badprix Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 Ok, now that I have ya'll looking thinking its a w-body its not. (sorry guys) but when it comes to mechanical know-how this is the forum to go to. '88 cougar 5.0 car stumbles when driving at a low rpm and there is this horrible racket. I stick my head under the car while guy from work starts it, the sound is coming from the exhaust and the cats are shaking really bad so I'm thinking clogged converter(s) Any suggestions? Quote
Robby1870 Posted May 29, 2003 Report Posted May 29, 2003 Clogged Converter is a good place to start!! Robby Quote
badprix Posted May 30, 2003 Author Report Posted May 30, 2003 Thanks, Robby! The car has 3 cats on it(why) but the middle one was the offending one. So me and a bud hack it off and replace it with a pipe. The noise is gone and she revs up a little quicker now. The whole inside of the converter was loose. BTW I think I have 3rd degree burns now YaY! Quote
Robby1870 Posted May 30, 2003 Report Posted May 30, 2003 3 cats? wtf?? I know there was a resonator in line after the cat before I got my custom exhaust. I only had one cat, and now its gone along with that resonator. I would suggest cuttin all the cats out and going with a turbo tube or glass pack, little more performance and better sound Robby Quote
KrazyCutlass1995 Posted May 30, 2003 Report Posted May 30, 2003 you could try some cat cleaner which you can get from http://www.jcwhitney.com , its like 10 bucks ... it helped on my granddads old truck ... that is if the thing aint to clogged heres the link http://www.jcwhitney.com/SearchCatContainer.jhtml?_requestid=29461 Quote
lukee1982 Posted May 30, 2003 Report Posted May 30, 2003 you could try some cat cleaner which you can get from http://www.jcwhitney.com , its like 10 bucks ... it helped on my granddads old truck ... that is if the thing aint to clogged heres the link http://www.jcwhitney.com/SearchCatContainer.jhtml?_requestid=29461 link didn't work is this what you used? http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoitem.jhtml?CATID=65481&BQ=jcw2 Quote
KrazyCutlass1995 Posted May 30, 2003 Report Posted May 30, 2003 go to http://www.jcwhitney.com and in the product search field put in... 13ZX2785R That should pull it up Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 30, 2003 Report Posted May 30, 2003 My cousin was doing a clutch on an SHO and it had 3 cats. At least they all looked like cats. Quote
badprix Posted May 30, 2003 Author Report Posted May 30, 2003 If it was up to me then there would be true dual exhaust on the car with only mufflers and tips. But the car isn't mine. It's my mom's but she dont drive it after we fixed her Olds. I do race it at the local track and I was thinking about getting an exhaust cut-out that way she will never know! There was each a cat coming off the down pipes on the manifold but they were small maybe their just resonators but the one we cut off was big and when I shook it you could hear the insides rattling around. Quote
JS91Z34 Posted May 31, 2003 Report Posted May 31, 2003 You race your Mom's car? hell yeah I do!!! Quote
Slade901 Posted June 6, 2003 Report Posted June 6, 2003 KrazyCutlass1995 mentioned about the CATALYTIC CONVERTER CLEANER/DEODORIZER from http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoitem.jhtml?CATID=65481&BQ=jcw2 Has anyone else tried it? I don't mind trying it either. Quote
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