catylytic convertor

[pisano]

my car has no mufflers just a catyltic convertor. is it ok to just cut it off? i dont know if its even good anymore, maybe its plugged up? will the car get louder? im in michigan so no tests.

 

[novaderrik]

mine's gutted, and the car wasn't too loud even after i cut of the rotted out stock muffler and ran it with no muffler at all..
the turbo is a pretty effective muffler all by itself.

 

[pisano]

yea mine isnt too loud without mufflers but i thought maybe the cat was helping it be more quiet what does gutted mean? its basically hollow now?

 

[novaderrik]

yeah, a gutted cat is one that has had all the stuff knocked out of it.. mine was gutted when i got the car, and i only found out it was when i unbolted the exhaust to pound a chunk of rebar thru it to gut it.. the cat in my brother's 99 Dodge Ram decided to start gutting itself piece by piece and clogged itself up tight..

 

[84sithlord]

i have muffler and no cat but have dump pipe...dump pipe opened up gets loud! lol!

 

[fixinboats]

Best to get rid of the cat and just buy a "test pipe" and be done with it.

 

[Casey Jensen]

my car has no mufflers just a catyltic convertor. is it ok to just cut it off? i dont know if its even good anymore, maybe its plugged up? will the car get louder? im in michigan so no tests.

Mine was gutted when I bought it. I kept it but run a strait pipe through it for appearance only. Don't really know what difference it makes either way.

 

[Casey Jensen]

Mine was gutted when I bought it. I kept it but run a strait pipe through it for appearance only. Don't really know what difference it makes either way.

I also installed a hooker cat back exhaust with dual mufflers and exhaust. Sounds much better.

 

[Boost231]

just gut it like posted above. other then that you can get a test pipe if you want