I've got a 2001 Ram 1500 5.2L...it's getting 10.6 mpg right now. How would one gut the catalytic converter?

 

Are ya sure your cats clogged? My mpg dropped down in the past month alot, apparently because of oxygenated gas or somthing. I just went on a trip and averaged 11.8 on the highway with some stop and go traffic. And around town i think i just did it a few days ago, and it was somthing like 10.5. ****ty if ya ask me. Oh well. Anyways, if you wanna gut your cat, i'd say the easiest way on these trucks would be to cut open the bottom of the cat - Cut somthing like a square, but only cut 3 sides of it and bent the tab you made down, break apart the inside, push it back up and weld it together again. Thats only helpful if you own or have access to a welder or course. I ended up just replacing mine with a new one. It was easier. The only part that sucked was trying to get the bolts out of the passenger side of the truck. Well good luck!

 

you guys should stop gutting your cats.. just put a pipe in there and sell those cats, there worth about 40 bucks used.

 

I heard you can't sell cats, maybe it is diff in NYS...but i gutted mine, welded it up and now no1 can even tell, i got a performance increase, and ssounds like its gunna kill sum1

 

You can sell cats here in ohio . They're worth a lot because of the material they're made of.
My brother worked at a junk yard for one summer and they made a butt load off recycling old cats .
So I would say put in some pipe and save yourself some time and maybe get a little money out of the deal.

 

Theres platinum in cats...thats why their worth $$$$ In these devices platinum, palladium and rhodium catalyse reactions that convert hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides into less noxious emissions.

 

Learn somthin new every day

 

cut off one of the input pipes and stick a pice of pipe down there and chop it up till it falls out the back half