Cat troubles

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » December 27th, 2006, 8:27 pm

hi guys finally ordered my Cat for my car the other day got it in today but i found out it doesnt fit. turns out the site doesnt sell CA emission catalytic converters. ive checked rockauto, autopartswarehouse and local stores and nothing. any ideas on where i could find one?

http://replacement.autopartswarehouse.c ... er&dp=true

on there site the 3rd one from the bottom. mine looks exactly identical to that one its from a protege but the one for a 1995 1.6l mx3 one didnt fit.

if you notice the end of the Cats are different and wont fit with the new gasket.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/ ... atends.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/ ... andold.jpg

94blaze1.6 · Post by **94blaze1.6** » December 27th, 2006, 10:02 pm

I am sooooo glad where I live I dont have to deal with bs emissions

ProjectMx-3 · Post by **ProjectMx-3** » December 27th, 2006, 10:35 pm

Yeah in California their tough on it. When I got my full exhaust redone i just told the shop to get a street legal catalytic converter. Buying online you risk not fitting, poorly made or not street legal. But when it comes to my intake i get them on ebay for like $50. ofcourse there not AEM and are illegal but perform the same.

ProjectMx-3 · Post by **ProjectMx-3** » December 27th, 2006, 10:41 pm

It's pretty bad a** where i work. I work for a welding service Co. in Ontario. If i want I could build my intake but it's easier to buy on ebay. But within this month I bulding my roll cage and then i'll make some headers.

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » December 28th, 2006, 1:55 am

Unless you're being sent to a referee than I wouldn't worry about it being completely carb legal. Smog stations just glance over everything, if some cat is there you're fine. It's the refs that are anal.

ProjectMx-3 · Post by **ProjectMx-3** » December 28th, 2006, 2:49 am

[quote="mr1in6billion"]Unless you're being sent to a referee than I wouldn't worry about it being completely carb legal. Smog stations just glance over everything, if some cat is there you're fine. It's the refs that are anal.[/quote]

Right but when you get pulled over and they ask you to pop your hood...your skrewed. Anything not street legal from the converter on you must see a referee. It's $2,000 just to see the referee then whatever it costs to get your car fixed

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » December 28th, 2006, 4:31 pm

right but where i live no cops even care what we have. i got a couple honda guys with turbos, chevy guys with huge 357 engines in em and they never care so ima try and order it.

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » December 28th, 2006, 4:57 pm

Try fitting it the other way - opposite direction. I did that to fit the protege cat in the mx3 - AFAIK cats are non-directional. You will have to get good exhaust gaskets. You might also have to add some clamps or welds to that flimsy hangers.

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » December 28th, 2006, 5:07 pm

Right but when you get pulled over and they ask you to pop your hood...your skrewed. Anything not street legal from the converter on you must see a referee. It's $2,000 just to see the referee then whatever it costs to get your car fixed

A cop can't tell the difference between a carb cat and a regular stock replacement. They look exactly the same. The referees can tell because they run the carb number. And you got ripped, the referees up here are only 150-300 or so.

2fazed · Post by **2fazed** » December 28th, 2006, 7:33 pm

Have you tried asking your local muffler shop for a cat? That's where I get mine. There about $50-75. That's what you'll probably pay on Ebay. Just a thought.

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » December 28th, 2006, 9:29 pm

ariesdude wrote:Try fitting it the other way - opposite direction. I did that to fit the protege cat in the mx3 - AFAIK cats are non-directional. You will have to get good exhaust gaskets. You might also have to add some clamps or welds to that flimsy hangers.

well the actual size of the CAt in length is too short and there arent any bolts at the end like my old one. and ya i went to a muffler shop in my town but they said they had som universal ones for my car but had to weld it on. any ideas? i dont know anything about welding or exhaust systems haha im returning my cat that i bought and i found a different one see if this works. thanks for your help guys

ProjectMx-3 · Post by **ProjectMx-3** » January 2nd, 2007, 10:04 am

[quote="mr1in6billion"][quote]Right but when you get pulled over and they ask you to pop your hood...your skrewed. Anything not street legal from the converter on you must see a referee. It's $2,000 just to see the referee then whatever it costs to get your car fixed[/quote]
A cop can't tell the difference between a carb cat and a regular stock replacement. They look exactly the same. The referees can tell because they run the carb number. And you got ripped, the referees up here are only 150-300 or so.[/quote]

Ive never been busted