replacing/removing cats

[ilystbronco]

i have a 95 bronco xlt with the 5.0 and a 5 speed and i was gunna remove the catalitic converters and put straight pipe. what do i need to do this? and what do i need to do? how long will it take?

 

[Jerry D]

I dont know New York's process as far as state inspection goes but I am took my cats off a while ago. All you have to do is take a tire tool or heavy screwdriver and bust up the porcelain core inside. If they look at it, it looks like a cat just not the internals of one. Texas says that it has to be in place and operational. I cut the pipe in front of it busted the inside of the cat up and removed as much as I could. Thats one way to do it.

 

[ilystbronco]

so ur saying i can just take my muffler off and rip out as much shit as i can from the inside of it?, o and i dont give a **** about the inspection cuz i work in a shop and i can get it passed with no problem.

 

[Seabronc]

A 95 has to be able to pass the NY inspection including hooking up to the computer. They are supposed to do a visual inspection as well. I don't believe they are doing a sniffer test. You probably will be ticketed if found without it.

Good luck,

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[Seabronc]

so ur saying i can just take my muffler off and rip out as much shit as i can from the inside of it?, o and i dont give a **** about the inspection cuz i work in a shop and i can get it passed with no problem.

If you work in a shop and don't give a F*** about inspection, why did you need to ask? Your truck info in your signature says you already don't have cats :blink: .

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[ilystbronco]

oo whoops thats a typo i gotta fix that thanks it should say i plan to have no cats, thanks for telling me that,lol

 

[madmax]

throw in an msd ignition system and it should pass the sniffer test w/o the cats, my truck gets by with most of the pollution controle BS faked.

 

[ilystbronco]

whats a msd ignition systom cost? and what is included in it?

 

[ilystbronco]

i bought a piece of 17 inch pipe to replace my cat yesterday and i was wondering if i can just bolt it in after i cut the front of my converter out and unbolt the other end of the converter from my muffler and just put the piece of pipe in between were the converter was is this the right way to do it?

 

[Seabronc]

i bought a piece of 17 inch pipe to replace my cat yesterday and i was wondering if i can just bolt it in after i cut the front of my converter out and unbolt the other end of the converter from my muffler and just put the piece of pipe in between were the converter was is this the right way to do it?

Either you will need a couple of pipe couplings or you will need an expander so the new pipe will fit over the outside of the old pipe and inside the muffler pipe.

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[ilystbronco]

the pipe i got already has each end expanded. so u guys think it will work? i c if my boss will let me use the lift at work tomarrow to try it. also does it matter if i only pull out the rear cat because i didnt c how it was possible to rip out the front cat.