Empty cat?

[ParkCity.PSD]

Searched around and only found some really old posts on this...Can I just empty out my cat and put it back in? Any issues with this? Sound change or anything else I'm not thinking of?

[ZMANN]

they may tap on it to test in the future ? it definitely sounds tin like empty ,, it didn't change anything on mine not even a drop in EGT

ohh and the stuff is hard honeycomb like it will take about 30 minutes to beat that out ,, put wood under the flanges when and if u do it so you don't trash em

run a hose and wear a dust mask ,, dispose of junk properly

ps it's called punching your cat or kitty

[Motormorgan]

Do you still have a muffler? If both muffler and cat are removed you will notice a change in sound. Not annoyingly loud though. Also do run the risk of having them catch it on inspection depending on state.... One thing I've seen done is remove cat/muffler and put in straight sections of pipe with clamps then every year at inspection just release clamps and put back in your cat/muffler for the day

[ZMANN]

they have started roadside inspections so the delete pipe can be an issue

I run the stock muffler just to keep all my motor exhaust components out of scrutiny

[ParkCity.PSD]

Originally Posted by ZMANN

ps it's called punching your cat or kitty

Copy that...from now on I will refer to it as "Punching the Kitty"

[ZMANN]

might make searches easier?? that's why I brought it up LOL

[whiskeymike]

The best thing to do if your going to gut a cat is to run a straight piece of pipe through it. It sounds less tinny, and when the exhaust expands in the empty chamber then tries to constrict back to the smaller pipe it can cause a little backpressure. Probably not enough to notice, though. The only way I know of that they could tell is if it was taken off.

[ZMANN]

exactly and you can leave some cat material doing this .. I think it would even pass an xray ..

[whiskeymike]

If anyone is curious on the whole reversion theory, look up how 2 stroke expansion chambers work, whole different animal, but same principle as far as the chamber goes....interesting regardless.

[ZMANN]

Ya I don't mess with the expansion chamber on My PWC's because they need them