gutted cat

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gutted cat

By hondahero89
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:27 am #200618 what would be the best way to gut a cat without removing the entire exhaust system and what would be the best thing to use to clean the inside of it
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By teal_dx
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:50 am #200627 horrible idea...
1. your exhaust is going to sound rhaspy
2. Very little if any performance gain. Look at the in & out of your cat just inside the flanges, there's your bottleneck.
3. Unless you're boosted, some back pressure is good for your motor.

By hondahero89
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:43 am #200644 i figured that mabey it was clogged or something, so gutting it would solve that problem
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By suspendedHatch
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:22 am #200710 First fix the problem that killed your cat converter. Then get a replacement.

A gutted cat sounds and smells really bad. Don't be the stereotypical ricer.
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By d-mon
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:58 am #200905
suspendedHatch wrote:First fix the problem that killed your cat converter. Then get a replacement.


a bad o2 sensor can destroy a catilytic converter without ever throwing a code.
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By Ajax1989
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:02 am #200907 can runnin to rich can destroy a cat too??
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By d-mon
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:16 pm #201006
94_jdm_ferio wrote:can runnin to rich can destroy a cat too??

absolutely.
its job is to burn any unburned gas that goes out the exhaust valve.
the more unburnt fuel (rich) there is, the more work it does, and uses it up faster.
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By {ikon}EM1
- Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:19 pm #201112 Everyones telling u that "its bad and don't do it". Man all u need is a pick axe and a broom stick... first use the axe to break the honeycomb wire mesh, then use the stick to break the magnesium that's on the inside... its that easy... but mind u, ur gonna smell gas all the time...DO @ UR OWN RISK!!!
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