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Old 02-11-2008, 03:18 PM
Triflex Triflex is offline
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Gutting The Cat

I`m planning on gutting my cat tomorrow. Does anyone have a suggestion about the easiest way to remove the cat. Do I have to start at the back and work my way to it? Start at the front? Or maybe just loosen everything up to get some room to remove? Thanks
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Old 02-11-2008, 03:25 PM
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I want to do the same thing,I took the muffler off,but still not loud enough.I was thinking about cutting the cat out and replacing it with straight pipe using band style clamps,so I can replace it if I need to.Has anyone used these clamps before?
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Old 02-11-2008, 03:29 PM
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I haven`t used them either but it is my belief they will work ok.
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Old 02-11-2008, 03:32 PM
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you would all be smart to just get a delete pipe, or have one made so youcan reinstall the cat if need be for emissions purposes. JMO.
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Old 02-11-2008, 03:37 PM
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Man, REDNECK COUNTRY ain`t got no dern submission test or what ever that wuz.
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:07 PM
97jdpowersmoke 97jdpowersmoke is offline
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you lose no sound or whistle between downpipe and cat its all in the muffler
take the lug breaker bar under the hood with the jack take the cat apart from the rest of the exhaust set it on the downpipe side on the ground and take a mini-sledge and drive it throught there shake it real good drive it through some more until you can see through it getting it disconnected is the hard part it take s like 15 mins once its off put it back on sounds good
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:14 PM
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Will do, thanks.I`m not looking for a lot of sound. Just whistle.
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:24 PM
97jdpowersmoke 97jdpowersmoke is offline
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yep turbo screams until the muffler sticks its ugly a$$ in the way
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:38 PM
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So that means I should get the muff off as well or I`m not going to get the whistle I`m looking for? Do you know what results I would get by going 3" from the turbo back with a cat and muff delete?. Most exaust systems for my 97 comes/w 3" DP and 4" from DP back and a 5" tip. Since I can only get a 3" DP what difference can it make if I go with 3" all the way turbo back? I can`t see a diff if it is 3" back or 4" back from the DP? Thanks guys
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:49 PM
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Do not gut the cat. They cost to much to replace. If for some reason you need to reinstall the cat you will have it. Just buy the delete pipe trust me on this one.
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