Catylitic converter replacement

[tom4bren]

"They also said that anything newer than '96 has to have oem cuz of some chip."

Remember, cats are dumb - just exhaust in & exhaust out. As long as it fits in the envelope of the original and doesn't cause more back pressure than the original, then all of the emission control will not be affected.

As for Federal regulation making it illegal to use anything other than OEM - even my Golden Retriever didn't buy that.

[MZ-N10]

This will be my course of action when I need to replace my cats!

ditto....

[Baldwin]

Thanks guys. I got my VX back after almost 4 weeks. The flange broke. Is the cat the entire assembly including the pipes and O2 senseors or just the section in the middle? It looked like one long 3 ft assembly. The tech showed me the entire section that was replaced. Looked a lot different from the pics of the aftermarket converters which showed just a box.

[rowhard]

Well, all the converters I have seen look nothing more then like a crunched up glass pack/cherry bomb if you have ever seen one of them. The O2 sensor just screws into the down pipe from the exhaust manifold before the converter.
but I have been wrong before.

[tom4bren]

I know this thread is old but I just came across this source. Hope it's not too late. These guys list cats for the VX:

http://www.1aauto.com/1A/CatalyticCo...suzu/VehiCROSS

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