Anyone had experience with BOMZ high flow cats?

[Klif01]

I was wondering, I just barely bought this thing of the internet for like 10 bucks and its like a straight pipe I haven't put it on my truck yet, but I am wondering if this is going to even let me pass emissions. Has anyone had experience with bomz high flow cats good or bad?

 

[Hickey]

well, if it helps your truck burn clean, and it passes the visual test, then I guess your in there.

 

[Klif01]

So you haven't had experience with them or known anyone who has used them?

 

[Hickey]

nope, neverheard of em. Does it look like a Cat on the exterior?

 

[Klif01]

Well, its chrome and shiny and looks like a glasspack muffler on the inside and out. Instead of having like a honeycomb core or whatever its like straight through. I called a few muffler places and they had heard of things like these that were resonators instead of actually being cats, so I think that is probably what this is. Unless someone has heard of a straight pipe cat converter.

 

[Greg]

No such thing as a straight thru cat.....

Someone was blowing smoke up your Tailpipe!!! (I crack myself up!!!)

 

[Klif01]

LOL good thing it was only 10 bucks. Anyone know where I can get a cheap universal cat converter? Say 40 bucks (new) thanks.

 

[crimsonride]

Originally posted by Klif01
I was wondering, I just barely bought this thing of the internet for like 10 bucks and its like a straight pipe I haven't put it on my truck yet, but I am wondering if this is going to even let me pass emissions. Has anyone had experience with bomz high flow cats good or bad?

Klif, let me fill ya in. High flow cats are the same thing as any other cat, they just come in a fancy box. No company puts any more of that precious metal (the mesh that restricts flow)in their cats than they have too and every company has to put in at least what the government regulates. That means that regular cats have no more material in them than gov regulations specify and "high flow" cats have no less than than gov regulations specify. It comes out to be the same either way. The way to get high flow is to use a cat with say a 3" opening on your 2.75 inch pipe or say 2.5" cat on your 2.25 in exhaust. Depending on how clean your engine runs without the cat will determine if it passes or not, cats only help reduce emissions.

 

[SAMI]

someone...i don't know who.....hollowed the converter on my ride. it would pass emissions with one on, but it doesn't right now. i didn't notice much gain from it. IMHO there is no reason to do high per. cat anything, it doesn't help that much. it's one of those mental things, it's makes you think you got more power.

 

[spencurai]

I ran a hollow cat for a while until my motor started to burn oil bad, then it flunked emissions. The cat was the only thing helping it.