Would it hurt the 2.3 to remove the cat.? Like not enought back pressure or what....there are no emmissions laws where i live so thats not a problem.

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no mike it wont hurt it but it is required by some CARB law in california not aloud to change emissions features balh blah blah tree hugging hippy save world no polution blah blah blah hollow it out mike

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no it wouldnt hurt you, it would just make you louder, i was gonna take mine out, but cant on military bases, just be careful when you do it thatyou have enough pipe to make your exhaust long enough and all

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WHO EVER DID MY TRUCKS EXHAUST BEFORE I GOT IT GOR RID OF IT AND YET IT STILL PASSES EMIISIONS

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1986 ranger, gen 2 cab,front end and interior. bagged and 4 linked, laying tranny member( need to remove that) soon be draggin on a street near u.

well dont take it to Cali., ro. cause i aint comin to bail you out for smog violation
LOL

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in fla we dont have emissions (luckly for him me diesel not strict on it and old truck made before cats wher required) mike hollow it out or remove it but you going to sound like adam yingling's truck the wet fart

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^^^ yea i agree with waldo no no to cali lol. yea like berad said ur gonna sound like a lil ricer going thru town

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1986 ranger, gen 2 cab,front end and interior. bagged and 4 linked, laying tranny member( need to remove that) soon be draggin on a street near u.

yepp yepp uh-huh uh-huh! lol sorry a litlle sesame street was in my mind. anyways after you do that go check your shorts cuz it will sound like a really nasty wet fart!

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he knows all about it the kid graduated last year with me and all he had was a chery bomb on the thing it was a wet fart

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Yea but yingling's truck was also a POS!! Anywho i want more sound out of my exhaust!!! what can i do? to make it slightly louder....my only exhause mod is a Dynomax Superturbo muffler.

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gey you a set of purple hornies and a turbo muffler (or flow)remove the cat shot back dual pipes and "mua bella" nice very nice

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Out here in Portland, OR we have a specific name for these people. Tree huggin, Berkinstock wearin, espresso-heads. They seem to all live in NW Portland.

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mike hollow out the cat leave it there causeit will make it sound deeper cause it will ast like a expansioin chamber which will make it sound louder

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first of all i wear birkenstocks, and i aint no hippie,but they are comfortable shoes, second, B is right here too you can leave it, or take it off and just add some exhaust pipe, you know what just cut the whole thing off and go like that
vroom vroom

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actually... it's the type of muffler and exhaust system that you use that makes a car/truck sound like a "ricer"... I have a drag CRX that has a simple dump right after the header for an exhaust and well, to put it lightly, I guarantee it sounds more ballsy than most of your rides, and lives up to it too... Sounds like an Airplane (no joke, the fu**er rumbles)... And my Ranger with the gutted Cat (since I'm in CA I have to have one down there) with 3" Turbo back exhaust and a mean sounding muffler you'd never know I was a 4 banger coming down the street, especially with my Wastegate dumping to atmosphere... ehehehe... I've seen and heard Rangers with a ricer type exhaust/muffler system, and i couldn't tell it was American till I saw it pass by!!! The resonators and flow determine what it sounds like... So based on the muffler and exhaust system you get, cat or no cat, you can sound ballsy, or "riced" out... :werd: :werd: :werd: :werd:

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And to answer your question... If you don't need it, take it out, MORE FLOW, if you do have to have it, gut it... More flow, but not as benefitial as taking it out and running unrestricted... And you won't notice a huge difference either way until you start doing more to it...

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