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  • 2002ner
    Noobie
    • Mar 2013
    • 5
    #1

    Post search. 1987 325e cat delete head pipe?

    My daughter just bought her first car. A 1500$, "great in some ways, not great in others" kinda 2 door automatic 325es.. The perfect first car. But its got a nasty hole at the hanger on the cat pipe.. So this led to a search.
    1. I am NOT interested in dropping money on any sort of 325i header. 2. I know the motor wouldn't benefit.

    So I have been looking at stock replacements. UGH. Still too spendy. I would like to ask if anyone knows of a replacement 2 into 1 that has the CAT deleted? I searched for half an hour and found no mention of one, so I thought I should just ask..

    The 02 sensor is pre-cat, so I figure someone has to have thought of offering one. It would be a simple piece to produce.

    input?

    TIA

    -Jason **oh, new member.. Hi.
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    • JasonC
      Site Manager
      • Aug 2006
      • 14451
      #2
      Hello and welcome. Have you called around to local exhaust shops to see how much for them to just put in a pipe in place of the cat? I know some shops probably won't do it. But there are some who will ;)

      1992 BMW 325iC
      1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
      1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 140hp

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        • Threehz
          E30 Fanatic
          • Oct 2011
          • 1480
          #3
          That was going to be my exact suggestion.

          By the cat pipe do you mean pre-cat or cat-back?
          Different strokes for different folks.

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            • evandael
              R3VLimited
              • Oct 2009
              • 2881
              #4
              Please buy a $100 magnaflow/borla/vibrant cat, and have a shop weld it in. Your daughter will appreciate not smelling like unburnt hydrocarbons and I'll appreciate not being in the downwind path of her acid rain-mobile.


              EDIT: Hi welcome to r3v!

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                • e30construction
                  E30 Addict
                  • Jan 2013
                  • 591
                  #5
                  u could install a glass pack instead they sound awesome
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                  93 325i 120k
                  mods: straight pipe,eibach sport springs,style 54s,kamotors carbonfiber cai,
                  future mods: chip, m3 cams, headers, turbo

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                    • JasonC
                      Site Manager
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 14451
                      #6
                      Originally posted by evandael
                      Please buy a $100 magnaflow/borla/vibrant cat, and have a shop weld it in. Your daughter will appreciate not smelling like unburnt hydrocarbons and I'll appreciate not being in the downwind path of her acid rain-mobile.


                      EDIT: Hi welcome to r3v!
                      What? 97% of the cars i ever owned never came with a cat or i removed it. I never smelled like the exhaust unless i had open headers or had the pipes dumping right under the car...

                      1992 BMW 325iC
                      1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
                      1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 140hp

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                        • Exodus_2pt0
                          R3V Elite
                          • Dec 2011
                          • 5943
                          #7
                          Originally posted by evandael
                          Please buy a $100 magnaflow/borla/vibrant cat, and have a shop weld it in. Your daughter will appreciate not smelling like unburnt hydrocarbons and I'll appreciate not being in the downwind path of her acid rain-mobile.


                          EDIT: Hi welcome to r3v!
                          You realize those cheap cats are cheap for a reason.... They aren't much better than going without, and the only last 2 years.
                          No E30 Club
                          Originally posted by MrBurgundy
                          Anyways, mustangs are gay and mini vans are faster than your car, you just have to deal with that.

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                            • evandael
                              R3VLimited
                              • Oct 2009
                              • 2881
                              #8
                              I've ridden in many catless cars and they always, always smell like fuel, especially in cold starts and at idle or in traffic.


                              But if someone wants to backwards engineer their car, go ahead.

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