Catalytic Converter Removal???

[kimcrwbr1]

The fluid is fine, I flushed it about a month ago.
Think the mechanism itself is just poopered, so.... 'nother hundred bucks into the beast....
uggh..

All the best,

Hooper

Have you tried pulling a vacuum on the reservor, get a spare power steering pump cap and fit a nipple on the cap then rig a jar with two nipples on it to catch any oil it may pull then run a vac line from the pump to the jar then from the jar to manifold vacuum. Put the jar somewhere safe and just drive it around like that and check the fluid regularly working the steering from stop to stop it just may quiet the pump/gear down some.

 

[Gotta_gofast]

Holy crap that was difficult to follow! lol, but I think I understand enough of it to comprehend that you are suggesting to flush the fluid by sucking it into a jar using manifold vacuum? If so, there are easier ways to flush the fluid. If this is not what you are suggesting, ignore me!

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

No, he's saying to use engine vacuum to bleed the air out of the power steering system. Ford pumps are actually supposed to bled under a vacuum.

 

[press 1 for english]

I got a '98 Ford Ranger, 4.0ltr V6 I have done a bunch of mods on it, and finally got down to the sound of it. I bought a Flow-master 40 the aggressive blah blah blah blah blah....

Had 'er in and well... no sound?!?! I thought this was supposed to be the loudest SOB out there, so I took a closer look at my exhaust turns out I got 2 Catalytic converters one in front of the other, with a O2 sensor out of there...

Now I'm wondering if ditching the CAT/S will help with the sound at all and what are the negatives to doing it??


Can anyone help me out??

Thanks-

Hooper

It's illegal and discussing something like that on a forum is not too bright.

 

[press 1 for english]

I am so sick of people with 4 and 6 cylinder engines coming in here saying "I put all this money into my truck trying to make it sound like a Mustang, but it still doesn't. Will destroying the environment make my truck louder?"

You want it to sound like a muscle car? Go buy a muscle car.

You can't make a 1993 2.3L Ranger into a performer with a flowmaster, K&N filter, synthetic oil, and drag radials? Golly Gee, I'm disappointed!

 

[Andy D]

In MA, my 94 doesnt have to pass emissions because it isnt OBD II. It came to me with an expired sticker and a bad exhaust . No cat. Bad muffler. I let my last Grand Wag go to the junkyard without the cat that only had 10k miles on it. I grafted it onto the "test pipe". and then used the intermediate pipe to the Walker muffler. I wasnt gonna insult my sticker guy. The emissions stuff doesnt have to work, it just needs to be there. He could be in trouble if he passed me w/o a cat.

 

[racsan]

-in before the lock-

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

In MA, my 94 doesnt have to pass emissions because it isnt OBD II. It came to me with an expired sticker and a bad exhaust . No cat. Bad muffler. I let my last Grand Wag go to the junkyard without the cat that only had 10k miles on it. I grafted it onto the "test pipe". and then used the intermediate pipe to the Walker muffler. I wasnt gonna insult my sticker guy. The emissions stuff doesnt have to work, it just needs to be there. He could be in trouble if he passed me w/o a cat.

Yes... in certain locals that is true, it has to be on there but there is no real test for function.

BUT....

It's stupid to not run a cat or have a gutted cat on your vehicle. Unless you're running a top-fuel dragster or the like, all you're doing is hurting performance, violating the law, and ticking people off that drive behind you because they have to inhale that noxious smell.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

It is a federal law, not just local laws...Doesn't matter if it has to meet emissions or not.

 

[Andy D]

If the inspector was paying attention, he would have recognized the cat from the Wag. When it was on the Jeep, I had all the smog widgets hooked up with about 35 feet of brand new hose, put a new EGR on, rebuilt the 2150 carb. I had tuned that dinosaur to pass a MA dyno test The measured exhaust was 25% or less of the criteria. That cat is functional. We were all amazed to see it score such low readings . I would still be driving the Wag if the frame hadnt rotted past repair.

 

[WNY964x4]

It is a federal law, not just local laws...Doesn't matter if it has to meet emissions or not.

i never understood this , i have seen i dont know how many vehicles in west virginia where the cats have been cut off (not required for inspection) and complete duals run (even on brand new vehicles) , the local and state cops do nothing about it though , it kind of baffles me , then it makes it a PITA when you bring a truck up from down there and have to try to install a cat on it

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

It's all a matter of when or if you get caught. If the vehicle came with a catalytic converter, it must have one! Pretty simple.

Removing them isn't going to net any gains anyways.

 

[Gotta_gofast]

If you remove the cats and throw on some 42lb injectors you can blow black smoke like all the cool diesel pickups!

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

You mean idiot owners of diesel trucks right?

 

[93 Ohio Ranger]

You wont get any gains. Yes i cut one them off of mine, but the cat was clogged so i ran catless for a week till i got money to replace it.