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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 02:40 AM
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I remember a while back someone had a post on selling a cat from a 95 Z and getting like 200 bucks. I called a few places around where I live and they said 50-75 for it.
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 04:36 AM
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Look in the want to buy section here. Seems there was a guy offering around 125 for each cat.
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Here's a few places you could try:

http://www.davisconverters.com/index.shtml

http://www.converterguys.com/index.htm
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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I typically get $50-100 for good used converters on ebay for recycling depeding on age, and size.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 02:12 AM
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ok thanks
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 02:17 AM
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The material inside the cat is whats worth money. Not the shell itself.

Tony.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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... you can get money for that thing... damn. I just threw mine away.. haha
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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The material inside the cat is whats worth money. Not the shell itself.

Tony.

I have been wondering about this, isn't it some sort of precious metal? The fella's are going bling bling behind our backs?
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i believe its platinum
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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palladium


def not platinum lol........
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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Lol Close Enough Sounds Really Close
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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I wonder what the actual value of oz of palladium in one cat vs the 125 dollars you get is.

I bet palladium sold in bulk makes hella $$$$, and we don't know it.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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I got $50 from the guys that come around the shop once a month
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 97LT1
I wonder what the actual value of oz of palladium in one cat vs the 125 dollars you get is.

I bet palladium sold in bulk makes hella $$$$, and we don't know it.
I just looked it up.... ready for it?




THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS PER OUNCE!!!!!!!!!!!



Now, the question is, how many oz is in a cat, and how much work is needed to get it out of there.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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and how do u remove it from the cat because thats crazy
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 11:45 PM
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FWIW, it's a LOT of work, some relatively simple chemistry, a LOT of heat in a blast furnace (2500+ for a couple days in a rotational blast furnace) and then further refinining to get purity above 70-80%.

And it's not just palladium, there IS platinum in most cats too.

Happens I once worked for a place that extracted it.

To get an idea of just how hot you have to get it, I had a tan all winter from the UV the furnace threw off.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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RS beast is def not palladium

Its platinum as posted before. Platinum is the only metal that absorbes the harmful gases that come out of our cars
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 05:30 AM
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it's both. Palladium can be used

Palladium is usually found as a free metal, alloyed with others in the platinum group. It is commercially extracted from copper-nickel ores. Palladium has a great affinity for hydrogen, being able to absorb 900 times its own volume of the gas. Palladium metal and its complexes are often used in catalysis, such as in catalytic converters on cars,
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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sweet thanks for the info guys.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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platinum, palladium, and rhodium to be exact...
depends on the cat...
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