Well,
somehow I Agree with 1fastkia: To the
Original Poster is Better Idea to Buy a Brand new Catalytic converter, specially due to Legal Reasons, and pollution reasons...
For the price, why not just buy a new cat, and not pollute this world?...
But
for me: it was absolutely
impossible to find a brand
new Catalytic or pre-catalytic converters here in my developin' country, not even at the Kia Dealer, nor other car brand's dealer, nor
almost any aftermarket Store.
Why
? ... as I Said:
... those are not Legally required here, in my Country; ...
So even the Brand
New cars comes here
Without catalytics from factory. period.
Its a
Fact that the
Same car, made in USA, Mexico, Korea, Japan, etc... will go with a
Different setup from factory to the USA Market, than to the Latin American / Asian \ African markets, etc...
usually the difference is due to
Legal Requirements.
So, almost all the Brand New Cars that comes here thru their Dealers, comes without Catalytics... and other things
more or
less.
Examples of Different Market's requirements are: the
Toyota Land Cruiser II, is has never been available in USA, and we have plenty of them, even with Factory snorkels...
Other example: Subarus does come here (and to the Rest of the World) with
Dual Range Transmissions...
...while USA is the
only country who doesn't get them since 1992, due to Taxation & Legal Reasons: Due to their Dual Range Trans, Subaru where taxed as "Light Duty Trucks" ...
...which makes them to have a different price to their competitors, and different insurance rate, etc...
So Different Markets got different versions of the SAME car Model.
Also, here in my country is almost impossible to find a Good Used Catalytic converters... the ones that get removed from cars that comes from USA, usually are Sold to the Metal factories here, they melt them (along all the old metal) to be recicled.
...Nice job with the great advice. Pollute the world and make your car louder and sould like crap...
Sorry but I Didn't gave any "
Advice" ... I Was just
answering his Question:
Has anyone gutted their pre-catalytic converter attached to their exhaust manifold with any success as far as how the engine runs and how many codes it will set ? ...
So, since I did that, I posted my experience with pics
as an Answer to his question,
Not as an Advice at all.
...Poster, from me to you, do not do the above here in the usa its illegal to do this in most states, and if you have emmison testing, forget it you will never pass...
I Agree with that.
...If everyone in the world took the advise of gutting their cats when they stopped working, the air would be so polluted, everyone would have to wear respirators, or die...
Well... as I said: Not all the Cars in the World, came or comes with Catalytic converters... also in some countries like Latin America and Europe, there are very much more
Diesel Cars than Gasoline cars, even small sedans comes diesel here... those doesn't have catalytics and Diesel does pollute too...
even worse.
Your "opinion" is not shared by everyone in the USA... He is located in Honduras and unlike living here and "regulated" to death by bureaucrats who could not find another job to save their souls... He IS free to do what he did. ...
I Agree, Absolutely
!
Common Sense is the Key words...
One last paragraph: Please accept my
Humble apologies to Open such can of worms... that was
Not my intention; please don't let me be
Misunderstood:
I was Not giving any Advice, I was just
answering the Original poster's Question.
I will try to Not answer more questions here... However, I will keep Updated my own threads...
Kind Regards & Blessings.