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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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anyone happen to know the law, on cutting the cat off in the state of Kansas?
 
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Its illegal to cut off the cats in any state. Even here in FL where we dont have emmisons testing its illegal to remove the cat unless your replacing it with another cat.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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I think your cats just might run away someday dontcha think?
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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inless you have to do emissions test who's going to notice?
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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If the person cutting off the cat has a conscience, he will.
 
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Federal deal, fine at least $10,000, but I've never heard of anyone getting pinched for it. The usual beef is that the truck won't pass and can't be registered, but even there, who cuts the cat off knowing he has to see the smoggie? It usually fails due to some other component being bad or hacked.

Go ahead, cut it off, you will probably gain 100hp and 10 mpg.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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I don't know, guess I just have my own strange quirky ideals.....

I want the fuel burnt in the combustion chamber, not in the exhaust system....
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by danr1
I want the fuel burnt in the combustion chamber, not in the exhaust system....
For the most part it will, but the thermactor (A.I.R. pump) and the cat completes the remainder of the combustion process, the part that will not happen in the combustion chamber.
 
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Go ahead, cut it off, you will probably gain 100hp and 10 mpg.
i doubt either of these things will result in removal of the cat.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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i doubt either of these things will result in removal of the cat.
I know for a fact that horsepower gains of 1000 hp or more are possible without a cat. Just ask John Force!
 
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ok, time to come back down to earth now.
 
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for one, your truck wll sound louder
 
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Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod

Go ahead, cut it off, you will probably gain 100hp and 10 mpg.
For just a fraction of a second, I almost believed it! Well......I wanted to believe it anyway.
 
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I hate cats, and cat boxes they make the house stink. get a dog instead. lol why would you cut off your cat? change it out with a high flow cat. no big deal.
 
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Originally Posted by danr1
I don't know, guess I just have my own strange quirky ideals.....

I want the fuel burnt in the combustion chamber, not in the exhaust system....
That's an engine design thing. Maybe the Miller cycle engines from Mazda?
 
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