[/IMG]
Dynatech Supermaxx converters hollow??
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,306
Likes: 772
From: Long Island NY
Dynatech Supermaxx converters hollow??
Bought used Dynatech Supermaxx system from MTI, advertised as perfect condition & complete. Just got the one box today which was the X-pipe, mid-pipes and cats, but here's what i see when I look into the cats:
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,251
Likes: 7
From: Woodbridge Ontario
They've been gutted.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,306
Likes: 772
From: Long Island NY
Originally Posted by tlaselva
They've been gutted.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
Thanks. Yeah thats what I figured. SO far my dealings with MTI hasn't been too good which I am surprised about b/c they are a big place and I thought a reputable dealer. I was originally told they would ship the day I bought them which was 2 Saturdays ago. Than I called back and said they didn't go out until Tuesday and they would email me the tracking #'s. Never got the email..called back after a few days and was given the tracking numbers...looked up the first one and turns out they didn't ship until Friday (almost a week after I paid for them), scheduled to arrive today. Today come home and I only got ONE of the two packages. Track the second and says billing info received but no package received from shipper. The second package is the headers...looks like they never even shipped them. Open the first package and turns out the cats were gutted. uggh. Also, this was advertised here on the forum as 100% complete. Curious to see if the 02 extensions etc are in the box with the headers, b/c the only thing in this box is the pipes and clamps. Left a message for David Coates before but haven't heard back and they are closed now.
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,306
Likes: 772
From: Long Island NY
Yeah I know Steve. Thats a nice deal for new ones installed, but for $850 shipped I couldnt pass up this used set. Being these systems are all T304 stainless, its not like they wear out anytime soon and the shine when new is short lived anyhow. As far as the cats being hollowed, I guess I'll just have to live with it. If I decide I don't like it or start to get funny smells I might eventually get new cats. To be honest I am hoping to get some credit back from MTI. I think that would be the fair thing for them to do. Being they are a big vendor I am planning on it...
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 4,949
Likes: 10
From: Monticello MN
Originally Posted by tlaselva
They've been gutted.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
This is dead on. As mentioned, they should have a honeycomb element in the high flow cats. Mine did. Without the cat material, some have had smelly exhausts.
Ed
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 6,276
Likes: 227
From: Farmington CT
Cruise-In VII Veteran
Originally Posted by kbreese
Yeah I know Steve. Thats a nice deal for new ones installed, but for $850 shipped I couldnt pass up this used set. Being these systems are all T304 stainless, its not like they wear out anytime soon and the shine when new is short lived anyhow. As far as the cats being hollowed, I guess I'll just have to live with it. If I decide I don't like it or start to get funny smells I might eventually get new cats. To be honest I am hoping to get some credit back from MTI. I think that would be the fair thing for them to do. Being they are a big vendor I am planning on it...
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,675
Likes: 58
From: Hayward (Bay Area) CA
Originally Posted by tlaselva
They've been gutted.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
I had the exact same system on my Z which I personally installed.
There should be a honeycomb type element filling up the centre cat section.
Guess you may fool any visual inspection for cats, but otherwise, your running a system w/o cats.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,596
Likes: 19
From: Portland Oregon
Originally Posted by Vette_Fan
Although its unfair to you, and its wrong on MTI's part to not send you what they originally advertised.... itsn't running headers without cats gets you more power though? However, you may not pass smog without cats...
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,306
Likes: 772
From: Long Island NY
David Coates at MTI is taking care of me. As of now UPS actually lost the 2nd box which contained the headers and if they can't find it, I will be getting an entire brand new Supermaxx system since they insured it for the total amount it costs new. Here's to hoing they don't find it! lol. If they do find the lost box than I believe David will be shipping me new Dynatech cats.
Last edited by kbreese; Sep 15, 2006 at 04:50 PM.