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Its illegal to drive over the speed limit, change lanes without signaling, and roll through stop signs without coming to a complete and full stop, but 99% of people on this forum do both every time they drive anyway (and the other 1% are lying to themselves and to us). Who gives a ****.
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They refuse to purchase the cat material itself once gutted from the shell. Only a whole cat brick can be sold.
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And saying that you didn't know it was gutted because "you don't make a living looking at cats" is about like saying that you didn't know a car you sold with no wheels wouldn't drive because you aren't a mechanic.
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lol.. 1st of ya'll ive had 6 forum members pm regarding it. A couple have asked if it would pass inspection. I told them probably not. I've sold and bought on this forum numerous times. I have no need to scam, im not hurting for money and I dont operate that way son.
secondly, ive never looked inside of a damn catalytic converter until today. Someone who pm'ed me wanted to see pics.Thats why they were uploaded. I learned something new today. But thanks for the feedback, if you hadnt said anything, even I wouldnt have known what I was looking at.
lastly. If i wanted to scam someone i wouldnt have uploaded those pictures.
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Oh, my bad, I'll be quiet now, and maybe someone who doesnt know what they are looking at will go ahead and get scammed. Carry on.
And saying that you didn't know it was gutted because "you don't make a living looking at cats" is about like saying that you didn't know a car you sold with no wheels wouldn't drive because you aren't a mechanic.
And saying that you didn't know it was gutted because "you don't make a living looking at cats" is about like saying that you didn't know a car you sold with no wheels wouldn't drive because you aren't a mechanic.
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lol.. 1st of ya'll ive had 6 forum members pm regarding it. A couple have asked if it would pass inspection. I told them probably not. I've sold and bought on this forum numerous times. I have no need to scam, im not hurting for money and I dont operate that way son.
secondly, ive never looked inside of a damn catalytic converter until today. Someone who pm'ed me wanted to see pics.Thats why they were uploaded. I learned something new today. But thanks for the feedback, if you hadnt said anything, even I wouldnt have known what I was looking at.
lastly. If i wanted to scam someone i wouldnt have uploaded those pictures.
secondly, ive never looked inside of a damn catalytic converter until today. Someone who pm'ed me wanted to see pics.Thats why they were uploaded. I learned something new today. But thanks for the feedback, if you hadnt said anything, even I wouldnt have known what I was looking at.
lastly. If i wanted to scam someone i wouldnt have uploaded those pictures.
Well then, let me educate you "son".
First, I was here before you got here, and I will be here when you are gone. I've been working on rotaries well before your rx-8 was a glint in a mazda designer's eye. You can call me "Dad".
With that out of the way...
The stock cat in this car has 2 brick sections, with an oxygen sensor in between. It is not uncommon for the front section to break apart over time, due to the extreme heat in the rotary exhaust. Often what happens is those chunks rattle around until they are laying in random directions blocking flow through the rest of the exhaust. But they can't really go anywhere, because the back half of the brick is still intact (seeing how it doesn't bear the brunt of the airflow or as much heat as the front one).
It's basically impossible for ALL of the cat material to be gone, from "natural causes". Even when a cat fails, the chunks are large enough that most of them remain inside the housing and cannot pass through the pipe behind. The fact that both your front and back bricks are gone, and not a fragment of cat material remains lodged anywhere, means the cat was purposely gutted at some point in the past. This is the only way to get all the material out, by hand-busting up the chunks until they can be shaken out of the pipe.
Without an accessport or other significant computer modification, you WOULD be getting a check engine light for a cat that is entirely gutted. Therefore your first statement
Originally Posted by freaklinkmusic, in the very first paragraph of this thread
hasnt failed completely,
...unless of course you "didnt know what that meant" because you "don't make a living examining check engine lights".
Go right ahead and dig the hole a little deeper with your next reply.
KEEP IT MOVING HOMIE...
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Well then, let me educate you "son".
First, I was here before you got here, and I will be here when you are gone. I've been working on rotaries well before your rx-8 was a glint in a mazda designer's eye. You can call me "Dad".
With that out of the way...
The stock cat in this car has 2 brick sections, with an oxygen sensor in between. It is not uncommon for the front section to break apart over time, due to the extreme heat in the rotary exhaust. Often what happens is those chunks rattle around until they are laying in random directions blocking flow through the rest of the exhaust. But they can't really go anywhere, because the back half of the brick is still intact (seeing how it doesn't bear the brunt of the airflow or as much heat as the front one).
It's basically impossible for ALL of the cat material to be gone, from "natural causes". Even when a cat fails, the chunks are large enough that most of them remain inside the housing and cannot pass through the pipe behind. The fact that both your front and back bricks are gone, and not a fragment of cat material remains lodged anywhere, means the cat was purposely gutted at some point in the past. This is the only way to get all the material out, by hand-busting up the chunks until they can be shaken out of the pipe.
Without an accessport or other significant computer modification, you WOULD be getting a check engine light for a cat that is entirely gutted. Therefore your first statement
pretty much had to have been an outright lie...you had to have known it was 'failed completely" because you had to have had a consistent check engine light telling you so.
...unless of course you "didnt know what that meant" because you "don't make a living examining check engine lights".
Go right ahead and dig the hole a little deeper with your next reply.
