would like A few opinoins

[dragonslit]

1. straightpiping my cat it rattles like a cat on a barrel.
2.found some interesting rims that fit loosly on the 93 festy???
gold but decent pics comin soon if anyones intrested.
3. aspire swap easy do manual anywhere?

kansas city mo
ryan s

thx guys for any help!!!!!

[big_ty2003]

http://www.clubprotege.com/wil/howto/aspirebrakes.htm

[TominMO]

1. straightpiping my cat it rattles like a cat on a barrel.
2.found some interesting rims that fit loosly on the 93 festy???
gold but decent pics comin soon if anyones intrested.

1. The rattling is probably the heat shield on the cat. You can remove it or secure it with hose clamps. I wouldn't straightpipe it. You are still subject to safety inspections, and if they see no cat they might fail it on a visual inspection. That's what they told me here in St. Louis.

If the cat is restricted, you can bore it out with a hole saw. You'll need an extension to get it in there. That way the cat will appear to be there, but with no restriction.

2. What do you mean by "fit loosely" for the rims? BTW have you checked the wheel fitting guide?

[dragonslit]

rims holes were borrred out it look like. theres just a tid bit of play in them tho.
and for the sraight pipe yes it is illegal n missouri and fails inspections. but like wat was saild i can always just bore it out with like a big screw driver or somin?

[Festiva_tunner]

cut the back side (the side that faces the car) in a square and remove all the interior contents - reweld square back onto the cat housing and remount to car - passes visual that way thats the way my truck was in Nashville

[freshtiva]

Did you know I saw your car the other day ?

[milehighbear]

If you remove the inside of the cat, wont that mess up your inspection part for emissions. I had to replace my cat because it wasn't burning the fuel fumes and was having a high hc count.

[FestYboy]

^...only if they run a sniffer up your pipe.

dragon, just a thought: punctuation helps in translation.

[TominMO]

If you remove the inside of the cat, wont that mess up your inspection part for emissions. I had to replace my cat because it wasn't burning the fuel fumes and was having a high hc count.

In MO they no longer test cars before the 1996 model year. I should have told him to check with his state regs on this, since obviously it isn't universal.

The easier way to gut the cat is to do it from the rear with a hole saw. If the cat is off the car, you then just stand it upright to let the pieces fall out. If it is on the car, leave the rear pipe off and start the car to blow out the pieces. If the cat is welded on rather than bolted, cut it just behind the cat with a cutoff tool; then when you're done, clamp on a connecting tube.

[dragonslit]

omg its my car u were at piropos. well u shoulda came down to say hi! yep shes black now

[freshtiva]

^ Yes I was at piropos, noticed the festiva right off the bat. If Ive known where to find you I definately would have said hey. I was at my brothers wedding ( piropos) . I think there was a Jazz festival going on at the time too. I drove my B6 festy to the event.

[dragonslit]

good god(b6) cant believe i missed it. i work at the mini golf, i think we should have a festy meet there im a manager so we can drink and play on the course whenever i want to.

[dragonslit]

catty cut and stripped

thx guys