I'm going to get true duals, and I'm thinking about getting high flow cats too. To get true duals with an x-pipe crossover and high flow cats is going to cost a little more than I want to spend. How much money could I expect to get from a scrap yard for my old factory cats? I have a 2006 5.4L V8. It's the 2 big cat setup, not the 4 cat system.

 

Unless you install it yourself, I doubt your going to save much money by turning those in for scrap..

But trust me, once you get it all done... The cost is well worth it!

 

I don't have a welder or pipe bender, so I'm going to have to take it to a shop to have it done. I figured my old cats must be worth a decent amount because I've heard of people stealing them off people's cars to sell them for scrap

 

Yeah... I'm sure you will get some, because they are kind of heavy.. but if your parts list/install fee was anything like mine, then it won't put a small dent in it..

$350 in parts and about $350-$400 in install for mine... But it sounds bad ***, so I am happy

 

ive heard of people selling them to salvage yards and getting a pretty penny for them. i was gonna sell my old cats but the shop kept them for proper disposal so im sure they sold them. but ive also heard if you take all the internals out of the cats that you get more money from selling them individually than selling the cat sll together. idk if there is any truth to that. but give it a shop id call a salvage yard first i doubt youll get much off of it for scrap

 

I don't expect to get rich off them. I was thinking maybe $50 for the pair. They have to be worth that to be worth stealing them. I'll call a scrap yard tomorrow and see

 

Yep... Bout the only way to find out for sure. You may surprise me.

 

yeah post how much they are worth i have one cut out of a chevy laying around lol

 

I'll call in the morning and post how much they say they are worth

 

thanks lol i wana get the piece of crap chevy part out of my possession.

 

I called several scrap yards. One said $40-$50 for each one. One said about $15 for each one. One said they would have to see them to give me a number. New magnaflow high flow cats only cost $55 so It's almost an even swap. It's worth paying an extra $10 or so for high flows

 

heck yeah. thats awesome. i didnt get to keep mine off of my truck the shop "disposed" of them but i have one thanks for the info

 

Apparently the price varies a lot according to what vehicle it comes off of

 

I would have thought that $15 each would have been on the high end. I have taken truck and trailer loads of scrap steel to salvage yards and only gotten like $250. I think typically steel goes for around $0.20 per pound. Let us know how much they give you if you take them in!

 

I've always gotten around $0.10 per pound for scrap steel. Cats sell for a lot more because of the titanium or whatever precious metal is in them