Emico is decent quality. Put one on my wife's Corrado recently. It went from way over on an e-test to squeaky clean. Took off a cheap ceramic aftermarket. Now there's a scam....many exhaust shops will offer to replace your converter. They sell you a no name Chinese knock off for $150, another $150 to install. Then they sell your (often) perfectly good cat to the scrap man for another $80 bux. 2 years later your back for another $150 one. The original ones are full of heavy metals, and normally don't die unless you have a tuning problem. Its the first thing shops try to sell you around here when you fail an e-test. Not a tune up. My other Corrado has almost 400K with the factory cat still. Jason
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 5:59 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > I agree with Ken, the Emico are what I would choose. > > Mark > > > > Ken Wilford wrote: > >> Emico is the nicest fit and finish for the Vanagon that isn't in >> California. They are made in Canada and used to work on everything >> until California made their rules even stricter. They have a stainless >> steel body and flanges and should last for ten years or more as long as >> your FI is in good shape and you don't overfill with oil. We are >> currently selling them for $175. The other aftermarket ones out there >> that I have seen, especially the cheaper ones, have flanges that aren't >> welded on and just seem like they aren't as well made. Just my opinion >> but that is what you were asking for. :-) >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Ken Wilford >> John 3:16 >> www.vanagain.com >> Phone: 856-327-4936 >> Fax: 856-327-2242 >> >> >> On 7/30/2014 12:13 PM, Ed Duntz wrote: >> >>> There has been quite a bit of talk here lately about oxygen sensors; >>> how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters? >>> >>> >>> |
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