# Ratteling cat converter... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 7, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806 "2005-03-07T21:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/1 "2005-03-07T21:29:35Z")
pound out the insides? or hit it with a hammer a few times so the cage stops ratteling? ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/2 "2005-03-07T21:35:15Z")
> [@HaNnIBaL64](#): > > pound out the insides? or hit it with a hammer a few times so the cage stops ratteling? Is the rattle internal or is it the heat-shield on the outside? If it’s just the heat-shield it just needs a few little tac-welds to hold it again. If it’s the internal substrate you’ll need to replace or gut it. I’m not sure what “cage” you’re refering to. The inside of a cat has a few substrates, which look like honey-comb structures when you look through the cat. If the rattle is internal it means a piece of one has broken off or one of them is coming loose from the cat housing. Either way hitting it w/ a hammer is just going to make it worse. If you don’t wanna buy a new one just remove it and knock out all the internal substrate material w/ a long screwdriver or bar of some sort. Might make the car sound kinda ricey though w/ the Quad4. But mo powa. 😉 -TJ ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/3 "2005-03-07T21:43:42Z")
> [@tjZ28](#): > > Is the rattle internal or is it the heat-shield on the outside? If it’s just the heat-shield it just needs a few little tac-welds to hold it again. If it’s the internal substrate you’ll need to replace or gut it. I’m not sure what “cage” you’re refering to. The inside of a cat has a few substrates, which look like honey-comb structures when you look through the cat. If the rattle is internal it means a piece of one has broken off or one of them is coming loose from the cat housing. Either way hitting it w/ a hammer is just going to make it worse. If you don’t wanna buy a new one just remove it and knock out all the internal substrate material w/ a long screwdriver or bar of some sort. Might make the car sound kinda ricey though w/ the Quad4. But mo powa. 😉 > > -TJ sounds like a honda already the engine is loud as hell ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/4 "2005-03-08T01:28:14Z")
Puddle Growl is the best… grrrrrrrrrrrrrr 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/5 "2005-03-08T06:57:47Z")
Its prob just a heat shield ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/6 "2005-03-08T07:01:37Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > Its prob just a heat shield cut it off! still rattles ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/7 "2005-03-08T07:03:20Z")
Cats are for pussies… gut it then ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/8 "2005-03-08T07:03:58Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > Cats are for pussies… gut it then dont have way to weld it back on… locla garage wont weld it on for me… i have to cut it off first though ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/9 "2005-03-08T07:05:45Z")
[www.jjsautomotive.com](http://www.jjsautomotive.com) :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/10 "2005-03-08T18:08:45Z")
> [@HaNnIBaL64](#): > > cut it off! still rattles did you cut off the top of it also ? ---
**Author:** ![mp3ray](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp3ray/32/5994_2.png) [@mp3ray](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mp3ray)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/11 "2005-03-08T19:05:39Z")
i say punch it out!! ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/12 "2005-03-08T19:09:21Z")
> [@mp3ray](#): > > i say punch it out!! 🤣 coming from you, this is funny ! 🌑 ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ratteling-cat-converter/172806/13 "2005-03-08T19:13:22Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > did you cut off the top of it also ? there is no top… only heat sheild left is mounted to the floor boards.