Gutless cat found in my exhaust ? WTF?

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10-17-2010, 04:31 PM
miata_B_racing

Gutless cat found in my exhaust ? WTF?

Took miata cat convertor off today to replace the gaskets and hardware. What I found
was a gutless shell with no internals ! It looked like the oem. Very old. one bolt was also broken.:punchout::clap:

Now I know why the exhaust always smelled rich. Not sure if it purged itself of all the guts or if somebody in the past was going for a few extra horses...

Anyway a new flanged one is coming from tennesee to meet up with me tomorrow for the installation. Should be way better than before...

miata_B_racing::Banana::
10-18-2010, 01:15 AM
JGGRN

Someone probably took the copper out of it and sold it for some extra cash. It's very common for crooks to steal catalytic converters for their copper. I once heard a story of theives going through an entire parking lot and cutting off all the cats one night.
10-18-2010, 05:56 AM
marmed

It's usually platinum the thieves are after.
10-18-2010, 07:53 AM
modernbeat

Quote:

Originally Posted by marmed

It's usually platinum the thieves are after.

And the rhodium.
10-18-2010, 10:25 AM
miata_B_racing

I would find it very hard to do this theft on a car that sits only 4 inches from the road.
I had to jack it up nearly 18" to get the cat off in one piece.

So if the thieves have a one pull jack like Nascar uses then i can see how they would pull it off
No pun intended !