3rd cat

[beerdog]

Is the 3rd cat a true cat?

 

[steve]

yes, i got rid of mine, it is down stream the O2s and it think put there for start up emissions. I would wager if you Mark is properly tuned it would pass any sniffer test with it gone.

 

[whiplash15]

Most guys replace the 3rd cat with an "X" pipe.

 

[driller]

According to the manual, it is a "dual converter Y pipe".

 

[J]

Ya, what JP said. What is RD cat?

 

[beerdog]

I ment to type "3rd". I am thinking of removing mine. Is it a CAt in the sense I can sell it for the paladium scrap? When we did john's car he got like $20 per cat.

 

[steve]

I ment to type "3rd". I am thinking of removing mine. Is it a CAt in the sense I can sell it for the paladium scrap? When we did john's car he got like $20 per cat.

yea, you can get money for it

 

[billcu]

I ment to type "3rd". I am thinking of removing mine. Is it a CAt in the sense I can sell it for the paladium scrap? When we did john's car he got like $20 per cat.

Fixed it for ya.

 

[J]

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When I did mine, they took trade for some old ones I had laying around. Fully exhaust only cost me 100 bucks.

Speaking of which....you could always just cut off the resonator with a sawsall and then use a chisel/pry bar to break all the substrate out. Then you'll still have the type of x pipe in place.

 

[beerdog]

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Speaking of which....you could always just cut off the resonator with a sawsall and then use a chisel/pry bar to break all the substrate out. Then you'll still have the type of x pipe in place.

This is probablly not a bad option. I wonder if the scrap guys will pay you for the stuff you chip out????

 

[steve]

This is probablly not a bad option. I wonder if the scrap guys will pay you for the stuff you chip out????

what is left is not a true X pipe, it is Y pipe

 

[J]

Yeah, thats why I said type of x pipe, lol.

They took mine and gave me some credit because they swept it up and dumped it into another old cat.

 

[Trixie]

You could have asked me -- it's a "resonator" is what I tell people, and it's illegal to remove at least in this state and I have "no idea" what happened to mine, but it's somehow gone "missing" but I pass emissions all the time and just tell the guys I have custom mufflers.

 

[BadSax]

I pass emissions all the time and just tell the guys I have custom mufflers.

That's an understatement...

 

[Trixie]

That's an understatement...

Well, they always say, this doesn't sound like a Lincoln... I don't want them looking under her. :fart

 

[steve]

You could have asked me -- it's a "resonator" is what I tell people, and it's illegal to remove at least in this state and I have "no idea" what happened to mine, but it's somehow gone "missing" but I pass emissions all the time and just tell the guys I have custom mufflers.

It is a federal offense, not state

 

[Trixie]

It is a federal offense, not state

Does that make me a potential felon? I mean, if I knew how it allegedly "fell" off the alleged car?

 

[steve]

Does that make me a potential felon? I mean, if I knew how it allegedly "fell" off the alleged car?

Who knows, but i don't think the EPA will care enough and you have the other cats. Even the shop manual has it as part of the exhaust system and not emission system even though it has the catalyst material inside. It is sort of like your appendix, kind of like an extra part that is not required.

 

[budpytko]

....and if it car passes emissions, you do NOT go to jail!

 

[beerdog]

It was removed and replaced with an X-pipe.

I have not looked that close yet. Why woudl it be a Y-pipe? Since mine is an LSC exhaust wouldn't it be dual-in and dual-out?