ok, I just pulled my exhaust off my 93 hatch with 204k!!! miles to replace with an ebay TSUDO exhaust system...mainly because it was cheaper than getting a replacement system at the local mieneke.

anyway. The bolts on the converter are uselessly rusted and I cant get it off...even tried grinding them to no avail

I immediately went back to ebay for a cheap solution and see multiple $25 "hi-flo" catalytic converters such as this one.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

not to be the one to jump at the price and purchase...I look around at different formats knowing damn well they are all selling the same thing and I find this one which shows a through shot.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

the damn things look just like resonators!!! no honeycomb or anything.. I'm really looking for something that is bolt-in but if I cant pass emissions I dont want it because I need to be able to pass emissions here in atlanta obviously since with it being OBD1 they will toss a sniffer in the exhaust and not just do a ecu test.

anyone with experience with these??? thanks!!

 

the "high-flow" on eBay are just like you said, resonators. you can buy a universal one and have a muffler shop weld flanges, or just get someone's oem cat from the classifieds.

 

I wouldnt be suprised if that thing was a straight pipe.

Oh and by the way....

 

those are resonators.

look for magnaflow or carsound brand names.

 

get a TWC from your local muffler shop. thats the new converters now that help reduce emissions

 

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TWC is a brand? cause i have only heard it used as short for Three Way Catalyst, which any catalyst that actually is one should be.

 

It's a resonated test pipe that looks like a cat.

 

ebay cat is a just a straight up resinater nd most of them dont fit like the stock becouse there longer

 

I thought they looked an aweful lot like resonators. rip off

how can they get away with false advertising like that I wonder??

 

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how can they get away with false advertising like that I wonder??</TD></TR></TABLE>
its ebay u can get away with almost everythin.