Punching Out Cat

srt-design · Post by **srt-design** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:45 pm

is it easy to punch out the catalytic converter guts or is it easier to just weld in a straight pipe?

lemme know boyzzzz..

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:53 pm

easier to punch it out..but it smells bad.

Drvr02RT · Post by **Drvr02RT** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:21 pm

if you decide to punch it out be sure to wear a mask, you dont want to breath that shit in. also.....it does stink lol

srt-design · Post by **srt-design** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:08 pm

haha thats funny, i'll need something long and hard to punch that out... hummm... lets see what

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:52 pm

your fist wuss

just kidding
i have know idea what you guys are talking about

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:01 pm

its easier to kick a dog

LCPLPunk · Post by **LCPLPunk** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:02 pm

I used a crowbar. Put the crowbar in the cat, then bang the crowbar against the ground up into the cat. Wiggle the crow bar around as much as you can and try to whittle away at the insides. Sooner or later their won't be anything left.

underway · Post by **underway** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:49 pm

well i have done several cat guttings lol....and i like to use a piece of square bar and a hammer cus since its square when u hammer it in a bit u can twist and it makes bigger hole and affter you get one or two holes it all bassically falls out....o and i didnt wear a mask either..only thing i noticed is the under the car tinging sound cus its a big hollow space in there when u just gut it so if you dont want that then replace the pipe...i just gutted it cus im hoping ill magically pass smog and when he looks he will think theres a workin cat under there..... seriously doubt it tho

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:59 pm

On my old car we hollowed out the cat and welded a pipe inside that way it appeared to be stock and still have a cat but really it was straight pipe

underway · Post by **underway** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:09 pm

SlvrACR wrote:On my old car we hollowed out the cat and welded a pipe inside that way it appeared to be stock and still have a cat but really it was straight pipe

sounds like a pretty good idea.....but didnt u have to decrease it a .25'' to make the pipe fit inside the other?

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:14 pm

LCPLPunk wrote:I used a crowbar. Put the crowbar in the cat, then bang the crowbar against the ground up into the cat. Wiggle the crow bar around as much as you can and try to whittle away at the insides. Sooner or later their won't be anything left.

that might get a little messy, make sure you wear your gettin dirty clothes

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:55 pm

i didnt notice any different smell when i punched mine out. and it was pretty easy, just get a long extension for a ratchet, and started beating the hell out of the inside of the cat and every now and then id flip it upside down and hit the flange on the ground tto shaek the broken shit out. but that was with the DP removed.

nofrills05 · Post by **nofrills05** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:23 pm

wouldn't be easier to just buy a strait pipe, more expensive, but easier.

just a thought

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:35 pm

this is free, and some states have a visual inspection of the cat....so if it looks like it's there it will pass

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:53 pm

For the ultimate fake cat, punch it out, weld pipe in, then fill between the pipe and cat housing with sand. This gives the ultimate authentic 'clunk' sound to make sure it doesn't sound hollow when they tap on the side of it.

srt-design · Post by **srt-design** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:56 am

what if i put a small chunk of C4 inside and set it off, if the going gets tuff?

will that work?

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:08 am

that might damage the rest of it too. i believe its a pretty thin casing around all of it.

srt-design · Post by **srt-design** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:19 pm

racer12306 wrote:that might damage the rest of it too. i believe its a pretty thin casing around all of it.

hehe i was just kidden, b.

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:20 pm

awhhh freakin' sweet were blowing shit up now

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:31 pm

fixitmattman wrote:For the ultimate fake cat, punch it out, weld pipe in, then fill between the pipe and cat housing with sand. This gives the ultimate authentic 'clunk' sound to make sure it doesn't sound hollow when they tap on the side of it.

That is a great idea... never heard of that one before

underway · Post by **underway** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:03 am

ya sand in the cat sounds like a good idea.....or u could just make sure your cars to dam low for the fucker to tap on it...lol i remember when i took my tbird in. the smog check guy pulled the front tires onto the dyno drum things and then got on the gas and after a minute of seein him lookin like he was tryin to do a burnout i said....its fuckin rwd man....dam asians...... and it was an auto... im afraid to see him with a stick..o and that car never passed smog....real shocker... better off smoggin it myself

srt-design · Post by **srt-design** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:59 pm

fixitmattman wrote:For the ultimate fake cat, punch it out, weld pipe in, then fill between the pipe and cat housing with sand. This gives the ultimate authentic 'clunk' sound to make sure it doesn't sound hollow when they tap on the side of it.

ya good idea but im not crazy about the sand weighing my car down part. plus there's no emmission check where i live so im probably going to cut and weld in a straight pipe!

straight pipe FTW! ill let you know how it sounds.

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:33 pm

i did it to last neon i had....took off cat and welded a resonator....sounds exactly same as stock.

Now i'm debating if i do same or just gut cat.

Marthby · Post by **Marthby** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:26 pm

Wouldn't this cause a CEL?

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:24 pm

dgodard · Post by **dgodard** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:05 pm

CEL didn't turn on in my case, don't know why

underway · Post by **underway** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:08 pm

Marthby wrote:Wouldn't this cause a CEL?

mine didnt cum on for like 4k miles

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:21 pm

underway wrote:cum

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:44 am

^^^
You hungry?

Ok back on topic......
If you hollow out the cat, make sure you run a straight pipe through it since the hollowed out cat will cause a restriction in the exhaust system just as bad as a stock cat.
If you dont have to worry about a cat in whatever state your at then just go and grab one of these:

Those down pipes can be found cheap, and there are others out there that also have a resonator in them. These pipes used can be had for around $50shipped....

Also, for anyone thinking about destroying there cat converters, SCRAP metal prices are up(the last I heard) and junkyards here in WNY pay upto $50-$100 for a CAT with a solid core, $15-$30 for a CAT with a loose core. So why destroy your cat when you can get $ for it and buy a replacement downpipe...

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:16 am

too nbad you didnt ell me that sooner...

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