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Old 01-27-2011, 11:40 AM
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knocking out catalytic converters

will knocking the cats out do anything besides through a CEL? (limp mode, etc.) i live in a non emissions county. i can deal with a CEL. and soon i am getting the accessPort so i could just "hide" the code.
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a little more noise - that is pretty much all you will notice . And the cel may or may not come depending on model .
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2004 model.
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So I knocked out the cats no cel yet and tried shooting flames and and smoke came out .. I don't think it's really a bad thing I was revving it pretty high. But overall I like the outcome
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Why did you gut it? Was your cat clogged?
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For the hell of it. Like I said I live in a non emissions county. The more I drive it the more I love it. It seems to add just a tad more umph. Enough to satisfy me. And its very easy to do. I haven't accomplished flames though that was one I was my goals.
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Probably not a good move. I could understand gutting it if it was clogged. I would have just bought a race pipe. If you ever want to sell the car you may have an issue. Its going to cost you some cash if you ever need to buy a new cat. Could have bought a midpipe for as little as $100 used.
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You gutted a $1500.00 cat when you could have bought a midpipe? I just sold my old SR catless pipe for $75.00. Hey it's your car but I'm not sure a gutted stock cat will get you flames.
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