Brown Santa came today and delivered my shiny, compact, lightweight new FM high-flow cat! I couldn't wait to get it on, so I jacked the car up, ripped out the old cat (heavy and rattly) and bolted the new one right in.
I got the old one out after much WD40, grunting, rounding off the last nut (3 out of 4 came off easy), then finally making a trip to Ace Hardware for a new jigsaw blade. I had just enough room to cut the stud off the old cat and remove it. The new one went on real easy - 15 more minutes and I had the car back down on the ground. Ah, the joys of working at home on a slow day...
Sooooo... where do all these miscreants sell their stolen cats for scrap? ::Banana::