Hey, hows it going? I have an '87 TII and the precat had gutted itself before I got it, and I have been wondering if I would need a FCD if I decided to gut the main cat. I have not hit fuel cut, and I don't really want to either. I just got the tranny rebuilt, and I haven't redlined the beast yet. I do plan on straight pipes to replace the shells, but for now, am I safe with the stock restrictive catback? Yeah yeah, its all stock (intake and fuel) so please don't tell me the things gonna blow in a week. Thanks guys.

 

Oh come on!!! I know SOMEONE has to have gutted cats on their TII with no FCD.

 

Don't gut the cats. There are people who would kill to have stock converters, and new ones cost about as much as the car is worth... (some racing rules require 100% STOCK exhausts... aftermarket converters are illegal)

 

Ok ok, first of all, the precat has already gutted itself, and on the main cat, the catalyst has begun to break apart anyway. SOOO, both are crap, and the main reason for this, besides more power is, I DONT NEED IT. THERE ARE NO EMMISIONS TESTS HERE IN THIS FUCKED UP *** BACKWARDS BLACK HOLE OF A STATE!!!!
Besides, who the **** would be dumb enough to buy factory converters anyway (Yes they do cost about as much as I paid for my TII)???!! There are cheap aftermarket versions out there.

Finally, Im not going racing anyways, and just what sanctioning body requires 100% stock exhausts? Thats the dumbest thing Ive ever heard!!!!!!!

Please, I just want to hear info and results of an '87 or '88 TII (or series 5 i guess) with GUTTED CATS OR STRAIGHT PIPE WITH NO FCD OR OTHER ENGINE MODS. And if anyone knows, what gear and RPM it happened in. I have heard you can't develop enough boost in 1st and 2nd. PLEASE!!!! At least a guess from someone.

 

I have a 88 TII with gutted cats...just shells left..i had a exhaust shop make the pipe the rest of the way back and the put fairly stock mufflers on it. I have not hit fuel cut. Nor do i think you will either. I thin they used 2.75 on the pipe size.
So if you do it i thik you will be ok.
later

 

You'll hit fuel-cut - the overboost fuel-cut is set 1psi over your stock boost level.



-Ted

 

mine would hit 9-10psi like that, but i had an intake. my friend back in the day would hit fuel cut when it was cold out.

mike

 

Stock boost for an 87 is 6.6psi, fuel cut is at 8.6psi. That's 2psi!
I have a stock DP (Jap-import, no pre-cat), straight pipe replacing the cat and a 3" cat-back into twin 2.5". Boost is 7-8psi so I've never hit fuel cut.
Don't waste your time gutting ther cat, replace it with a bit of pipe. This is a quick, cheap job that any exhaust shop can do.

 

Any shop can do huh? I'll give you $100 if you can find me a shop here in Chico, CA that will do it. It's illegal and no shop is gonna risk their business license for a $50 job.

 

I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to bob13bt who asked the question and made it quite clear he's from a state without emission regs.

 

ya, you pretty much got told
But ya, in CA they won't cause its illegal, in other states its not, so its just a regular job for them.

 

A state may not have emissions laws but it's still a Federal Offense to remove emissions equipment. A shop that does it in a non-emissions state might not get caught but they're just begging for trouble.

 

The loophole is to take the cat off yourself and take it to the muffler shop.

 

Sweet!
Thanks for all your replies. I do have plans for the whole fuel, bigger turbo, FMIC, probably Haltech EK6. For right now I just want to see how much I can get out of this thing safely (relatively)

Thats the best thing about good ol' West Virginia (well ok the ONLY good thing ) NO EMMISIONS CHECKS!!!!

Oh yeah, not much traffic on the curvy back roads

 

Oh ****! Your right I did get told! Totally forgot about that, ahh my bad.