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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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Do I Need The Cat?

found a nice 4 inch MBRP exhaust but it removes the cat, if i do this will i have codes going off or will the CPU even be able to tell
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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On a '95 7.3L? I didn't think they had cats. ???
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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On a '95 7.3L? I didn't think they had cats. ???
its got this big cat shapped thing before the muffler, and its all stock
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 10:39 PM
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My 6.0 doesn't know about the missing cat
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Kill the cat. Your engine will thank you.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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must have been a CA truck, the other 49 states shouldn't have had cats on them that year.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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i have no idea, all i know is it has one and i was going to put the MBRP exhaust on myself but i didnt know if i needed the cat
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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Not for the purpose of running, you will notice a difference in the smell of your exhaust though. Will smell more like an old tractor with the cat removed.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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They had them on most ford diesels 95-97. the trick is wether or not there are emissions tests where you live and wether or not they mandate it. For example here I have to have one to pass, but its purely a visual test meaning if they see it, its there, thers simply nothing in it.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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ok in texas there is no emissions (thats where im moving) and here they do an opacity test
 
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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ok in texas there is no emissions (thats where im moving) and here they do an opacity test

whats an opacity test?? haha and as long as it aint straight piped (which a lot of people still have) ur good to go in texas..
 
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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whats an opacity test?? haha and as long as it aint straight piped (which a lot of people still have) ur good to go in texas..
great to hear
 
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