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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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Right now i have magnaflow high flow cats and this past week the second one broke up on me and now is rattling around and the car is idling at like 500-600rpm in neutral and when you clutch in.

My first questions is, could driving around without a muffler have caused this?

And which cats are the best flowing and most durable?
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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muffler wont cause it. get the carsound/magnaflo metallic spun cats. they are the best bang for the buck.
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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Right now i have magnaflow high flow cats and this past week the second one broke up on me and now is rattling around and the car is idling at like 500-600rpm in neutral and when you clutch in.

My first questions is, could driving around without a muffler have caused this?

And which cats are the best flowing and most durable?

The highest flowing are going to be Random Tech metal subtrate cats. They all sell a ceramic core converter if you are on a budget. You can give us a call or email us for a quote. We just need to know what size you need (2.5 or 3" etc)
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Get metallic cores and they won't break up on ya.
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i got magnaflow spun cats i like them. found all my tourque, hardly no rasp
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Get metallic cores and they won't break up on ya.
The Random Tech Metallic cores are awesome!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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yeah i'm prob going to be gettin the magnaflow metallic cores
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where can i get the magnaflow metallic spun cats?
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i got the magnaflow spun cats . found all my tourque. rasp is 90% eliminated. plus you dont get that nasty gas smell anymore
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those are the metallic spun ones right?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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so where are you guys buying your magnaflow metallic spun ones?
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