Primary catylitic converter question - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

MarylandMr2 · 11-28-2005, 03:05 PM

yea over the weekend i had a chance to remove my turbo on my lift, i knew i was in for a a knuckle busting of a good time. we started out removing the exhaust and intake and intercooling pipes. then moved on to the primary converter. I removed that in about an hour and when i removed it there were no waffles in it. I'm assuming maybe this is just a collector pipe or rather the previous owner knocked them out. either way i was wondering if any other turbo owners know what im talking about.

MR. 2Lanes · 11-28-2005, 03:44 PM

It could just be that it was gutted. Meaning that someone removed the "waffles" to free up some HP. Do you have an aftermarket exhaust system? If not, when driving does it sound as if you did?

mr2driver · 11-28-2005, 04:07 PM

that means sumbody did gut it

***MR2Jedi*** · 11-28-2005, 04:27 PM

yep, gutted and illegal...

CompanyFlow · 11-28-2005, 07:59 PM

Illegal you say? Oh yes!

***MR2Jedi*** · 11-28-2005, 10:25 PM

only if you get caught

which is not likely

MarylandMr2 · 11-29-2005, 07:54 AM

my exhaust is stock but it does have a nice tone to it, so i guess the previous owner did gut the cat, its not a loud tone its more of a soft throaty sound.

carcatz · 11-30-2005, 07:11 AM

do you guys have emissions there???

MarylandMr2 · 11-30-2005, 07:44 AM

yes, and i took it to emissions right when i got the car, but they couldnt hook the tube up to the exhaust because it sits too low.

carcatz · 11-30-2005, 02:18 PM

so did they fail you???

MarylandMr2 · 12-01-2005, 07:16 AM

they just wrote it off, so in a way they did pass me. but they said i gotta raise it up next time i come in. which im prob not going to do.

Gairloch · 12-01-2005, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MarylandMr2

they just wrote it off, so in a way they did pass me. but they said i gotta raise it up next time i come in. which im prob not going to do.

Bring ramps .. or hell just a couple 2x8s.

keck03 · 12-02-2005, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MarylandMr2

yes, and i took it to emissions right when i got the car, but they couldnt hook the tube up to the exhaust because it sits too low.

i just moved to maryland and was fearing emissions b/c i have a dp AND a straight-thru 3" exhaust AND no egr (jdm swap). how particular are they with inspections?