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Any guts there cats? I want new msds headers but i dont have the dough, at the moment, and since this seems to be the next option.. was wondering if anyone here has done it, and how hard it is.
Borla exhaust, Custom intake, KVR Cross drilled rotors, Mil Eliminators, Diablo chip,
OMP Strut bar, Urethane motor mount insert, Full rear urethane suspension inserts.
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$1100 for headers is just too much. i'd say gut the cats get a HiFlow y-pipe and resonator and you might get the same or better gains than the headers.
what are the best before and after numbers on the dyno with the MSDS headers only, 6-8 hp?
95 SE MTX
DH UIM, 65mm TB, SC CAI, Quaife, Centerforce, Fidanza, UR Pulley, F/R Strut Braces, Cross Drilled Rotors, S.S. Brake Hoses, 18" Enkei RS5, SVT Engine Mounts+Inserts, MSDS & y-pipe, Trubendz resonated exhaust & MagnaFlow cat
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Do you know how to gut the pre cats???
1997 T-Red Contour
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no the exhaust was already done-up when i bought the car.
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DH UIM, 65mm TB, SC CAI, Quaife, Centerforce, Fidanza, UR Pulley, F/R Strut Braces, Cross Drilled Rotors, S.S. Brake Hoses, 18" Enkei RS5, SVT Engine Mounts+Inserts, MSDS & y-pipe, Trubendz resonated exhaust & MagnaFlow cat
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well does anyone cuz i'm having a serious check engine problem becuase my left pre cat is all clogged up. Ford told me to get a new one for 600  But i was like um... nope oh yeah the install is like 800 also that's almost worth more than my car geezzzzz... The people on the board told me i'll be fine just gut the cat in the future!!
1997 T-Red Contour
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if you need help gutting the cats let me know i'll never give up the opportunity to learn and work on a contour. There tons of people with gutted cats, ask around on the procedure.
I can imagine how much of PITA of a job it can be.
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DH UIM, 65mm TB, SC CAI, Quaife, Centerforce, Fidanza, UR Pulley, F/R Strut Braces, Cross Drilled Rotors, S.S. Brake Hoses, 18" Enkei RS5, SVT Engine Mounts+Inserts, MSDS & y-pipe, Trubendz resonated exhaust & MagnaFlow cat
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i plan on doing this within a month or 2 depending on my cash situations by then.
im just going to order the o2 simulators and take it to a shop and see if they can get rid of the y and run dual 2" to the back - 2 resonators and 2 mufflers out back... but depending on money i think ill just have then fab up a new y pipe and cut the cats...
we'll c
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i was just looking at CTA motorsports 95 project car, they show some pictures of the precat. I can't even see how you can gut these things easily.
95 SE MTX
DH UIM, 65mm TB, SC CAI, Quaife, Centerforce, Fidanza, UR Pulley, F/R Strut Braces, Cross Drilled Rotors, S.S. Brake Hoses, 18" Enkei RS5, SVT Engine Mounts+Inserts, MSDS & y-pipe, Trubendz resonated exhaust & MagnaFlow cat
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im thinking it will be easier to just bypass them and do dual or make a custom y pipe rather then keep the original
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Do some old searches or look thru the "how to" section.
I have my old precats and Y pipe available as I have gone
to the MSDS headers.
Somewhere there is the details on how to do it....the re/re labour
is horrible though unless you can do it yourself.
2000 Black SVT #2639/2760; w/18 OZ Superleggera's, Pirelli Pzero Nero.
MSDS Headers,Quaife LSD, CF DF, Borla,,chipped,DMD,Baer Track rotors.
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