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re: Thieves stole my catalytic converter

Posted on 9/22/18 at 7:56 pm to
Posted by Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
Member since Jun 2008
51852 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 7:56 pm to
Cadillac converter
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
78302 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

You'd have to be pretty clueless to imagine that catalytic converters don't dampen exhaust sound levels.


Barely noticable sound wise.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:05 pm to
Yep, just going to leave this alone. Some people have no clue.
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5761 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:06 pm to
It was a cat burglar

Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
78302 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:11 pm to
It's impossible to remove something from the exhaust system and not change the noise. Removal will not have the effect of a true straight pipe. If anything he will gain horsepower and mpg.


Just waiting for the someone to bring up 'proper backpressure' now.
Posted by Breaux
Member since Nov 2005
4623 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

Crackhead stole my catalytic converter


FIFY
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19147 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:26 pm to
Palladium
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
74706 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:35 pm to
Chlamydia Converter
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53506 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:40 pm to
You live in the hood baw?
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
15632 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:45 pm to
quote:

Guess I'm going car shopping since it's an old car and I'm not doing a $1250 repair on a clunker.

You sound like a city slicker.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

Catalytic converters have rhodium and platinum or palladium in them. That’s why they are so expensive.


They bring about $100 when sold as scrap. There was a lot of them being stolen in the Houston area a few years ago, usually from 4X4 trucks, they sat higher off the ground making removal easier. They cut them off with a battery sawsall, takes about 10 minutes, they were even stealing them from parked trucks in places like Walmart parking lots. Got so bad the muffler shops were selling some type of cable anti-theft thing that could not be easily cut so that the thieves would be more likely to leave it alone.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 9:11 pm to
One of the few schticks I enjoy.
Posted by bobbyleewilliams
Tigertown
Member since Feb 2010
8446 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 9:49 pm to
quote:

Mine had disintegrated internally cause back pleasure and loss of power.

Posted by Pico de Gallo
Member since Aug 2016
1894 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:06 pm to
It's a new thing they're doing. Slide in, saw, slide out. Gone in under 5 minutes.

If you get a new car, they'll probably be back.
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16802 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:06 pm to
What kind of car?
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:14 pm to
Call 911
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:16 pm to
Buy it back from either Craigslist or EBay. Bound to show up on one of those 2 websites.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
33445 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:19 pm to
Move out of the ghetto
Posted by baseballmind1212
Missouri City
Member since Feb 2011
3397 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:28 pm to
quote:

Just waiting for the someone to bring up 'proper backpressure' now.


How else do you efficiently remove the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber without back pressure
Posted by MSUmtowndawg
Jackson, MS
Member since Sep 2010
1490 posts
Posted on 9/22/18 at 10:32 pm to
This happened to my sister outside of LSU in Nola right before a not so intense tropical storm/hurricane 5 years or more ago. It was a while back and my memory is fuzzy. Anyway, they sawed hers off a Jeep Grand Cherokee on the street in the middle of the day. Pretty bold and impressive honestly
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