Well dang.

Oh well, tells me there really aint no rhyme or reason to what Ford did. There goes everything I THOUGHT I knew!

Been talking to my former girlfriends eh?

Stewart

 

Hey guys, I found one locally for $500. Leys hope every thing fits and it passes. I'll report back. Thank you every body for your help.

 

Over the past year and a half I removed two cats, both from my E99 F250 and F350, I threw them both out.........
I forgot all about you california guys....I would have sent them to you for free if I had known.

 

According to this site, this ones' legal for CA...

Universal Magnaflow Catalytic Converter Stainless steel, Universal product

If you go to there site, after 3 pages of showing, 49 state legal...NOT for sale in CA, this particular cat however, showed 50 state, and nothing being said about, not legal for CA use...?

Catalytic Converter - Auto Parts Warehouse

Scroll half way down, to compare with others, and then you'll come up on this cat.

 

They gave a new meaning to, "powerstroke"......didnt know they had, the g.i joe with the kung-fu grip....

 

Got the cat on, now just have to get a hold of a code reader and it will be back to the smog place. Had to wait a week to get the 4" to 3.5" adapters in. Looks good, just hope that the smog guy doesn't give me any crap. Crossing my fingers.

 

If anybody is interested that doesn't know what a cat looks like on a 99' 7.3L, here it is. Brand new this guy costs $2,300 from the dealer .

 

...robbery

 

I have a '99 7.3 in CA as well - been putting off chopping up the rest of my old exhaust so it'd fit in the recycling bin... kinda glad I hadn't done it yet since I might need it for smog now.

(I didn't realize that was actually a cat, I thought these trucks didn't have them.)

Would you mind sharing where you got your adapters? (in case I need to go find a pair)

Also - can they tell if a 7.3 has a tuner? I use a DP to run bigger injectors, but Jodi gave me an 'emissions' tune and I left myself the ability to hide the switch.


On a side note, I thought I would be out of CA before having to register again.... :-(

 

Rob, I did mine 4 months ago. Want to a smog only center. Had the DP TUNE mounted on the side of the gauges told him so and they said it was alright. I still have my cat on and want it off to. They told me there is so many tuners going for approval that they don't write up yet. Good luck. I also took the wifes car in first to feel them out but it all went good. The smoke test is important here .They didn't switch tunes and I had it in the stock tune.WOn't help you with new sticks and that is what I want to do so keep us informed, Chet

 

Hide the switch. I dare say most smog places aint gonna be as lenient as the one Bonanza went to.

I don't have an emissions tune so I just used my modified stock tune for testing and hid my switch. With my AC codes and 38R I had no problems with the throttle snap test.

Like the tech told me BEFORE I took my truck in, "If I can't see it, I can't fail you for it"

Stewart

 

Thanks for the good advice. There is a place here in town that seems fairly chill, so I'll go check them out when it's time.

Where did you find your adapters to make the cat fit?

I'm a welder anyway (albeit looking for work atm) so I was thinking I'd weld flanges in for the cat and use the pipe I cut out to make a 'test pipe' to use the rest of the year.

That being the case, if anyone local needs to borrow a cat for a few days, it would just be a matter of getting flanges on your exhaust.

Also - would there be any interest in a test pipe with a straight through core that happened to have very similar outside dimensions to the oem cat? (For use in states that don't require a cat... of course.... )

 

Rob, thats what the guys in Nevada do because they smog every year I understand. And yes that is of interest.

 

Did you pass? Did they say anything about the larger exhaust?

 

I'll check with an old employer to see if I'd be able to borrow some shop space for a pet project.... pm and I'll keep you updated.