

ooticamitica

buy a new one from summit therye like 350 bucks

gspfunk

Magnaflow Hi flow cats are $55 shipped on ebay....catco are even cheaper. I had a muffler shop put one on my caprice when the same thing happened...it ran about 30-40.

sals7tmp

thanks. ill look into it.
i have another question to go with that though.
does that mean that they will need to cut out a section and put some sleaves on it and weld it, or do they replace the whole thing?

gspfunk

The cut the cat on both ends and weld the new one in. They replace that whole 10" section.

kevstang87

you could just take the h-pipe off and punch out that cat. Mine raddled when I 1st got it and thats what i did.

gspfunk

That's what I did w/ my stock H....I used a broom handle and knocked out the 1st set of cats by the headers. I left the other set, though....

kevstang87

gspfunk: thats the same thing I did. USed a broom handle and left the others. If you dont have the money or want to save up for better exhaust its the way to go