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Rigo5.0
Member # 5247
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I noticed that my Cobra has lost power and the exhaust is considerably quieter. Could these be the symptoms of a clogged catalytic converter? What else could be the cause?
Any help is appreciated. [ June 25, 2010, 11:42 PM: Message edited by: Rigo5.0 ]
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94 .N.C.F GT
Member # 3946
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quote: Originally posted by Rigo5.0: I noticed that my Cobra has lost power and the exhaust is considerably quieter. Could these be the symptoms of a clogged catalytic converter? What else could be the cause?
Any help is appreciated.
wow how did that happen have you been using the cheap gas
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Adam5.0
Member # 6995
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hook up a vacuum gauge it will tell you if your exhaust is clogged
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Rigo5.0
Member # 5247
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quote: Originally posted by Adam5.0: hook up a vacuum gauge it will tell you if your exhaust is clogged
I'll give that a shot. Do you know where about the reading will be if it is clogged?
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streakmatt
Member # 6257
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I had Magnaflow Hi-Flow cats on my 03 Cobra and they eventually broke up and clogged my exhaust up. Loss of power too, real dramatic. I just hollowed them out and threw the X-pipe back on. All was well after that.
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Rigo5.0
Member # 5247
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quote: Originally posted by streakmatt: I had Magnaflow Hi-Flow cats on my 03 Cobra and they eventually broke up and clogged my exhaust up. Loss of power too, real dramatic. I just hollowed them out and threw the X-pipe back on. All was well after that.
Hopefully it is the cats and nothing more serious. This is my DD right now. I'm going to check them out tomorrow. We shall see...
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Rigo5.0
Member # 5247
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Well, it ended up being a clogged cat. Hollowed all of them out and will ride like that until it's time for a smog.
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BOOSTED92GT
Member # 8650
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were they stock? I know of two other magnaflows that have clogged too..
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Rigo5.0
Member # 5247
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quote: Originally posted by BOOSTED92GT: were they stock? I know of two other magnaflows that have clogged too..
Yes, the clogged cat was on the stock h pipe. Hollowed the rest so that the exhaust would flow evenly and in case any of rest decided to F*** up later.
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