Some crack heads in my area managed to rape my truck of it's catalytic converter....
Anyhow, it's got pre and post 02 sensors, and considering they left them in, but cut the pipe within an inch of them on both sides, I'm left with coming up with a solution...
I'm searching for solutions that make the most sense, and most importantly, save me the most money... I'm broke, I mean REAL broke... and if I can't get to work, I'll get even MORE broke... so keep in mind, I'm perfectly fine getting dirty and working on it myself... It's a 98 Taco 4x4 SR5 with 209,000 and still running strong...
Option #1 flange out the pipes, have muffler shop replace with an 'off the shelf' cat... - not impressive.
Option #2 straight pipe it, finding out the magical resistance/tolerance level for the rear sensor so it doesn't think the cat is degraded... (interested in this one)
Option #3 Stock cat - most expensive
Option #4 Magnaflow converter, but will still have to get a muffler shop to do the pipe work to get it ready to be completed. - doable, but costly as well....
if you have better options, let me hear them, I'm open for options...
Thanks guys...