$120 for 2 cats isnt bad.

dont be pissed that you're actually obeying the law

either way. you might as well put them on than risk a fine or penalty later on.

12/18/2008 3:16:28 PM

I'm pissed because the boyfriend told me the car just needed a transmission coolant line, I didn't really want to buy the mofo but it was a hell of a deal. Then a couple weeks ago (after I bought it, before I brought it home) he tells me it doesn't have cats (he knew this the whole time, it was his friend's car and he knew the old ones had been thrown away). Ah well, should be good now.

12/19/2008 1:07:00 PM

$120 is a damn good price

12/19/2008 1:12:30 PM

'specially if the labor is free

12/19/2008 1:30:17 PM

I think the cats ended up being about $65 each, so $130 and the boyfriend decided to be lazy and pay a shop $50 to weld them in, but I doubt he was actually going to get around to buying the Christmas present I said I wanted so this works too.

He gets some level of pro discount at the local parts shop there. You do not want to know how much he's spent on random crap and paint at that place. I do not wanna know how much he's spent, but he is gonna be in trouble if I get up there and find a SATA jet (he's already got the $300 minijet, now he wants the $500 full size too).

12/19/2008 1:45:04 PM

Quote :

"Tampering Catalytic Converter ................. PASS"

ehehe

1/2/2009 3:20:23 PM

^^you should tell your boyfriend that catalytic converters are bolted on, not welded.

1/3/2009 1:54:24 PM

^ not always. the universal ones are weld-in (and a helluva lot cheaper, too)

1/3/2009 2:25:10 PM

^^ fail. What Duke said, got some universal ones welded on. Could have gotten some that'll clamp on, but this way no chance of leakage.

1/6/2009 12:04:37 PM

i, too, have welded an exhaust system

1/6/2009 12:17:41 PM

I never claimed to have done any welding.

If I could weld, then I'd only need men for one thing, and even that can be replaced.

1/6/2009 1:17:05 PM

O RLY?

1/6/2009 1:24:10 PM

:facepalm:

1/6/2009 2:04:50 PM

wow talk about fail

1/6/2009 2:33:49 PM

I have 2 of the generic weld in cats if anyone needs them make an offer.

1/6/2009 2:48:05 PM

why the fuck all these motherfuckers up in my thread talking about replacing cats

this thread is about removing them

1/6/2009 3:21:18 PM

you'd be surprised at how much power you dont lose with a properly working cat converter

1/6/2009 3:22:33 PM

Quote :

"this thread is about removing them "

hell yeah even better strait pipe that whip

1/6/2009 3:31:19 PM

My car seems to work better with them. Only thing wrong now is a couple sensors in the damn automatic need replacing, and maybe switch back to the stock springs (previous owner put in a shift kit, when in overdrive sometime it'll lock in 4th as best as we can tell).

1/7/2009 8:17:02 AM

^^ for shits and giggles I cranked it and revved it a few times while the cat was off and the exhaust was dumping under the driver's seat

one of the yard cats was chillin' on the porch when I cranked it, kitty started lookin' lively when it turned over and fucking bounced when I revved it

I don't think I'd make it very far without getting some kind of noise violation like that, but I kinda want to put a bypass in there now

someone mentioned a spring-loaded cutout, but I'm thinking electric, something like dis



except that's 700$ and I'm pretty sure that's a fucking ripoff, thoughts?

[Edited on January 8, 2009 at 8:30 AM. Reason : heh heh ebay's prices are a bit more reasonable]

1/8/2009 8:24:40 AM

^will not pass inspection, btw. springloaded, ftl.

1/8/2009 8:53:22 AM