Cat question

[Juice780]

i am going to install a mbrp turbo back exhaust on my 07 F250 and i am going to keep the cat, but i ordered a cat delete pipe. i was wondering if it was a pain in the butt to take the cat off on for when i have to take it to get inspected or any other work done at the dealer. Does anyone else do this? and if so how hard is it, from what i see it just clamps on

[kinghawg98]

its easy to do.

[hazelbalz]

I think that it took me maybe 15 min or so to swap them out. Well worth it

[JD F350]

Originally Posted by Juice780

i am going to install a mbrp turbo back exhaust on my 07 F250 and i am going to keep the cat, but i ordered a cat delete pipe. i was wondering if it was a pain in the butt to take the cat off on for when i have to take it to get inspected or any other work done at the dealer. Does anyone else do this? and if so how hard is it, from what i see it just clamps on

Go ahead and get the delete pipe.. It is very easy to swap out 2 flange bolts and a clamp, about 10min to do. I swapped my cat back in about 2 weeks ago because I thought I had warrentee work to go in for and was going in for surgery at the same time. wonder how long it would take me with one arm in a sling...

[Juice780]

i heard that some people use band clamps instead of the stock clamps so they wont crimp the pipe or cat anyone else use these and what size do i need to get, one guy told me he used 2" but that dont make sense on a 4" exhaust

[Evil Eye]

2" wide? A 4" exhaust would use a 4" clamp... At least that's my reasoning!

[hazelbalz]

I used band clamps on mine instead of the regular ones and they work much better. They fit better and its a better seal around the pipe. They come in many sizes, I got mine from a local International dealer.

[DryHeatDude03]

I swap mine on and off for smog inspection. A little tip to make it a bit easier, on the cats outlet there is a stop weld, grind it off to allow a bit more slide room, 2nd cut off about 1-1/4" from the flange studs, again to make it easier to get the room to install. With that its really a piece of cake.