getcha 01

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I have a 01 WS6I just boought in vry good shape with 111k miles on it...engine light is on and last owner said cats are bad is why...well I dont want cats anyways so I went to the exhaust shop and asked them what it would be to put new high flow cats,y pipe,muffler on and keep my tips...he said cats alone are $365 a piece for OEM cats...im not doing that and I dont like the stock exhaust at all...I live in illinois and emmisions is strict...a couple people told me to cut the cats out or gut them and put them back and install just the front 2 o2 sensors and plug the back 2 sensors, and the engine light will be on but people can make that light go off for when emmisions time comes....could I gut them and weld them back up with the o2 sensors back in, and then just order a catback system to put on myself or what?...I have acces to a welder....what does everyone do in a sisuation like this when they have to pass emmissins but dont want cats robbing their hard earned HP?

johnLs1camaro

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i have heard of lots of people doing that, i would just take the guts off and put them back on then..be sure you get the o2's fixed and or taken off in the back,by a tuner....

NHRAMAN

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If u need/want cats...go to MAGNAFLOWS WEBSITE.

JimsWS6

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GM had a bulletin on f-body cats. Forgot how many miles it's good for. I guess they're known for going. time for LT's

johnLs1camaro

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also i didnt think about this but dont they take a reading off of your exhaust you put out so wouldnt it be too free flowing??? i dont have emissions where i live so i dont really know bout that part..

johnLs1camaro

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they said 80000miles 8 years

99345hp

free flowing has nothing to do with a sniffer test. A sniffer test reads the amount of pollutants the exhaust is putting out. If you have a sniffer test it will be very very difficult to pass without cats.

johnLs1camaro

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well thats kinda what i ment by free flowing,i just didnt word it right...

jebuzws6

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you can get and ORY that will connect with your exhaust and deleted the codes so the SES light does not come on

McCs WS6

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NO SNIFFER IN ILLINOIS.. go with sims for ur rear 02's .. no ses light = pass

integraxtc

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you don't have to gut the cats. If you don't want them, take them off and weld in some tubing.

get the codes deleted or run o2 sims.
There is no sniffer or visual in Illinois for obd2 cars like yours and every other 1996+ car.