[Shotimes] Sho Shop y-pipe w/cats

[Bruce Malachuk]

I had called the SHOshop 2 years ago when I get my pipe. The cats they used
then could go in any direction, and heat shields were supposed to be down.
As I said. My shileds fell off this year and then I ceramic coated my y-pipe
so the importance of where the shields go is minimal. Cause after 1-2 years
they are gon a fall off if you seen any road salt. 


Bruce J Malachuk

*	94 Opal Frost MTX 
*	93 Emerald Green MTX 
*	93 Black ATX - parts 
*	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO 


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of cmichaelo@optonline.net
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 7:21 PM
To: Jason Hartberger
Cc: Ed Cizmar; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sho Shop y-pipe w/cats

I would agree with you that it might be important which way the cats go, but
only IF they are directional.

In my case, and in Ed's, and Bruce's, there were no indications on the cats
that they were directional. So, they are probably not directional, in which
case you can put them on any way you want.

I would assume that if a cat was directional, that it would have some very
clear signs on it indicating which way it should be put on.  These cats do
not.

Since we bought the cats at the Sho Shop, some would say, that all bets and
assumptions are off. But still, I don't think these cats are directional. I
will call Vadim on monday to ask though. And I'll get the heat shield info
too...

Michael
94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Hartberger <at3hartberger@mail.com>
Date: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sho Shop y-pipe w/cats

> isn't it fairly important that the cats go in the right way? I mean... 
> if you have the exhaust going through the three different reactors in 
> the wrong way, the chemical process gets reversed, and is made 
> useless.. you can put salt into the stew, but you can't take it back 
> out... not by reversing the process, anyway. And, also, isn't their 
> heat-shielding aluminum wrapper stuff on the exhaust trough over the 
> cat to shield the body from the heat of the cats? on my cats (stock), 
> the  metal heat-shield is on the bottom of the cats, and it has saved 
> my hand many a time... just throwing in my
> .2 dime
> here...
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cmichaelo@optonline.net>
> To: "Ed Cizmar" <ecizmar@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sho Shop y-pipe w/cats
> 
> 
> > Ed,
> >
> > I'm about to do the same exact install.
> >
> > Btw, I didn't get any installation instructions.
> >
> > I inspected the cats but didn't find any indication of
> directionality.  So
> > I am not installing them in any particular direction.
> >
> > Wrt the heat shield, I don't know what the purpose of it is. So
> again, I
> > was gonna make it point up, for no other reason than to increase
> ground
> > clearance a little bit.
> >
> > But please don't take advice from me. As I mentioned above, I'm
> guessing
> > my way through both of your questions...:)
> >
> > Michael
> > 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
> > SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ed Cizmar <ecizmar@earthlink.net>
> > Date: Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:11 am
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Sho Shop y-pipe w/cats
> >
> >> I will be installing the y-pipe tomorrow, I noticed that the cats 
> >> didn't show an arrow indicating exhaust flow. Sho Shop instructions 
> >> say to make sure arrow points back for the exhaust flow.
> >> As both ends of the cats are the same, does it matter ?
> >> The cats have a heat shield only on one side, I was going to 
> >> install it with the shield UP to prevent heat from penetrating UP 
> >> as per the
> SHO FAQ
> >> write-up.
> >> Would appreciate your comments.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >> 91 Mocha
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