Jansenwins

looks like what? Mine looks hollow and wide-open. Did the previous owner open it up? Anyone...what should it look like as you look through it?

Thanks.

Grease Monkey

thats a good ?, i have never seen one either

IRAraid

It looks like a light collimator or a fine honeycomb. You can see straight through it but not at even a slight angle. The grid is usually a few inches thick (in the direction of flow) and the grid has small openings - less than 1/16". If the grid is lying around in pieces, it has fractured and will give poor performance (pollution-wise and high rev.-wise)
Sounds like yours has been gutted.

Googan

VenkmanP

Best pic I could find with a quick search:

bldavis11

There are multiple designs for cats, but I can guarantee that one of them is NOT an empty tube. Just think... free HP!

zoro

'85 cat has this fine honeycomb type material from one end to the other

Jansenwins

Great pic...thank you Zoro. Thanks to all that responded. Yup, mine is wide open. Previous owner musta gutted it. I mean it is completely hollow....looks like an empty chamber.

I have no emmission testing here so I guess this is a good free mod!

Photomania

Will a gutted cat converter cause any damage to the engine?

AGENT 86

No

runner140*

Sounds like your cat was "rodded out".

GIJoe

excellent pic of the cat!


nothing a crowbar can't fix

Too bad its so toxic, there is a lot of Platinum in there.

86PACER

Someone gutted it. It should look like the photo posted.

Bob CTS