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I did a search for 'gut cat' and nothing came up.
Is this an easy process? the dealer told me it was clogged, and it smells like it is. so if its easy enough i'd like to gut it.
I should notice some performance improvement since i'm taking the clogged ceramics out?
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sorry, I searched under 'mystery mod' and found some good posts. I can't delete this topic myself though..
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Do not let PETA catch you gutting cats...
1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760)
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Just buy a high flow cat from magnaflow. It's an inexpensive upgrade.
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Buy a high performance type, or replace with a straight pipe. Gutting the main cat slows down the exhaust path by creating a big open chamber and it will lose power.
Rick
Owner of 00 #1611 Silver (Totalled) 98.5 T-Red SVT #6180
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Function before fashion.
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
Buy a high performance type, or replace with a straight pipe. Gutting the main cat slows down the exhaust path by creating a big open chamber and it will lose power.
Rick
It should thoeretically lose you power - but with my main cat gutted and not much else (UDP, stock SE exhaust minus resonator, SVT TB and KKM) my SE got 154 hp and 156 tq. If the cat gut lost me power I must've had a heck of a factory freak to start with 
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K&N 3530, UR UDP, 19# Injectors, mystery mod, FMS wires, Fordchip.com chip, SVT: TB, Flywheel, clutch, exhaust
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Read the post...he said he searched for mystery mod, i think he means precats.
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yeah, sorry i put main cat in the subject. but i'm going to gut my precats and replace the main cat w/ a hi-flow... any ideas where i can get the cheapest hi-flow cat? 
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YEs, you will lose HP if you increase the inner diameter of the pre-cat(s) but only in the lows. Your power loss is from the SVT TB since it doesn't compliment the UIM or LIM pathways along with the fact that the PCM cannot adjust to this without a custom programmed chip!
a D*CK SLAP IN THE FACE IS ALL I GET FOR STICKING MY NECK OUT FOR A FORD... PLEASE DELETE MY ACCOUNT!
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