how many cats do i have?

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how many cats do i have?

October 05, 2006, 09:48:46 PM

just wondering how many catolitic converters are on my car...

how many cats do i have?

Reply #1 – October 05, 2006, 10:00:22 PM

3 of them, thats what my v8 had and i assume that the 6 cylinder cars have them too. two off the down pipes off the manifold, and one after the y pipe

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Reply #2 – October 05, 2006, 10:01:13 PM

Well, I have 2 with a 5.0. At the most 3 but I think thats the Mn-12.

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Reply #3 – October 05, 2006, 10:06:56 PM

Quote from: Nate;107084

i assume that the 6 cylinder cars have them too.

You assume correct, if its the stock exhaust or stock replacement it should have small ones in the downpipes then a large one under the tranny.

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Reply #4 – October 05, 2006, 10:45:16 PM

alright, thank you for the help!

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Reply #5 – October 09, 2006, 11:53:30 PM

Yes I have the to small one's on my 88 Bird So I am not going to use #3 by the tranny..

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Reply #6 – October 09, 2006, 11:56:15 PM

If you dont have emissions where you are dont use any of them, theyre probabally plugged anyway and restricting your exhaust.

Theyre easy to do, did all three in my 80 withing an hour or so, I didnt have to fight with any bolts though, 4 came out of the manifolds easy with the impact and the other two snapped.

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Reply #7 – October 10, 2006, 12:48:51 AM

Yes you are correct the Cats shall all Die.. I could not believe I removed the entire exhaust system with out breaking or fighting with any Bolt.. wonder if it was the Yield I used.. much better than Blaster, but blaster is good... Never do it Dry. they complain...

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Reply #8 – October 10, 2006, 01:04:27 AM

Quote from: VictourBII;107731

Never do it Dry. they complain...

lol Thats sig worthy right there

I dont know whats worse, turning the wrench or that sound they make!

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Reply #9 – October 10, 2006, 05:17:38 PM

does anyone know JUST how restricitve the cats on our cars are? at what point does the phrase "modern cars' cats arent restrictive and you dont gain any power removing them" apply? also how much noise do they suppress? i have a flowmaster 40 in my exhaust (mom made me get the system replaced and have a ler as much as i loved the way it sounded after i cut off the horribly rusted ler) so if i just unbolted the big "main" cat and had a pipe bent up to replace it would the exhaust not get a lot louder? or do those little cats kill the sound a lot too? cuz id be happy with that, for mom id still keep the ler (wouldnt throw the cat out, im not stupid, not sure on my states tests, if they do a check or tailpipe test but if they do ill throw it back on when inspection day comes around) but not that third cat so maybe it would still be pretty loud? or not?

for reference ill define "loud": as im driving it i can hear the exhaust VERY well. thats what i want

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Reply #10 – October 10, 2006, 10:02:29 PM

The cats are not really Great breathers and if they become clogged they hurt performance a lot. If you had the flowmasters with the cats and they still were too loud in you Mothers opinon. I don't think they are clogged..You could install Turbo lers and have a great non restrictive sound.. we need to help the pollution problem by trying to be in complyance... OH by the way NICE Cougar

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Reply #11 – October 10, 2006, 10:15:32 PM

96-98 mustang gts had 6, yep 6 converters on them stock.

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Reply #12 – October 10, 2006, 11:56:48 PM

Quote from: VictourBII;107873

The cats are not really Great breathers and if they become clogged they hurt performance a lot. If you had the flowmasters with the cats and they still were too loud in you Mothers opinon. I don't think they are clogged..You could install Turbo lers and have a great non restrictive sound.. we need to help the pollution problem by trying to be in complyance... OH by the way NICE Cougar

nononono lol when it was WIDE OPEN straight pipe from the cat back she didnt like it and made me get SOME kind of ler, and id heard that a flowmaster 40 was like their loudest one but im dissatisfied. i had my brother stab the gas while i squatted behind the car and it was real nice but i want to hear that sitting in the car like i did when it was wide open. ive tried to pull off the ler but it was a good professional job and the ler inputs clamped down tight on the in/out pipes so i cant pull it off!

so what im saying is if i yank the third cat, with the flowmaster still on, will she liven up a bit?

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Reply #13 – October 11, 2006, 12:17:03 AM

Quote

so what im saying is if i yank the third cat, with the flowmaster still on, will she liven up a bit?

Yes

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Reply #14 – October 11, 2006, 09:37:17 AM

YES do it...