# cattalic converter **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993 "2007-05-08T20:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/1 "2007-05-08T20:35:00Z")
so my cc got a hole in it and it sounded like shit cuz it kept hissing. … so tonight got sick of it and cut it off… bad mistake, its beyond loud now… so my question is should i A. get a pipe and just have it straight piped or B. go get a new cc put on at a shop im just wondering if i use a pipe and it flows through my cat back muffler will it sound quieter or same loud ass sound. and also who has a cheap price to install a cc ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/2 "2007-05-08T20:39:08Z")
get a new converter u will fail inspection without one and ur car will smell ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/3 "2007-05-08T20:39:42Z")
well hmmm straight pipe = illegal = you wont be able to get it inspected cats are cheap. Have one put in ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/4 "2007-05-08T20:45:38Z")
and for future reference, when you cut a part of your exhaust off, its going to become loud. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/5 "2007-05-08T20:45:41Z")
catalytic ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/6 "2007-05-08T20:47:17Z")
[quote=“Jon,post:5,topic:28993"”] catalytic [/quote] If he cut it off and was surprised it got louder, spelling is the least of his concerns… ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/7 "2007-05-09T20:08:11Z")
i can care less about inspection since my friend owns a garage… i was just wondering if it would be quieter if i just put a pipe there and let it go to the muffler but i think im going to get an exhaust cut out and put a new catalyic converter on and sorry i cant spell ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/8 "2007-05-09T20:23:40Z")
i dont run a cat on my car and i pass without a problem… yea it smells a lot for people behind me, but i dont smell nothing haha ---
**Author:** ![amspimpwagon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amspimpwagon/32/7339_2.png) [@amspimpwagon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amspimpwagon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/9 "2007-05-09T22:08:29Z")
I dont really have an answer to baseballs question, but no cat smells great. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/10 "2007-05-09T22:38:28Z")
:tdown: to cats. No cat FTW. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/11 "2007-05-11T04:28:07Z")
well if i put a pipe there to replace the cat will it get quieter since its going through the muffler? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/12 "2007-05-11T04:44:45Z")
No it will be louder. PUT A CAT BACK IN. /thread. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cattalic-converter/28993/13 "2007-05-13T21:16:33Z")
You can run most cars right off the cat without too much of a problem, right off the headers… JEEEZUS its loud… Straight pipe will be better, but its still going to be freeking loud. Get a cat, theyre like $80 or so for universials, or $140ish for dirrect fit.