Gutting Cats
Pro
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Columbia South Carolina
Hey all...
I'm broke and have a C5. I'm looking to gut the cats for a bit of a sound increase because the catback I purchased is a bit too quiet for my taste.
How should I go about doing this? I live in Florida so I don't have to worry about emissions.
Please don't advise me not to do it and to buy an off-road xpipe or something because I'll be doing that as soon as I can get some headers.
So just a simple guide will do. Thanks!
P.S. I searched before posting this thread and I couldn't find a how-to or a guide.
I'm broke and have a C5. I'm looking to gut the cats for a bit of a sound increase because the catback I purchased is a bit too quiet for my taste.
How should I go about doing this? I live in Florida so I don't have to worry about emissions.
Please don't advise me not to do it and to buy an off-road xpipe or something because I'll be doing that as soon as I can get some headers.
So just a simple guide will do. Thanks!
P.S. I searched before posting this thread and I couldn't find a how-to or a guide.
Hmmmmmmmm, another person who brought a Vette cheap. but actually can't afford to own one...............
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Justin TX
OP, gutting the cats won't fix your sound problem, the muffler bypass mod will.
Good Luck
Tech Contributor
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From: Dyer, IN
Not everyone that buys a vette sets aside a large budget for mods- thus the many "free mods" postings all over this site. Raising three kids and paying a mortgage puts me in the same position as the OP, plenty of money to take care of all of my responsibilities, but can't spend thousands of dollars turning my car into the wild street machine I wish it was.
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From: Anthony TX
CI 6,7,8,9,11 Vet
St. Jude Donor '08
When I sold my 98 and got my 02 ZO6, there was cash saved to play the MOD game and I played hard!
Enjoy the car the way it is for now. Learn to drive it correctly and save cash for a set plan for future worthwhile modifications.
BC
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Melting Slicks
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From: Leon Iowa
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
Rather than gutting the cats I would just cut them off and weld two pipes in between them where the cats used to be. This way if needed you can put the cats back on. Don't destroy them. Also with no cats you will get a check engine light so you will need to get the rear O2s tuned out.
