Bro,
The cats are not that hard to "fix". I'd do the mystery mod on the 2 pre-cats and get MIL eliminators.
2 done one to go.
Contact Stazi and get a high flow Magnaflow cat for under $100. Take off your stock cat w/pipe, and take it down to a local muffler shop. Have them cut off the flange, and weld onto new cat. Then have them put what ever pipe is necessary to join up to the remainder of the cat-back. Viola...done for ~$200...
Also..did you know that Ford has to replace them by law if they're under a certain mileage or years of use? I'm sure someone will chime in here with the deatils...
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