Sell Catalytic Converter To Raise Funds for midpipe?
11-20-2008, 05:25 PM
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Sell Catalytic Converter To Raise Funds for midpipe?
I heard a while back that catalytic converters rose in value enough that people were stealing them straight out of cars.
Does anyone know if I can sell my rexy's cat for enough to get myself a midpipe?
Does anyone know if I can sell my rexy's cat for enough to get myself a midpipe?
11-20-2008, 05:25 PM
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how many miles on the cat?
You might be able to get a few bucks for it
You might be able to get a few bucks for it
11-20-2008, 08:13 PM
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11-20-2008, 09:59 PM
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Magnaflow dumps their high flow cats all the time on ebay.
11-21-2008, 11:42 AM
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Got one on my 1988 10thAE Turbo RX-7 right now.
11-21-2008, 03:32 PM
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Gutting is not a bad option - you'd get a little performance, quite a bit more sound and a CEL.
The stock cat, gutted, becomes a double resonated pipe, downside is there is no weight saving you'd have with a simple pipe.
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The stock cat, gutted, becomes a double resonated pipe, downside is there is no weight saving you'd have with a simple pipe.
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11-23-2008, 11:32 PM
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is there a way to bypass the CEL if you gut the cat, by say putting in a O2 spacer or something. I just dont want the cat to fail on me and i dont want the CEL coming on and messing up the tune of the car.
11-23-2008, 11:37 PM
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not that i'm saying not to sell you cat but if you live in a SMOG **** state like CA like i do its nice to know that i simple 10 mins of air wrench will get you a smog pass wrather than being stuck with a midpipe that doesn't'. i am running the RP its doing great and passed smog perfect lol even the the guys asked why it was so large and louder than a pervious rx8 they had. but yeah nice to know that a small 10 min of wrench time can pass smog rather than a new Cat imo. but hell i dont think my mid pipe from RP will die but always nice to have a back up 
11-24-2008, 11:19 AM
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I currently have a simple pipe welded up to the stock resonator. Its no louder than stock. The cat weighs 22lbs by itself, so I guess its good that is gone. Someone paid me $175 for it. I was told that Japanese cats generally go for much more than domestics...don't know why though.
11-24-2008, 03:50 PM
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My neighbor said the salvage yards were paying 2 grand for a cat for the preciuos metals.
That's exgeration, but they are stealing Cats off pick up trucks and SUV's like mad out here in Calif.
That's exgeration, but they are stealing Cats off pick up trucks and SUV's like mad out here in Calif.
