I had to replace the stock CAT at around 110K in my OBW and put a Random high flow CAT in its place. It lasted for 20K and the foil elements in the Random turned to loose chunks a big ball of metal, plugging the exhaust. Random would not honor the warranty because I installed the cat & not one of their "authorized distributors"; Absolute BS but it's their policy to support their distributors & jack up the final cost to the consumer.
I tried pushing the ball of metal out of the CAT but it's so large and hard it just rolls around inside the CAT "shell" & the only way to remove it is to open/remove the cat itself.
Not willing to pay another $600+ for another Random CAT & experience this again, I put in an inexpensive "CAT" brand cat and I can feel a tremendous loss of power with it, it must have a high flow resistance. I have the Random still and was thinking of putting a different high flow element in it. The Random has two cats in series and I was wondering if there's a high flow single cat that will allow me to pass emissions and be affordable?
If there's a single CAT element that will do the job, I can have it welded to the pipes from the Random and it'll certainly be cheaper than buying an entire high flow, turn key CAT assembly.
Suggestions? & where will I find this at a low price? I'm looking for a new job right now :gasp: so keeping the cost down is important.
I tried pushing the ball of metal out of the CAT but it's so large and hard it just rolls around inside the CAT "shell" & the only way to remove it is to open/remove the cat itself.
Not willing to pay another $600+ for another Random CAT & experience this again, I put in an inexpensive "CAT" brand cat and I can feel a tremendous loss of power with it, it must have a high flow resistance. I have the Random still and was thinking of putting a different high flow element in it. The Random has two cats in series and I was wondering if there's a high flow single cat that will allow me to pass emissions and be affordable?
If there's a single CAT element that will do the job, I can have it welded to the pipes from the Random and it'll certainly be cheaper than buying an entire high flow, turn key CAT assembly.
Suggestions? & where will I find this at a low price? I'm looking for a new job right now :gasp: so keeping the cost down is important.