raven_ghostwolf

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I used a short piece of rebar but one of the cats is at an angle you cant get to it with our cutting the pipe. what I did was cut it off at the weld, knocked the catiylist out, then ground down the old weld a little, mig welded it back together, then put a little salt water to cool it, put a little oil on it and ran it so it "aged' to look like the original weld. That way when they pass the mirror under the car it still looks like the original weld.

Mustang Boy

i dont mean this in a mean way but your dad doesnt know what he is talkin about cause for about 70 years cars were run without cats on them with absolutely no problems at all the only way you will fry the valves like he says is if you run the car with no manifold or header on it

bmennen07

lol k. my dad is use to growing up with older cars like 67 chevelle and stuff hes not really up to current times.

anyways, i didnt really get the broom thing. I was thinking about just cutting the converter off and then going to the exhaust pros shop and buying the pipe to replace the converter. cops in my state dont care at all about it.

So I basically i just cut off the converter, and stick the pipe in its place, and weld it together?

sorry im a newb but im learning. thanks for the help.

1995mustang818

if u dont have alot of money just cut them out and have some one weld a peice of pipe in for you

bmennen07

the only problem is I think its illegal for the shop to fix my exhaust without a converter in it isnt it?

1995mustang818

yes it is some people are willing to do it but they dont give you a paper or recipt that says what they did to the car

goathead75

Want pics? I spent time laying under the car pulling them off so I'm 100% positive on this. There were sheilds both on the top and the bottom of the cat. There may be sheilding on the undercarriage as well, but I can guarantee you that they have them....or in my case, had them.

bmennen07

so i took it down to a guy my parents know pretty well. He is making a custom H pipe to replace it, im just supposed to keep it on theDL .

goathead75

Nice! Is he throwing some hi-flows in it for you? Don't forget about having to go through emissions if you need to. Hopefully it works out to be cheaper for ya.

bmennen07

well he made a custom h pipe for me for the back 2. It sound mean now!! Turns out I still hear the same god awful noise. The front 2 are bad as well. Didnt know my car had 4 CONVERTERS!! ughh.

He is putting h pipe in the front 2 tomorrow as well, for free

No converters at all!! idk what hi flows are but he moved the air flow something or nother and it runs great right now, cant wait till tomorrow!!

my town has no emissions stuff or anything like that and plus my uncle is the head of the police department and I know every cop by first and last name so if they pull me over they usually just punch me really hard and tell my parents if something happens.