Thinking about getting this for my rig being mine is bad. Did any of you ever use this type, how does it sound etc.?

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Direct-Fi..._pn=M%2fF23884

 

anyone...........................

 

Don't know unless you try it

 

Can't help on the specific brand, but I had a straight pipe made to replace it. I leave it off until inspection time. It's only slightly louder with the straight pipe.

 

Well I was thinking of doing that as well, but for this price, I'm thinking of just replacing it, but not sure of the sound. I do want it to be quiet tho... Maby someone will tune in to help me out more.

 

Its fine. I run the SS magnaflow universal cat. Cost me $130 up here

A catalytic converter won't really change the sound unless your oem is plugged up... The muffler will change the sound the most..

 

Being that you're in NY, can't say much.

Us out here in California have a requirement that after 1-1-2009, any aftermarket converter MUST have the exemption order (E.O.) stamped in such a way that it can be CLEARLY read from 5 feet away. Some of our smog shops are taking it so far as to say that even if your vehicle passes smog, if the converter currently installed on the vehicle isn't marked as the law REQUIRES (even if it was installed before the law came in to effect) that the converter must be replaced in order to be compliant with the new law.
Yep, they are applying the law retroactively: making things you did before the law came into effect "illegal" and holding you accountable for what you did before, when it was legal, and charging you as if it was illegal.

 

That's outrageous. Isn't that Constitutionally wrong?

 

Its Kalifornistan, theres no such thing as a constitution here

 

Overall, yes it is wrong. But smog shops are pointing their fingers straight at the 'non-09-compliant' converters if a vehicle doesn't pass emissions, making people get the 'compliant' converter before they do any further testing: once it fails, the testing stops. You have to fix what doesn't comply at that stage of testing before they will complete the tests.
So you can't just have high NOx and a failing gas cap vent... you don't get to the gas cap vent unless you pass NOx.
Once you fail a test, you fail. Fix the fail and then re-test from the beginning.

On the up side... the charcoal canister purge VSV was non-existant on the 91 and the tech knew it, but passed the visual because I routed the vacuum lines properly to purge the canister regardless- instead of blocking them, I made it a continuous process. Some people block lines... I prefer to make them do what they're supposed to even when they're not supposed to.

 

i got the same converter off ebay for much cheaper than that. check out what it is available on ebay before you pull the trigger on one of those.

 

It'll work for inspection.

You can find them for closer to 40 bucks on ebay.

 

Yup. That's what the Democrats have turned it in to....