So the AIR tube that goes to the stock cat is welded? It is on my car, i just was looking right now, so i guess i'm supposed to saw it off and clamp it on the new cat i purchase to go along with my 2055'?

 

No. The new cat will have provision.

JamesC

 

it will have the whole new tube? that goes all the way up the AIR injection box or wherever the air comes from?

 

Oh, I see. Often you'll see where the pipe is cut near the replacement cat and a piece of rubber is installed between.

JamesC

 

I looked/felt pretty well earlier today, i was changing my torque arm bushing and i figured i might as well give it a look down there, i didn't feel any rubber connector or anything, it all looked welded, could it have been farther up the line?

Are you sure it's not welded on? to the cat, all the way up the line?

 

it usually is welded. he meant that you will cut it and replace w/ a peice of hose unless you will be welding a peice of tube as well.
I'm not sure how necessary it is, but there is a special heat resistant silicon lined hose for this. i just got some at NAPA, kinda pricey at $9 a foot, so make the cut close to the cat!

 

ahh alright, so a small rubber hose will do fine then to serve as a connector between the two tubes?

Lol, 9 bucks a foot for "heat resistant silicon lined hose", maybe i'll look into that if my car isn't passing inspection, but doesn't look like there'd be a point to buying something so extravagant for such a simple part.

Another quick question, you would need the rubber hose to be a specific size obviously for it to provide a snug, leak free seal, so do you think it would be difficult to get such a specific size for the AIR tube?

 

my 2 cents-if you cant weld or use JB Weld, take the car and cat to the muffler shop and pay em $20 to weld that one seam and be done in 30 mins.

 

Snug-fitting hose and a couple of hose clamps.

JamesC

 

Alright, sounds good, thanks alot james