Originally posted by Geddup Noise:
I'm not going back to CA. And to tell you the truth, i'm not worried about meeting emissions. My county did away with the VET so I'm really not that concerned. It is the main cat thats a dud. I'm going to gut it and weld a straight pipe in.

I know the headers don't have anything to do with my problem. I just figured if i was going to be doing exhaust work, i might as well get headers. I've been wanting to for a while.



Read the rest of the posts. The dealer quoted you $1900 - that's for the pre-cat replacement. The main can be done at a shop for well under $200 installed.

Additionally, the main RARELY poses a problem. The precats are subject to extreme temps & temp changes as well as a good pounding from the exhaust pulse - those are most likely the problem. Question is, how did you decide that the main cat was the problem? Getting CEL codes? If so, it's your pre-cats.

Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.