Needless to say, this is not what the inside of your converter should look like:




I installed this one from Summit: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-36438/overview/
and went from




to




If there's been any consolation in this ordeal, its that I got my car working well enough that it very nearly passed CA smog without a functioning catalytic converter!
The eagle eyed might notice that a 3-way cat doesn't make a huge difference in NOx as long as the EGR is working




I installed this one from Summit: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mpe-36438/overview/
and went from




to




If there's been any consolation in this ordeal, its that I got my car working well enough that it very nearly passed CA smog without a functioning catalytic converter!
The eagle eyed might notice that a 3-way cat doesn't make a huge difference in NOx as long as the EGR is working
