Can i take the cats off?

[flareside_thunder]

not on these trucks they kill your power and your fuel mileage....better used as a paperweight.

 

[TexasNomad]

The only place for a Cat is stuffed up people like Nancy P's ***!!!! side ways!

 

[Ridgerunner]

The only place for a Cat is stuffed up people like Nancy P's ***!!!! side ways!

A little pissed Tex?

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Alright, thanks man!

btw, do throttle body spacers help increase hp?

your truck is carborated, right? I always heard they helped a tad... I've never run one though.

Ryan

 

[Ridgerunner]

your truck is carborated, right? I always heard they helped a tad... I've never run one though.

Ryan

Ryan some 85 came with FI mine did it was built late in the year

 

[RedLariat85]

your truck is carborated, right? I always heard they helped a tad... I've never run one though.

Ryan

No, mine if fuel injected.

 

[Ridgerunner]

No, mine if fuel injected.

Better leave the cats on cause it might not run right mine didn't.

 

[RedLariat85]

Better leave the cats on cause it might not run right mine didn't.

Oh really? I'll take em off, and if it dont run right...i will get some high-flow cats.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Oh really? I'll take em off, and if it dont run right...i will get some high-flow cats.

I put a new O2 sensor on and never could get the timing right. And we had just finished a fresh rebuild.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

If it's fuel injected - forget about the throttle body spacer.

Ryan

 

[RedLariat85]

I put a new O2 sensor on and never could get the timing right. And we had just finished a fresh rebuild.

I will try taking them off anyways, or i could hollow them out...

If it's fuel injected - forget about the throttle body spacer.

Ryan

Okay.

 

[Blade]

Get yer head out of the septic tank.....

septic tank??????// do u mean the secse pool?

 

[RangerPilot]

I want my truck to sound JUST like this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTp1mJbTa7k

I followed your link and stumbled across this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OXmmstuyY&feature=related

Which if you read the annotations to, might seem familiar.

And if it's fuel injected and older removing the cats probably won't matter. My Ranger for example had an O2 sensor before the cats, but not after, so if you removed them, the truck wouldn't have known the difference. I think the Ford post-cat sensors came with OBD-2, but don't quote me on that.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Not that I've thought about it or anything, But I know a guy that gutted a cat and ran a straight pipe through it, spot welding the cat shell on to make it look like it was part of the exhaust system. It runs fine and sounds great, and it is fuel injected.

Ryan

 

[Raptor22]

Not that I've thought about it or anything, But I know a guy that gutted a cat and ran a straight pipe through it, spot welding the cat shell on to make it look like it was part of the exhaust system. It runs fine and sounds great, and it is fuel injected.

Ryan

All sorts of people do that here in California. I would too, but Im not sure that I would still pass on the numbers...

 

[RedLariat85]

I followed your link and stumbled across this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OXmmstuyY&feature=related

Which if you read the annotations to, might seem familiar.

And if it's fuel injected and older removing the cats probably won't matter. My Ranger for example had an O2 sensor before the cats, but not after, so if you removed them, the truck wouldn't have known the difference. I think the Ford post-cat sensors came with OBD-2, but don't quote me on that.

Yup, i dont think there will be a problem, so im taking them off this summer.

 

[fordman76367]

usuall most states say every vehical after 1983 has to have the cats so if im right ur stuck w em

 

[RangerPilot]

usuall most states say every vehical after 1983 has to have the cats so if im right ur stuck w em

Having cats is a federal law on most newer vehicles.

Whether that law is enforced in your area (either by state/local inspections, or police inspections) is another matter.