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I believe the '96 contour se has 2 cats and 1 res.
Aside from getting cat-back exhaust, has anyone removed the 2 cats with a high-flow cat?

who has high-flo cat, how much??

I'm going to shop on monday to have resonator hacked off.

As far as intake, I had purchased a 8" long 4" wide K&N. That ran like crap, no performance gain and terrible MPG. What is part# of K&N air filter for the box. Is it worth it?

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zetec=1 cat, 1 resonator


96 zetec gl.dynomax exhaust(self bent) KKM intake..Bridgestone Potenza RE-910's...other mods also
87' Ford Thunderbird..Now my daily driver ( the wife uses the contour mostly) true dual exhaust with the super mystery mod.(hey there not even there!) tinted windows and stereo upgrade. the $200 car is starting to be a great car
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far as I know all pre 98 SE's have the duratec in them and 2 cats would be correct for that Zetec is 1 cat though and 1 res.


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REAL high flow cats are in the $100+ range. If you want a pseudo cat ( just a straight pipe, wrapped in a metal box, to make it look like a real cat), goto www.testpipe.com .


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I'm sure my 96 contour has zetec engine.
As far as www.testpipe.com is concerned, it said "webpage is unauthorized" error.

I live near Philly so those exhaust tests would find straight pipe vs. cat.

Where can I find a good performance cat?
On ebay, they're all about $50.
What is a good brand?

Also, where can I find K&N air filter and 9mm wires?

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I was at Discount Auto Parts last night and they have K&N filters. The guy said they had it for my Sentra but I didn't ask about the Contour(CTA laugh ). I'm sure they could order it if they don't. The Sentra one was about $40, but some of the others were only about $25 so it might not be too expensive from them.


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