Mr. Dickerson, I understand the desire to have a loud and powerful truck, but the catalytic converters are there for a damn good reason. Do you want your truck to stink? Do you like having an ozone layer? Do you want to breathe in cancer causing poisonous fumes? Gasoline burns slower than the operation of the engine, even at idle speed, so there is constantly unburnt gasoline fumes entering the exhaust system, the catalytic converter uses platinum and other precious metals to lower the burning point of gasoline to the point that combustion is completed and only water vapor and co2 exit the tailpipe. If you remove or disable the catalytic converter you are polluting the air and for what, a more noisy truck? Is your penis so small that you have to compensate to the point of idiocy?

Your cat is worth money at least $60. Cut it out sell it and replace with straight pipe.

Having an operational cat is a Federal law, not state. No legit shop would touch this. It's a $10,000 fine. Unless the cat is plugged, you won't get any better performance by gutting it. And if it is plugged, it's because you've got an underlying engine problem

All vehicles are required to have a safety inspection before they can be registered. An emissions inspection is required only if you are moving to one of the following areas:

St. Louis City.

St. Louis County.

St. Charles County.

Franklin County.

Jefferson County.

You must also complete a vehicle inspection if:

You are new to MO and you want to register your car with the Missouri Department of Revenue (see “New to Missouri?” above).

You want to renew your MO registration and your renewal notice indicates that you must complete a vehicle safety and/or emissions inspection (these can be completed no earlier than 60 days before you renew your registration).

You recently sold or intend to sell a vehicle (i.e. the vehicle will undergo a title change). The seller of a vehicle in Missouri is required to supply the buyer with:

A safety inspection certificate less than 60 days old.

An emissions inspection certificate less than 60 days old, if you live in:

St. Charles County.

Franklin County.

Jefferson County.

St. Louis City.

St. Louis County.

No shop will do this cause it's illegal

So I have a 1995 F150 with a 302. I am in progress of finishing my exhaust. While in Texas, I took a saw and cut it after the first cat, and before the second cat and muffler. So now it stops about where the passenger puts their feet. It's loud, but there's still one cat.

So then I moved to Missouri. I was going to finish the job with my coworker that knew how to weld, but that never came together. So now I need to finish it. What I want to do is gut the first cat, then weld on pipe to the back of the cab, then weld the flowmaster 44 back on. So it will be no cats and a flowmaster, dumped behind the cab. I want to be able to just take it to a cheap shop and have them weld everything, but they won't mess with my cat. So I need to figure out the best way to do that.

I would cut open the cat, take everything out, then re-seal it, but I don't have the equipment to do that. I could take a pipe or rod, and just stab into the first cat from inside the exhaust pipe. then start it and rev out all the crap. The only problem is when i take off the gas, it might take particles back into the engine. How much of a concern would this be?

Also, in Missouri my truck is exempt from emissions. I do need to pass safety, which entails having a cat if the vehicle came with one and having a muffler. You also have to have the pipe come past the cab. So my setup should be within the rules. There will be a cat, it just wont have anything in it.

Tips?