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Old Aug 7, 2001 | 09:05 PM
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dose any one know if any one still makes test pipe to get rid of converter
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Old Aug 7, 2001 | 11:42 PM
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Yes- I just installed one on my 77. I bought it off Ebay. Do a search for test pipe. You didn't hear this from me :D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...097956&r=0&t=0


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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 07:10 AM
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thanks just what i need
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Old Aug 8, 2001 | 10:35 AM
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Just a tip. Make sure the flanges are four-bolt. The pics show two-bolt. I purchased a high-flow cat from a Corvette supplier:smash: several years ago and the flanges were two-bolt. I put up with the leaks at the joints for a year before I threw it away.


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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 09:18 PM
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suggestion, take a metal rod and clean out the inside of the cat .you now have a test-pipe :smash:
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Old Aug 9, 2001 | 10:55 PM
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Like terry said..factory cats can be hollowed out , ummmm, but it is illeagal to do so. And you can tell them that I told you to do it. :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Old Aug 10, 2001 | 12:02 AM
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HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CLEANING THE CONVERTER OUT
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Old Aug 10, 2001 | 09:39 PM
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anything in side a cat is a restriction . take a metal rod or something that you can hit on ,now knock out everything inside the cat so that you can see thru it. :smash:
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Old Aug 10, 2001 | 10:09 PM
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True duals with flowmasters is the way I would go about it. :yesnod: Oh yeah, I did go about it that way.
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Old Aug 10, 2001 | 11:31 PM
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thanks terry
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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 11:15 AM
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Just get a high flow cat from ecklers and stay legal it will flow about as good as true duals while your there get some flow masters or glass packs and you should be happy for a while

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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 03:44 PM
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ID GO WITH A GUTTED CONVERTER. iF YOU EVER SELL IT NOBODY WANTS TO DEAL WITH WORKING ON THE EXHAUST. IT WILL KEEP THE INSPECTOR HAPPY.
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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 04:39 PM
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anything in side a cat is a restriction . take a metal rod or something that you can hit on ,now knock out everything inside the cat so that you can see thru it. :smash:
79 cats are pellet-type and cannot be "rodded" out like the cell-type.
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