I bought last October.Looks to me like it has a catalytic converter.I don't know how old that converters is, (I am the second owner of the van) but I want to replace it with a straight through flow pipe.Who sells such a pipe? Perhaps,
why bother? The additional flow isn't likely going to change the performance of a full size van in any big way.
Auto parts stores I deal with used to sell a "Test Pipe". They were a direct fit for a converter for each application. They're not around much anymore. Go to a shop that has a "pipe bender" and have one made. And remember, it is for "test purposes" only! lol
Um, what if it's clogged?!?!
Historically, the OP has demonstrated to be more inclined to $hit-can a part because he doesn't understand it, not because it isn't performing properly.
I know the Raison d'Entre for catalytic converters.I looked on the net for, How to test a catalytic converter.(devilfinder.com)
Doesn't matter to me if that catalytic converter is plugged or not, it is coming off of there anyway.I will drive my van to a local muffler shop and get a tube made to replace that catalytic converter.I won't throw it away though, I will put it in my storage shed and let it sit there. cuhulin
I bought a 1983 Dodge van last October. Looks like it has a catalytic converter. I want to replace it with a straight through flow pipe. Who sells such a pipe? Cuhulin. ___________________________________________________________
Why bother? The additional flow isn't likely going to change the performance of a full size van in any big way. Brent. ___________________________________________________________ What if it's clogged?!?! thenitedude. ____________________________________________________________
Historically, the OP has demonstrated to be more inclined to $hit-can a part because he doesn't understand it, not because it isn't performing properly. aarcuda69062. _____________________________________________________________
It don't hurt the runnin' of it none (after a fender fell off). Jeeter Lester, Tobacco Road 1941.
The "local muffler shop" will not do that work. It is a violation of federal law. It falls under "tampering with the emissions controls"
The reason why you don't see "test pipes' sold any longer is because of this little law. Get caught with one on that van and I hope you have deep pockets.
Of course none of that applies to you, you're special and don't need to follow those pesky laws.
J.C.Whitney used to sell them.... called "test pipes"....
You gotta watch for the tail pipe cops! Around here they sit on highway exit ramps with some kind of a portable sniffer looking for tailpipe emissions and they nail people somehow...
Because I don't legally need a cat on my Utility vehicle, I don't bother putting one on and it still can pass emissions with low numbers.
I have however run into these muffler shops that use American software that insists my Jeep needs a cat so they are lost when I want a front pipe. They can't figure out how to make a straight pipe because the computer doesn't tell them how.... I have had to put up with a band-aid pipe in the hole.
Finally I just ran into one auto store parts guy with more than a grade one IQ and he just looked up an older model of my vehicle that didn't come with a cat, even in the US, and sold me that front pipe. Works perfect!
Mike
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Really? What were the instructions for 'testing' a catalytic converter?
If it's not plugged, what do you hope to accomplish?
What gives you the right to foul the air?
You might as well scrap it then since it can never be reinstalled. If caught, you can also figure on replacing the fuel tank since the default assumption is that you put leaded gas in the fuel tank and it is now contaminated.
Around here, we don't worry about ''test pipe'' cops.Around laid back around here, you can drive around in most any kind of old wrecks.I wouldn't want it any other way. cuhulin
Um, not counting Cam II, where is it you can buy "leaded gas"?!?!
I don't think leaded gas is available around here. cuhulin
Howsomever, over the years since 1941, I have probally ingested enough lead, I am a lost cause.I used to work at an auto/truck battery factory (that old factory closed down years ago) in Florence,Mississippi. I Love you, Joyce. cuhulin
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When I was at SL 60, about eight miles from Pacific,Missouri (Missouriahh) that is where I owned my first car, 1950 Dodge.I bought it for $75.00 at a used car lot in Saint Louis.
Since 1983, thousands of gas stations.
Ever? Since 1983?
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