hey guys i live here in central Texas..Stationed on Ft Hood to be exact and well i belive my cat is starting to take a dump on me. so i was looking to either gut it or replace it. so i was wondering if anyone here in Texas has gutted there cat and how do they like it and pass inspection

 

Going to make your post-cat O2 sensor unhappy. Have to pass inspection here in Collin County, too. Just my $0.02, but I would think that you might spend more effort and possible headache getting around the problem than it would have been just to solve it outright. ...dunno, maybe not.

 

Depends on where you live. Counties surrounding the major cities like Houston and Dallas (among others) require emissions checks, while all of the other counties do not. However, as stated, your computer isn't going to like the reading you get from your second O2 sensor, so you may have to do the no-foul trick to keep that CEL off.

 

here is how to fix that pesky 02 sensor with a CAT Delete
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ving-cats.html

 

i have the Cat gutted on my 98 and my 02, 360's and had to install the sparkplug arrestor setup on my 02 for the engine light. Works good and a bit of a performance gain.

 

You'll have to check your county's emissions standards first. I know here in Harris county (~20 mi outside of Houston) they do an emissions check, but they only plug into the OBDII port. Since they aren't actively reading the exhaust (with a hose over the tail pipe); the non-fouler trick works.

I cant speak for the hemi's sound because the cats on my hemi are still intact; but when I gutted my old 5.9 it made the exhaust ridiculously loud. Probably didnt help that I paired it with a flowmaster 1 chamber.

If I think about it tomorrow I'll throw up a sound clip of the 5.9; might give you some idea of what you'll be dealing with.

EDIT: I see you have one of the early 5.9 3rd gens. I'll post that vid tomorrow and you can see whether you like it or not.

 

Im not in TX and we have no inspections but I dont have any cats but I do ave non-foulers on the rear O2s and have no CELs.

I have no complaints and enjoy my exhaust

 

Is there anyone here in the central Texas area who has done this.

 

FYI: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/vi/...nCriteria.aspx

 

Ok well my truck is registered in guadalupe but here at ft hood where im stationed is bell...they werent on there so i take it i can get by worh this for a couple of years...thanks for the info Brandon..i didnt know that was on there website