I'm thinking of removing the CC, not gutting it. I'm going to put a pipe in place of it. I was just wondering how these cars run after the cats get removed or hollowed out. Do they sound like crap w/out one? What kind of power gain can be expected from taking it off?

Thanks!

 

My cars all gained quite a bit of power from removing the catolitic converter's and the sound improved as well. Of course they were for off road use only.






SSC

 

i've heard that cars w/out converters tend to have a harsher, less mellow exhaust note. my car came without a converter so i dont know what it would have sounded like with one but it does sound pretty aggressive.

 

So aside from a little air pollution, the car should sound a little more aggressive, and run a stronger right?

 

Yes! It's also easyer on fuel also.

 

my car sounds and runs great without it, at first i bought the "hi flow" cat but my headers were getting so hot from back pressure i had it cut out and a pipe welded in.............

 

I don't like the idea of welding. Can't I use existing hardware and just bolt in a pipe?

 

MAC sells an offroad pipe that is the same length/bolt pattern as a stock setup

 

My exhuast always sounded kinda "eh" with the cat on. Then I took it off and now there is no mistaking it for a 4.3

I got some power out of it too.

 

Sleeper, an offroad pipe huh? Where can I get ahold of MAC, I'd like to get one of those pipes.

Thanks.

 

No way this could be true.

 

I took my old cat to a muffler shop and got them to bend a pipe to the same dimension. It had a bracket at one end and a sleeve fit at the other. The car sounded better and seemed to have more power.

 

ukraine train...are you from flint, MI or Ohio because you have em both in your location, im from clio, just north of flint

 

i had my muffler guy put flanges on my cat so i could replace it with a peice of 3 inch pipe which also had flanges on it or i could run open haders. It cost me $200 for the deal butit was well worth it. I noticed a big sound increase with no cat and you can not get any louder then open headers!!

 

89formula,

i go to college at kettering university in flint, where i am now, but my hometown is cleveland, oh

 

Hey 89, I go to school with UT in flint, I know a guy in montrose that has the exact same car as you, his just needs some body work.

 

Hey where in Cleveland are you from and do you know any f body clubs around there?

 

Yes who is this MAC?

 

i live in highland hts, about 20 min east of downtown, no clubs that i know of.

 

my car has a VERY nice low mellow tone to them. the only thing I've heard that is close to it is a supercharged saleen mustang. I'm not much of a stang fan, but I love those babys. :-) I'm working on a sound clip too.