Catalytic Converter Mod
#1
Catalytic Converter Mod
Ive have tried a search and struggled to find anything but again if the question has been answered else where give me a PM and I will get get the thread removed.
Anyway, ive tried looking for pictures of UK catalytic converters on rx-8's and I have struggled to find any with the correct angle to determine if the cat is a straight through design or an offset one. Ideally what I would like to experiment with is hollowing out a cat and welding a pipe straight through (basically making a de-cat through the original housing) this would mean any visual inpsections of the car for any reason would indicate the cat is still there and it would also remove the risk of destorying a good (and expensive) converter if plugs or coils fail. The original item would be kept for emmisions testing as required once a year.
Also do cats get refurbed or is a dead cat a trash item? Obviously I don't want to ruin a good item which like I said I would need for emmisons tests so getting a cheap dead item would be the only way to make this viable.
Thanks
Anyway, ive tried looking for pictures of UK catalytic converters on rx-8's and I have struggled to find any with the correct angle to determine if the cat is a straight through design or an offset one. Ideally what I would like to experiment with is hollowing out a cat and welding a pipe straight through (basically making a de-cat through the original housing) this would mean any visual inpsections of the car for any reason would indicate the cat is still there and it would also remove the risk of destorying a good (and expensive) converter if plugs or coils fail. The original item would be kept for emmisions testing as required once a year.
Also do cats get refurbed or is a dead cat a trash item? Obviously I don't want to ruin a good item which like I said I would need for emmisons tests so getting a cheap dead item would be the only way to make this viable.
Thanks
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If your going to punch out the honeycomb interior to the converter, why go through the trouble of putting a pipe in there. Just run it empty.
Better yet, buy a burnt out/clogged one (to be modified) and sell the good one to someone that needs it. You should make a bit of money on the exchange.
Better yet, buy a burnt out/clogged one (to be modified) and sell the good one to someone that needs it. You should make a bit of money on the exchange.
#7
If your going to punch out the honeycomb interior to the converter, why go through the trouble of putting a pipe in there. Just run it empty.
Better yet, buy a burnt out/clogged one (to be modified) and sell the good one to someone that needs it. You should make a bit of money on the exchange.
Better yet, buy a burnt out/clogged one (to be modified) and sell the good one to someone that needs it. You should make a bit of money on the exchange.
The reason I would use a pipe through it is to maintain more efficient exhaust flow.
Last edited by Bauwz; 03-19-2012 at 01:25 PM.
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