Anyone done this? Im just wondering the best procedure. Im assuming just unbolt the pipes and take a metal rod and ram the chit out of them?

 

ive done it on a winstar..took the converters off and rammed them with a pipe...i had to set them in a vice and take a hammer and beat the pipe into the converter...its not easy at all.

 

Yeah I was wondering if its worth it or not. I know it will pass inspection because we just have visual.

I have two thunderbolts layin around that sound almost like no cat so maybe ill do that if its a big hassle.

Would an exhaust shop question my cats if i handed them two thunderbolts and said here install true duals two cats two muffs.


The thunderbolt if i dont gut:

 

that thunderbolt looks like a resonator..and im not to sure but idk if they would pass that in an inspection

as for exhaust shops...where i live its easy to get ANY kind of exhaust/converter work done..i say i want these cats off..they do it. and give me the "if you get caught...i didnt do this work" speech

im not sure about VA laws, but you could just go up to a shop and talk to them i guess

 

http://performance-curve.com/410250-...converter.aspx



No meinke/midas etc will cut out the cats...the only way would be to find a mom and pop bum**** shop.

if anyone knows of one in the central va area that cuts out cats please share

 

then i would find a "mom and pop bum**** shop" or do it yourself

 

well i dont have a welder. they cant deny putting those cats on can they...i print out the website and show them.

 

you shouldnt have too hard a problem with them. they dont do emmisions testin here in va so you'd be good as far as that goes. idk where you live at, i mean if your in the city or out in the woods. it shouldnt be hard to find a shop that will do the work. heck i know the way money is these days if i was in that business i sure as hell would

 

Im not knocking on Chevy but my buddy has gutted gats and straight pipes on his 350 and it sounds terrible.

 

yeah if meineke wont do it im sure there are plenty of shops in the richmond area.
music to my ears.

but im doin a 2.5" true dual magnaflow, two 14" 4x9 case, no crossover or nothin straight true duals.

 

replace with staright pipe-gutting cats is bad for velcity ,fyi.

 

well it couldnt hurt, my cats are already bad right now. at idle i can hear it like marbles flying around in there.

 

probably hasnt happened to any 96 f150s

just playin, but I would install those cats vs gutting them

 

all those sound terrible..you really cant put anything on them to make them sound good.

you need to run a crossover, so your not running no cats no mufflers..your running possibly no cats/those other cats and magnaflow mufflers??

yea just knocking out the inside wont flow well.

 

I was either doing two 14" maganflows and gutted cats or two 14" maganflows with two hi-flow thunderbolt cats

i think im just going to put the thunderbolts in there. i found this on youtube, thunderbolts basically sound like no cats.


true dual super 44 with stock cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjAWdg_Lids


true dual super 44 with thunderbolt cats (vid starts at 0:25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-0Urr9E5o


that second one sounds damn good :badass: