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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on June 30, 2009, 12:31:34 pm

Title: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on June 30, 2009, 12:31:34 pm: Is this the catalytic converter? Is it OEM?

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Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: GEE-BEE on June 30, 2009, 12:57:10 pm: it's the oem model....
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on June 30, 2009, 01:01:32 pm: there are way too many catalysts and mufflers on that exhaust system. cut it off in front of the cat and call it good. should gain you a bunch of power.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on June 30, 2009, 01:02:40 pm: I wonder if that cat converter is plugged up? Anyway to tell without pulling it apart?
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on June 30, 2009, 01:53:33 pm: cut it off and shine a flash light through it. then weld a piece of pipe in place where it used to be. lol
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: ilikevwdiesel on July 01, 2009, 05:46:39 am: That cat is stock to Eco diesels sold in the US. Remove the whole thing and replace it with Bosal 783-309. You should be able to find that number online for cheap.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on July 01, 2009, 10:08:26 am: Quote from: ilikevwdiesel on July 01, 2009, 05:46:39 am
That cat is stock to Eco diesels sold in the US. Remove the whole thing and replace it with Bosal 783-309. You should be able to find that number online for cheap.

Is this it? Does it replace the cat section only, keeping the 2 mufflers?

http://www.amazon.com/Bosal-783-309-Front-Pipe/dp/B000CEZFWC
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Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: ilikevwdiesel on July 01, 2009, 01:46:23 pm: yep that's it.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: 92EcoDiesel Jetta on October 08, 2009, 06:32:37 am: I haven't done anything with the cat yet. Has anyone gutted the inside of cat in place and then sealing it up? Much less work then putting in a new down pipe, which requires new parts, special muffler clamp tool and welding- none of which I have. This should clear out any blockage/restriction in the cat. It'd be interesting to see how much performance increase afterwards.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: rabbitman on October 09, 2009, 12:02:47 am: Yeah my Dad pulled the guts out of his eurovan cat like that, wacked a hole in the side. Welding it up didn't work so good though, he's not an arc or wirefeed kinda guy (does oxyacetalean) so it didn't seal up and there's some exhaust noise up front.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: macka on October 10, 2009, 08:06:23 am: yea, I pulled one off of my old truck and poked an iron bar through the holes, then the guts pretty much fell out. then I put it back on. The best part is, it passed emmissions 3 times. :D
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: VelocityConservation on October 10, 2009, 04:03:51 pm: We have always just driven a piece of pipe through the innards (sic) of the cat.

I have set of old motorcross handlebars that even let me work around some some corners.

The first "muffler" in the rest of your system is a resonator. It does not restrict the exhaust flow.

If your state inspection will allow it, I put 2.25" tube from the downpipe to a high-flow muffler in the stock muffler location. That dropped EGT's significantly.
Title: Re: Is this exhaust OEM?
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on October 11, 2009, 09:28:18 am: catastrophic converters are a waste of time. i dont own a vehicle with one. thats the first mod that every one of my rigs get. my toyota came alive when i de-catted it.