KEEP IT MOVING HOMIE...
First, I was here before you got here, and I will be here when you are gone. I've been working on rotaries well before your rx-8 was a glint in a mazda designer's eye. You can call me "Dad".
With that out of the way...
The stock cat in this car has 2 brick sections, with an oxygen sensor in between. It is not uncommon for the front section to break apart over time, due to the extreme heat in the rotary exhaust. Often what happens is those chunks rattle around until they are laying in random directions blocking flow through the rest of the exhaust. But they can't really go anywhere, because the back half of the brick is still intact (seeing how it doesn't bear the brunt of the airflow or as much heat as the front one).
It's basically impossible for ALL of the cat material to be gone, from "natural causes". Even when a cat fails, the chunks are large enough that most of them remain inside the housing and cannot pass through the pipe behind. The fact that both your front and back bricks are gone, and not a fragment of cat material remains lodged anywhere, means the cat was purposely gutted at some point in the past. This is the only way to get all the material out, by hand-busting up the chunks until they can be shaken out of the pipe.
Without an accessport or other significant computer modification, you WOULD be getting a check engine light for a cat that is entirely gutted. Therefore your first statement
pretty much had to have been an outright lie...you had to have known it was 'failed completely" because you had to have had a consistent check engine light telling you so.
...unless of course you "didnt know what that meant" because you "don't make a living examining check engine lights".
Go right ahead and dig the hole a little deeper with your next reply.
KEEP IT MOVING HOMIE...
everyone that pm'ed me knows for a fact I had a check engine light. You keep typing trying to justify your reason for being a b*tch. And YES. I know who your are. I know about ya'lls shop and work. Pretty well known, think I read something in a recent magazine that I have. So you dont have to brag about what you know and try to belittle someone elses knowledge. Im not taking nothing from you. But im not going to argue with you about MY BUSINESS which you know nothing about.
and since you're "DAD", I hope you're not old enough to be mine. You would be as old as Moses
AS far as the cat. It was on the car at about 16,000 miles when I got it. Engine failed at 63,000. Cat was still on it until last week. It has passed an emission test at about 37,000.
Now, When my engine was blown, I managed to get it started and the cat was glowin red and backfiring like crazy. I dont know if that had anything to do with it. But at the end of the day it dont matter and I aint got **** too explain to you. The potential buyers have all the info they needed
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Well then, let me educate you "son".
First, I was here before you got here, and I will be here when you are gone. I've been working on rotaries well before your rx-8 was a glint in a mazda designer's eye. You can call me "Dad".
With that out of the way...
The stock cat in this car has 2 brick sections, with an oxygen sensor in between. It is not uncommon for the front section to break apart over time, due to the extreme heat in the rotary exhaust. Often what happens is those chunks rattle around until they are laying in random directions blocking flow through the rest of the exhaust. But they can't really go anywhere, because the back half of the brick is still intact (seeing how it doesn't bear the brunt of the airflow or as much heat as the front one).
It's basically impossible for ALL of the cat material to be gone, from "natural causes". Even when a cat fails, the chunks are large enough that most of them remain inside the housing and cannot pass through the pipe behind. The fact that both your front and back bricks are gone, and not a fragment of cat material remains lodged anywhere, means the cat was purposely gutted at some point in the past. This is the only way to get all the material out, by hand-busting up the chunks until they can be shaken out of the pipe.
Without an accessport or other significant computer modification, you WOULD be getting a check engine light for a cat that is entirely gutted. Therefore your first statement
pretty much had to have been an outright lie...you had to have known it was 'failed completely" because you had to have had a consistent check engine light telling you so.
...unless of course you "didnt know what that meant" because you "don't make a living examining check engine lights".
Go right ahead and dig the hole a little deeper with your next reply.
KEEP IT MOVING HOMIE...
First, I was here before you got here, and I will be here when you are gone. I've been working on rotaries well before your rx-8 was a glint in a mazda designer's eye. You can call me "Dad".
With that out of the way...
The stock cat in this car has 2 brick sections, with an oxygen sensor in between. It is not uncommon for the front section to break apart over time, due to the extreme heat in the rotary exhaust. Often what happens is those chunks rattle around until they are laying in random directions blocking flow through the rest of the exhaust. But they can't really go anywhere, because the back half of the brick is still intact (seeing how it doesn't bear the brunt of the airflow or as much heat as the front one).
It's basically impossible for ALL of the cat material to be gone, from "natural causes". Even when a cat fails, the chunks are large enough that most of them remain inside the housing and cannot pass through the pipe behind. The fact that both your front and back bricks are gone, and not a fragment of cat material remains lodged anywhere, means the cat was purposely gutted at some point in the past. This is the only way to get all the material out, by hand-busting up the chunks until they can be shaken out of the pipe.
Without an accessport or other significant computer modification, you WOULD be getting a check engine light for a cat that is entirely gutted. Therefore your first statement
pretty much had to have been an outright lie...you had to have known it was 'failed completely" because you had to have had a consistent check engine light telling you so.
...unless of course you "didnt know what that meant" because you "don't make a living examining check engine lights".
Go right ahead and dig the hole a little deeper with your next reply.
KEEP IT MOVING HOMIE...
