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#1 Posted : Saturday, 30 July 2005 6:34:20 AM(UTC)
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G'day All'
Getting a motor with hardened valve seats this weekend, so no more lead replacement additive, YAHOO!!, what I need to know is are there any benefits to putting in a catalytic converter other than the pollution issue?(which I might add is a very good one, because even though I am not a "greenie" as such I am environmentally aware and dont like to make more pollution than necessary) and are they expensive, and do they affect power? just thoughts going round my head I guess, dont know if I will do it, just need some feedback from people more in the know than me. Cheers. Russ.
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#2 Posted : Saturday, 30 July 2005 8:05:29 AM(UTC)
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Russ,

You'd only need a cat if you put in a new era motor, say a GENIII or Commo V6/V8 from a VN onward. Anything of the pre-unleaded days can go without a cat. They are expensive, very. They rust out quick as the conversion process just produces a lot
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#3 Posted : Sunday, 31 July 2005 6:58:17 PM(UTC)
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There is a major health benefit with having a functional catalytic converter, and that is is reduces aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from the exhaust ie Benzene, Toluene etc., which are very high on the carcenogen 'list'. However, putting in a secondhand o
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#4 Posted : Monday, 1 August 2005 8:03:04 PM(UTC)
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You will also find that once a cat is dead......they do recycle the innards of it, so that is also another plus I guess. There are some precious metals to be recovered.

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#5 Posted : Monday, 1 August 2005 9:44:43 PM(UTC)
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When you will need a cat on a HQ-WB is if you use a VL or later engine block.
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2005 4:05:56 AM(UTC)
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If you love the ones around you and you work on the running car in the garadge then you should run the cat ( no cancer wanted here so I use them ) and you can get good Hi Flow units these days and what price can you put on health?? Cheers Jim
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:35:01 PM(UTC)
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Yes what Jim said.

They don't seem to affect the performance of your car if you pick one big enough.

My Falcon's cat dropped it's guts & blocked the exhaust almost completely a few years back. To get me going I removed it & shook out all of the loo

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