Re: Honey in my Comb

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>Thanks for noting the illegality of disabling the cat.  I've come 
>across several people over the years who, rather than simply removing 
>the converter, hollow it out (also ILLEGAL).  I can imagine two 
>variations to this.  The first involves removing ALL the catalyst 
>from the unit.  I assume this would leave a large empty chamber 
>inside the catalytic converter, and cause some turbulence in the 
>exhaust gases.  How much difference would this make in driveability 
>and performance?
>The second variation would involve drilling a hole through the 
>catalyst equal to the inner diameter of the adjoining exhaust pipes.  
>Legality aside, would this be feasible?  And would it eliminate the 
>turbulence mentioned earlier?

On A Naturally Aspraited Audi your wasting your time yanking the Cat 
BTDT.  If you were to break the law and futz with it, remove it, hollow 
it, and then put a test pipe in the cat..

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B

STEADIRIC@aol.com