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03-25-10, 01:41 AM
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gutted cat?
hey guys my cat is getting giving my motor problems! so im thinking of gutting it
haha! will gutting the cat throw me a CEL?
03-25-10, 11:47 AM
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03-26-10, 11:58 AM
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I gutted mine on my SC400 and I havent seen anything
03-26-10, 12:13 PM
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why is it giving it problems? your title is not very PETA friendly.. lol
03-27-10, 06:10 PM
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I gutted mine on my SC400 and I havent seen anything
sweet! how does it sound? and how did you do it?
03-27-10, 06:15 PM
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why is it giving it problems? your title is not very PETA friendly.. lol
yea its clogged, well thats what the mechanic said. i have yet to check. haha! yea the girl said i gross!
03-27-10, 06:19 PM
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I gutted mine and I notice a big loss in low-end torque. The engine did not like the hollow cats. It will throw a CEL because the secondary O2 sensor will detect cat failure. I'm fabricating a testpipe and O2 CEL eliminator right now.
03-27-10, 06:22 PM
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I have my removed and replaced with straight pipe all the way back. I havent seen any codes either. I did keep the stock mufflers.
03-27-10, 06:26 PM
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My car has no lower cat and I didn't notice a loss in torque. It is a bit louder, but no CEL as of yet.
03-27-10, 06:43 PM
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The CEL depends on what year you have. 95 and above will throw the CEL light. OBDII needs all o2 sensors to read correctly, or it will throw a code.
03-27-10, 06:49 PM
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03-27-10, 07:29 PM
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The CEL depends on what year you have. 95 and above will throw the CEL light. OBDII needs all o2 sensors to read correctly, or it will throw a code.
i guess ill be ok. i drive a 94.
how did you guys gut the cat?
03-27-10, 08:31 PM
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The CEL depends on what year you have. 95 and above will throw the CEL light. OBDII needs all o2 sensors to read correctly, or it will throw a code.
95 is still odb1.
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03-28-10, 04:02 AM
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Sorry meant 96+.
Your 94 will be fine without them.
03-28-10, 04:05 AM
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Sorry meant 96+.
Your 94 will be fine without them.
sweet, do you know what it takes to gut it?