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Thinking about removing CAT

Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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I am not sure if there has been a post about this in the past so im posting this question. Now, I haven't crawled under to check, but I was wondering if anyone knew off the top of there head if there are 02 sensors associated with the CAT for a 95 Dodge Ram 1500. I was thinking about removing it for more sound in the exhaust when I put my dual system in. It is an OBD I system. I plan on crawling under there this weekend to map it out.

Thanks for your input...

__Sully
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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There is two, one pre cat and one post cat. Save yourself some aggravation, and look into getting a Magna Flow cat. The added sound will be almost like having no cat.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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I have a 95 and it only has a precat o2 sensor
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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+1 95 only have one precat,,,,,,,,,,,,i've all so have been thinking duals
 
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 06:10 PM
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Sorry, your right. Rock Auto lists a post cat sensor also which is most likely for California.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 01:06 AM
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yep, theres only one and its in the front side of the cat
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 07:04 AM
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Thanks guys...I think ill be under the truck with a recip saw and some new piping this weekend!!!...
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:07 AM
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FWIW, I just gutted my cat 2 weeks ago. I removed the exhaust downtubes and cat, cut the cat open, emptied the cat and welded it back together.

It runs so much better and no O2 codes. Plus I got a deeper exhaust note too.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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when you guys say gutted cat, what do yall mean by that?
 
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 11:30 AM
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you can get a magnaflow cat from summit for fairley cheap. Thats what I did with mine when my cat went out because the emission laws in GA require me to have some kind of cat. The truck runs alot better. Behind my cat I have a flowmaster 40 series cat back system and with the magnaflow cat it dosnt even sound like a normal 40 series its so loud people ask me all the time if I have strait pipes and a cop even stoped me and looked under my truck once to make sure I had a legal muffler.
 
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