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Catalytic Converter??? need help
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:28 PM
okay so i was driving home one raining night and went i got home i looked under my car(2000 cav 2.4, 4t40e tran) and the cat was cherry red. I wanted to know why the hell it got that hot. And also i wanted to just get a new cat. because it still has the stock one and my car has 149k so its about time anyways. So to my next question, should i buy a walker bolt-on cat from advance for $243 or should i just get a universal cat from magnaflow for $73 at pepboys and just pay someone to put it on for me? and if i did that will my car still run fine with the universal one? And one more question, does anyone know the OEM size of the stock exhaust? because the cat from pepboys is a 2''

Thanks

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_Direct-Fit-Catalytic-Converter-Walker_26010055-P_145_R%7CGRPEXHAAMS_1396902841___


http://www.magnaflow.com/02catalytic_converters/02product/displayuniversal01.asp?catalogid=2019&universal=46004>:o




Re: Catalytic Converter??? need help
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:38 PM
magnaflow for sure. i think 1 7/8 maybe 2 is the stock size



Re: Catalytic Converter??? need help
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:38 PM
You know that catalytic converters heat up to about 1400 degrees right?

If your cat is running way hot, then your running rich. Fuel ignites the catalyst. That one of the reasons for open loop during cold starts. It's not uncommon for you to notice your cat running red hot on a cool, wet rainy night. I've noticed it once or twice before. Not on my cav, but on my truck.

Are you getting a code for catalytic effeminacy? Or are you just giving yourself an excuse to buy a high flow cat? I'm not bashing, just curious.




Re: Catalytic Converter??? need help
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:33 AM
Sunfiretun3r wrote:You know that catalytic converters heat up to about 1400 degrees right?

If your cat is running way hot, then your running rich. Fuel ignites the catalyst. That one of the reasons for open loop during cold starts. It's not uncommon for you to notice your cat running red hot on a cool, wet rainy night. I've noticed it once or twice before. Not on my cav, but on my truck.

Are you getting a code for catalytic effeminacy? Or are you just giving yourself an excuse to buy a high flow cat? I'm not bashing, just curious.



Yeah i know that,and i dont think its running rich. also i am getting a code for the lower o2 sensor, i was thinking just stight pipe it jk



Re: Catalytic Converter??? need help
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:31 AM
Okay then.
What's the code for downstream o2?
If you can straight pipe it and pass inspection, or if you don't care then go for it.
There's another post here somewhere about high flow cats that are better than the magnaflow's. I don't remember who said they bought one like 3 years ago and haven't had a single problem with it, but they are cheaper. Here's the link to the cat with the o2 bung.

http://performance-curve.com/425250-25catalyticconvertero2.aspx




Re: Catalytic Converter??? need help
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:56 PM
EvoFire wrote:magnaflow for sure. i think 1 7/8 maybe 2 is the stock size


Stock exhaust is 2 inch ID (aprox 2 1/8 OD)from manifold to after the cat & 02 sensor, 2 inch OD from the flange (after cat & 02) to tail pipe. This is because in addition to the 3 bolt flange there is also a slip fit seal there.



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