Re: Cat

[William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>]

Cat is definitely shot. Replace. : )
Cut the bolts off in the middle and then bang them out of the flange.
While you're putting a high flow cat on it and 2" exhaust (don't go with
2.25", you'll lose torque. 2" is plenty for a 1.8), put on a header or a
dual outlet manifold/TT downpipe setup. Where do you live? If you're in
NH, you can ditch the cat since you're pre-'85. You will definitely
notice the difference between stock exhaust and the dual outlet
manifold/downpipe/2" setup. MUCH better. I just drove a Rabbit GTI today
(in an AutoX up in VT, did very well, I was happy) with this setup, and
it is noticeably faster than my car. True, it also had a 2H (mine has an
FN) and a euro dist, but still, the engine felt far less choked.
	(Joe Oliviera let me codrive his awesome primer grey GTI with Shine
suspension, he's the man)
	-Josiah



On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:44:28 -0400 Aaron <catacomb@psu.edu> writes:
>
>My cat. is making weird noises..  as if it has loose metal rattling 
>around
>inside it. It started small, and now it's very annoying.  I made sure 
>it
>wasn't simply a problem with a loose metal guard (skid-plate ?).. 
>it's
>definately coming from within the cat.
>
>Anyhow, I assume this means the cat. is shot. However, the bolts 
>holding it
>on are completly rusted/fused to the cat's mounting plates.  I soaked 
>em
>for a full day in liquid wrench, but that didn't do anything at all.  
>
>
>Am I correct in assuming that I need to have it welded off?
>
>Also, while I'm dealing with the exhaust, would I get a noticable
>performance boost if I replaced the entire exhaust from header's back? 
> I
>was thinking of upgrading to a TT High Flow cat, and 2.25" pipes...  I 
>was
>thinking of all TT stuff, but I dont want to make this huge 
>investment
>without being sure it's worth it.
>
>Just for info, I have an 84 8V.  Pickup is sluggish and I cant get 
>over
>4.5k in 5th.  Recently a complete tune-up (new OEM wires, bosch 
>silver
>plugs, new distrib cap and rotor, all new belts and timing, 
>alignment,
>warm-up regulator, O2 sensor, Boge TurboGas Struts (front & back).. 
>etc)..
>full throttle switch is acting very wierd though and I think my inner
>driver-side CV joint is shot.
>
>
>And I THANK you if you read all of this message.. I didn't realize 
>it'de be
>so large.
>
>
>-Aaron
> 84 8V
>
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