# So i just gutted my cat converter...... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 31, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933 "2007-03-31T11:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/21 "2007-04-02T22:20:20Z")
yeah man try it, bet you’ll be surprised ---
**Author:** ![yobos4vr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9fc348/32.png) [@yobos4vr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yobos4vr)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/22 "2007-04-10T13:33:33Z")
why not just run a high flow cat? it doesn’t hurt much at all and keeps ya legal? ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/23 "2007-04-10T14:47:47Z")
well two reasons mainly… one is that i keep the car under 5K a year anyway and two, i’m soon to be losing all the emissions stuff anyway, so it wont be legal to begin with. i may go to a highflow just to keep the sound down as it is pretty loud ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/24 "2007-04-10T14:48:22Z")
They make cats? ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/25 "2007-04-10T14:51:09Z")
carsound/magnaflow makes good cats ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/26 "2007-04-10T15:03:37Z")
> [@Hey! I'm new and clueless!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-im-new-and-clueless/29302/113): > > carsound/magnaflow makes good cats Eh, who needs a cat…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/27 "2007-04-10T16:25:38Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/5623): > > why not just run a high flow cat? it doesn’t hurt much at all and keeps ya legal? high flow cats, ha. they dont make a difference at all. u see hardly any gain. cut it or keep it a stock one ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/28 "2007-04-10T18:54:36Z")
a cat is a cat, any have the potential to fuck shit up if they clog. ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/29 "2007-04-10T20:38:37Z")
> [@FS: 94 Honda civic DX 4dr TURBO!!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-94-honda-civic-dx-4dr-turbo/29034/17): > > i’m under 5K miles a year… we all good here > [@Ultimate Fashion Statement](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ultimate-fashion-statement/29123/14): > > WRONG! any car originally equipped with a cat must retain one! oh well fuck it, as long as it looks like you have a cat then you’re good as gold :spank: > [@WTB: Honda CB motorcycle parts...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-honda-cb-motorcycle-parts/29086/13): > > They arent required to even look for a cat if they are exempt. I checked into it before I put on the lt’s and or y-pipe. It’s still a federal fine to remove a cat or remove the contents of a cat, regardless if it is under 5K or not. If feds know it was you who did it, they will fine you. As long as it is there, they prolly wouldn’t bother you anyway. That being said, mine has been gone for about 13 years now & I’ve never had any issues. It has been inspected/emissions by garages who don’t know me & nobody even gave me any hassle over it. Cat’s suck & the High flow cats are too much $$ (if you are buying 2 of them). As long as you “know” the person doing the emissions, you should be safe. Here is some pics of the headers & the front of the new 3" exhaust on my truck. Someday, I’ll get finished exhaust pics. Many Thanks to Jay @ Hybrid for modifying the headers & doing the exhaust. Jay at domination built the x-member. You don’t see no cats here… ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/30 "2007-04-10T23:12:02Z")
> It’s still a federal fine to remove a cat or remove the contents of a cat, regardless if it is under 5K or not. If feds know it was you who did it, they will fine you. As long as it is there, they prolly wouldn’t bother you anyway. thats why i kept mine there instead of just gettin a off road pipe in there. i dont need to be tested for emissions but the stuff still is there to look like its all good. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/31 "2007-04-13T03:16:47Z")
> [@SixSpeed454SS"](#): > > It’s still a federal fine to remove a cat or remove the contents of a cat, regardless if it is under 5K or not. If feds know it was you who did it, they will fine you. As long as it is there, they prolly wouldn’t bother you anyway. > > That being said, mine has been gone for about 13 years now & I’ve never had any issues. It has been inspected/emissions by garages who don’t know me & nobody even gave me any hassle over it. Cat’s suck & the High flow cats are too much $$ (if you are buying 2 of them). As long as you “know” the person doing the emissions, you should be safe. > > Here is some pics of the headers & the front of the new 3" exhaust on my truck. Someday, I’ll get finished exhaust pics. Many Thanks to Jay @ Hybrid for modifying the headers & doing the exhaust. Jay at domination built the x-member. > > You don’t see no cats here… loooks good tod…still waiting for my ride tho:squint: ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/32 "2007-04-13T10:53:10Z")
soon enough, brother. ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/33 "2007-04-13T11:53:08Z")
Dude that thing’s filthy underneath, why didn’t you wash/wax before taking pics??? :stick: ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/34 "2007-04-13T11:58:56Z")
> [@I wanna play some street hockey!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-wanna-play-some-street-hockey/29459/4): > > Dude that thing’s filthy underneath, why didn’t you wash/wax before taking pics??? :stick: 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/35 "2007-04-13T12:07:38Z")
Emissions go by OBD now, it is the visual inspection u would have a problem with ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/36 "2007-04-13T12:48:11Z")
> [@FS: Fox motocross boots](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-fox-motocross-boots/29389/3): > > Emissions go by OBD now, it is the visual inspection u would have a problem with go by OBD if they are OBD. soo my brothers nova must be plugged in now?!?!? :bowrofl: OBDII which is 96+ uses the obdII port to check for emissions, all others still use the sniffer ---
**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:** [April 13, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/37 "2007-04-13T12:53:58Z")
> [@FS: Ipod NANO 4gb,](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ipod-nano-4gb/29433/5): > > go by OBD if they are OBD. soo my brothers nova must be plugged in now?!?!? :bowrofl: > > OBDII which is 96+ uses the obdII port to check for emissions, all others still use the sniffer correctomundo! ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933/38 "2007-04-13T13:31:49Z")
> [@I wanna play some street hockey!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-wanna-play-some-street-hockey/29459/4): > > Dude that thing’s filthy underneath, why didn’t you wash/wax before taking pics??? :stick: It’s a driver, not a show piece. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-gutted-my-cat-converter/188933.md?page=1)