Cat Converter Removal
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From: Goldsboro, NC
Jack, I understand the Moto may be a little better on performance, yes, and sure, if you trade it the more stock things to put back on, the better. (However you're out zero dollars, or a very few anyway if you pay to have it welded) with the stock pipe gutted,,and trust me, I imagine the dealer has a few stock pipes laying around take off, when they sell bikes with pipes on them before the owner even picks them up, don't get me wrong, I wasn't dissing you for doing it,,
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From: Goldsboro, NC
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: PA
Jack, I understand the Moto may be a little better on performance, yes, and sure, if you trade it the more stock things to put back on, the better. (However you're out zero dollars, or a very few anyway if you pay to have it welded) with the stock pipe gutted,,and trust me, I imagine the dealer has a few stock pipes laying around take off, when they sell bikes with pipes on them before the owner even picks them up, don't get me wrong, I wasn't dissing you for doing it,,
Some people have their own way of doing things, and some have others. Yeah, I probably could have gone and gotten a stock headpipe and had that gutted (or mine, and just replaced it later), but to me it was just easier and much less hassle to have to deal with that, spend the money, and be done with it. Not to mention everything I've heard and read says that the 2/1/2 flows better and more evenly.
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: NW Florida
I went with the Fuelmoto header along with the jackpot 4" dia. muffs and a air cleaner. Love it. The sound and performance are great. I'm running Rev-Performance EMS for fuel management. The jury is still out on this, as I had to send the ECM back once to the map tweeked after the initial install. May swap to TTS Mastertune in the future.
Shot with the heat shields yet to be installed.
Shot with the heat shields yet to be installed.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: PA
I went with the Fuelmoto header along with the jackpot 4" dia. muffs and a air cleaner. Love it. The sound and performance are great. I'm running Rev-Performance EMS for fuel management. The jury is still out on this, as I had to send the ECM back once to the map tweeked after the initial install. May swap to TTS Mastertune in the future.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 267
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From: Jacksonville, NC
I gutted my cat last year, it was really easy but took me an hr to beat it out. local welder charged me 35 to weld it back. runs really cool, sounds better. i got bored 2 weeks ago and removed the baffles out of the stock exhaust. WOW, i did the same thing American Customs charges 400 plus for your whole exhaust for under 50 bucks.
Cep
Cep
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Pa
do a search and read,read and read. did my bike last summer. gutted the header. results heat baking leg....gone ! bike pulled alittle better and has a deeper rumble to it. worth the $100 i spent to do it HELL YEA !! the 09 header pipe doesnt have the cat in it but the o2 sensor bungs are up by the cylynders not down in front of the cat. thats the head pipe to get if you want to run a Thunder Max tuner as it requires the 09 bunge position.
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