My cat is empty, looks like it came empty, and I have had no trouble (knock on wood) passing NC emissions (125k miles). I even was complimented by one garage for still having the cat on the exhaust system. I feel environmentally responsible. Its just in other areas that I am not responsible. jim Ed Shultz wrote: > Wow! I'm glad I'm not the only one. While inspecting my cat a few weeks > ago, I saw that it was clean as a whistle inside! Just an empty can. I had > thought that the P.O. did a great job at reaming it out. That explains it. > > Ed > > At 09:35 AM 10/15/2001 -0400, Gary Stearns wrote: > >Depends on why you're asking. If your cat is OK, it's unlikely > >you'll see additional power, just additional noise. If your cat is > >plugged, take it off, smash out the guts and reinstall it empty. I know > >that this seems anti-environmental, but get this: VW delivered lots of > >Vanagons with empty catalytic converters. Seems that they had designed the > >U.S. exhaust to comply with California emissions specs. which required the > >cat. The rest of the country didn't need the cat to comply (something to > >do with classification as a light truck). Rather than redesign the > >exhaust and have two systems, VW just installed empty cats on the Fed > >spec. Vanagons. Ours was one of those. No sign of having been reamed > >out. No guts were ever in there! If you get emission inspected where you > >are, just be sure that your engine is in good tune. The cat could make a > >poorly running engine look clean to an exhaust gas analyser. > > > >Gary > >-------Original Message------- > > > >From: <mailto:jermide@HOTMAIL.COM>Jermide > >Date: Sunday, October 14, 2001 11:21:18 PM > >To: <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Removal of cat converter > > > >How many out there have removed their catalytic converter? Any major > >disadvantage beyond environmental concerns? > > > >Just curious. > > > >Thanks, > >Jeremy > >85 GL > > > >_________________________________________________ > >IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - > ><http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=109>Click Here > > Ed Shultz > 1987 Syncro GL > Photos: http://homepage.mac.com/eshultz/PhotoAlbum.html |
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