catalitic converters and resinators do i need them

[putnam88]

i have heard i can take the resinatiors off but i have heard if i take cats off over time i will lose power and car wont run right

i have also heard its better to do it

 

[Lash]

I believe all of them are cats.

How strict are your emissions (and emissions laws)?

 

[putnam88]

well not strick i am out in nowere florida and i was reading and found out the first two are resinator for reduction of sound so they can go for sure but i head bad and good things about taking the cats off

 

[HISSIN50]

I think the front two are referred to as precats and do function as a means of reducing emissions (as far as the EPA is concerned, we have 4 cats in OEM form).

An O/R pipe sounds like it's what you want.

Good luck.

 

[putnam88]

my main thing i am tyring to find out is will i lose power taking the cats or should i just get high performance cats

 

[HISSIN50]

my main thing i am tyring to find out is will i lose power taking the cats or should i just get high performance cats

It's up to you. High flow cats will not hinder performance for all but about the nastiest of street cars. The stock H-pipe diameter leaves something to be desired though.

I dont know who said that removing the cats (and installing a straight pipe in their place) could cause you to lose power. Some folks kinda get backpressure and exhaust scavenging confused though.............

If considering removing cats, I'd get an O/R pipe.

MHO.
Good luck.

 

[lee888]

summit racing will sell a h-pipe for around 110 bucks.bolts right up,gets rid of your cats and is 2.5 in diameter,really frees up your flow and sounds great.i put that and mac pro dumps(muffler)on and you can feel the differance.also sounds great.as long as you dont test emissions your good to go.hope that helps.

 

[Mustang5L5]

You lose a slight amount of low end torque but gain top end HP.

DO it right and buy an off-road H-pipe