I have a '95 EJ1, it is basically stock except the addition of exhaust and an intake. A few days ago, while coming home, it started to behave rather unusually.
I was just driving when all of a sudden my car started to sound almost like the engine from a motorcycle or a lawn mower. There was some vibration in the petal, and it seemed to increase with the speed of the car. There was not a loss of ability for the car to maintain speed, but at rest it felt as though it was being starved and nearly cut-off without more gas. I noticed when I got out that there was a nasty burning smell coming form the exhaust.
My CEL isn't coming on, and I have talked with a few friends that have been around cars for sometime and they all agree that it sounds like my cat. converter is bad. Does this sound reasonable? I don't want to go through the hassle of replacing parts that don't really need to be, because of budgetary restraints. Any ideas and help would be appreciated.

I've also posted this in the EG+ Forum for extra help.