i just finished putting on new exhaust manifold gaskets and i noticed the cat was shot so i decided to take it off...now the car is running like sh**. would takin off the cat make a bad difference? i thought if anything it would help.

 

Taking it off should make it run better if it was shot. Sounds like you have another problem. Could you explain what exactly it's doing?

 

a common mistake when doing such a repair is messing up the firing order of the plugs. recheck em, but like said, what exactly is the car doing?

 

well, at a certain low RPM, im not sure what it is cuz my tach doesn't work, the car sputters. all i know is i need another cat cuz the car is too loud and it sounds like one of those ******* p.o.s trucks
thanks

 

HEY... check the sig.... watch the ******* talk...

 

i live in the sticks in south carolina so i think i have the to use the word *******. sorry you took offense to it.

 

I doubt it has anything to do with the cat being gone. I would hazzard a guess that you did something unintentional and undesireable while doing the exhaust gaskets, like switching a couple of spark plug wires around, or something to do with the plugs or wires.

 

i think its the cap and rotor..i haven't changed it since i got the car, close to 2 years ago.