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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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wheres my cat?????

just crawled under the mule and all I see is pipe and muffler no Cat!!!!! Is this possible and if I had one where would it be....I assumed it was inline infront of the muffler....also I saw someone on here said something about the predator and you can monitor some temp readings live while you drive.....anyone know if this is true and if so which ones?
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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Some don't have cats. You can watch temps with a pyrometer gauge. A scanner will not show egt's.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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it would help if we knew what year your truck is, you may want to put that info in your signature
 
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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my 01 didnt have a cat.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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mines an 02...

sorry my truck is an 2002 probably wont matter because I cant find a place that can put the 3.5 in straight pipe in for me noone can bend it......any suggestions or ideas if anyone makes a piece of straight to eliminate the stock muffler????
 
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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Check the sticker under the hood it will tell if was originaly a cat version.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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my cat ran away with my muffler and i don't miss either of them
 
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 01:33 AM
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maybe it'll come home if you call for it?

here kitty, kitty, kitty
 
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Originally Posted by buckshot047
sorry my truck is an 2002 probably wont matter because I cant find a place that can put the 3.5 in straight pipe in for me noone can bend it......any suggestions or ideas if anyone makes a piece of straight to eliminate the stock muffler????
You should be able to take a piece of straight 3.5" pipe and replace the muffler with it. That's what I originally did and it worked fine. Just make sure the guy doing it is a capable welder and you don't have any leaks.
 
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my 2002 didnt have a cat either.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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My 2002 doesn't have a cat either
 
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by buckshot047
...also I saw someone on here said something about the predator and you can monitor some temp readings live while you drive.....anyone know if this is true and if so which ones?
Thanks
To get some live readings you will need a pc interface kit with your Predator. This allows you to connect your predator to a laptop in your truck. You can also record all the data on to your computer. You might want to send an email to Diablo asking them about what all you can record. www.diablosport.com
 
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:25 AM
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I have a 2003 California (Bay area) truck and no cat....Actually pretty happy about it...
 
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:33 AM
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buckshot047,

For the most part all of the 1st six months of Super Duty production have cats, then it was only 6 speed manual trans trucks that had them from them on.

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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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buckshot047,

For the most part all of the 1st six months of Super Duty production have cats, then it was only 6 speed manual trans trucks that had them from them on.

Mark @ DPPI
What was the logic behind that???
 
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