Exhaust heat shield question

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Okay, I was all set to finally rivet this thing in place, but instead 
decided to yank it. Am I seriously gonna overheat anything without it? (If 
so I may just let the puppy cook, cars have not been my friend this evening 
- can you tell it was the "oh so fun to work on" DD before I tore into the 
second victim?)
This is on the 16V, and it still has a cat, not sure how functional it is 
anymore, it went through a "I have a rabid squirrel trapped inside of me" 
phase when the car was running rich, pretty sure it's a bit toasted. It sure 
made some wierd noises.

So, do I really have to worry about it? Who's tossed theirs? Did you die?

Cathy

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