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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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I want to hollow out my 2 rear cats is there any way of doing it without removing them or cutting them open
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 05:51 PM
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I want to hollow out my 2 rear cats is there any way of doing it without removing them or cutting them open

Hollowing them out will hinder more flow than free it up. Putting in a test pipe is the best way to go.
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Put cherry bombs on.save time and frustration
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Put cherry bombs on.save time and frustration
I have an exhaust setup with a cherry bomb and its so quite its pretty much stock so I have the muffler cut out right now
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Hollowing them out will hinder more flow than free it up. Putting in a test pipe is the best way to go.
I have to have some kind of cat in there to pass inspection it can be punched just has to be there
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I have to have some kind of cat in there to pass inspection it can be punched just has to be there
Punch it out and slide a pipe through. You're gonna have to pull them off to punch them
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I seen online about using a hammer and pounding a chisel on it will break it up but I don't want to beat the hell out of it cause then you can visibly tell it has been punched
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I seen online about using a hammer and pounding a chisel on it will break it up but I don't want to beat the hell out of it cause then you can visibly tell it has been punched
Yeah but it has a heat shield surrounding them. So that won't work on these.
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I haven't really looked at them to much how hard is it to cut them off
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Originally Posted by FCVFD
I haven't really looked at them to much how hard is it to cut them off
the back ones do not have much room to spare. But easily accessible The front ones are a little more difficult.
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