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nickthegenius · Mar 5th, 2003, 11:48 PM

I've been thinking that maybe the cat is on it's last legs. The exhaust the last couple weeks is just plain rank smelling. Thinking about cutting the cat out and replacing it with a short glasspack. Indiana doesn't inspect cars and a glasspack would keep the car at a decent noise level instead of putting a piece of pipe in where the cat used to be. Plus, it would be a whole lot cheaper. I know a lot of import guys have cut their cats and used either glasspacks or resonators inplace of the cat. What do you guys think about this? Please, no tree-hugger comments.

BTW, I have a Pacesetter cat-back (actually more like an axle-back since it starts over the rear axle)

Mar 5th, 2003, 11:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
nickthegenius Nissan Enthusiast Join Date: May 2002 Location: Elwood, IN Posts: 194	Cat is smelling bad lately...thinking of trying this I've been thinking that maybe the cat is on it's last legs. The exhaust the last couple weeks is just plain rank smelling. Thinking about cutting the cat out and replacing it with a short glasspack. Indiana doesn't inspect cars and a glasspack would keep the car at a decent noise level instead of putting a piece of pipe in where the cat used to be. Plus, it would be a whole lot cheaper. I know a lot of import guys have cut their cats and used either glasspacks or resonators inplace of the cat. What do you guys think about this? Please, no tree-hugger comments. BTW, I have a Pacesetter cat-back (actually more like an axle-back since it starts over the rear axle) __________________ 1987 Nissan Pulsar NX SE- CA16DE/5spd with screwy wiring under the hood. 1998 Triumph Daytona- 955cc of fun 1991- Kawasaki EX500 Ninja- The commuter