Anyone ever gutted cats?

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turboscrew

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Is there anyone out there ever gutted the cats on their stock hpipe? I have one off a 2000 GT and was wondering if I could bust the cats and get better performance and sound. I had a buddy that busted the cats on a 97 F150 and it sounded like it was rattling when you got on the gas. If the stangs go that I'm not going to do it. I thought about doing just the front ones first and see how it sounds then maybe doing the back ones later. Will probably be pretty loud with 2 chamber flows.

 

ironmedic

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i wouldnt do it, you might need them one day and u are ruining some stock cats that could save u one day.

just buy some high flows and a mid pipe to go with it.

 

jstreet0204

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I gutted the cats on my BBK h-pipe after a chunk broke off and was rattling around in there. They were pretty easy to get to, but I dont know if the stock ones would be. I used a really long paddle bit on a drill to get it all out.

 

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bdcardinal

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dont gut the stock ones, it will be easier and cheaper in the long run to get a O/R h or x pipe. plus if your state ever adopts strict emissions testing, like in CA, you will need your stock pipe. the only legal midpipe in CA is the stock one.

 

dmarco_4u

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i did it, sounded great, let me tell you it was a bitch!!! to do it

 

Gearbanger 101

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I did it and though it sounded like crap. I already had an aftermarket exhaust and the combination of that and gutted cats increased the noise of the drone ten fold. Spring for an O/R H/X-pipe or at the very least weld some strait though pipe in place of the cats.

 

tomustang

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we shouldn't be talkin bout illegal stuff, it shouldn't be done. but if you do the sound will vary on what exhaust mods you have. mine sound great.

 

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bdcardinal

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ya, if you ever go to crownvic.net, any talk of illegal mods is banned. you arent allowed to bring up the idea of removing cats.

 

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if you really want to do it get yourself a piece of rebar like they use in foundations. a little bending will make it the perfect piece. get it down the pipe to the cats and strike it with a mallet a bunch of times. then just pick up the h pipe and tap in on the ground to get the chunks out. I wouldn't know anything about doing this............only saw my buddy do it!!