My car was getting a lot of heat from the stock cats. I drive with the windows down all of the time, but I have had to use the A/C a few times in slow traffic because of the heat generated off the stock cats.

Not a problem now. These competition cats are about 1/5 of the size of stock, not to mention a lot lighter.

 

Ah-HA.... maybe that's where most of the extra heat these stinkers put out comes from.......

 

I was even thinking of getting a parking brake boot to help solve the problem, and I may still do that, but now it is not so urgent.

 

Out here in the desert I wouldn't even notice

 

In the desert you are a horse with no name sixty six.

 

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are you guys talking about the heat in the floorboard`s...? if so it has to be the only car where i have seen this much heat coming off of.... thought i was me... or not enough insulation...

 

WERKED 66

Yes, the heat from the floorboards. Until I changed out the cats, I thought there was a blast furnace under there.

 

yea, i joke all the time about it... how you can bake a cake...

 

Never baked a cake, just my bacon.

 

comes out alot better and has more fluff to it... you should try it...

 

I have quite a bit of heat coming from the center console. I have had Ford look to see if any heat shields might be missing there is so much. Hummm...wonder if this would cure the issue?

 

hawgman

Changing out the cats CURED mine.

The stock cats are as long as my thigh, and they get VERY hot. They are located just under the center consul. A boot on the parking brake would keep some of the heat bottled up, but not all.

 

I have the Bassani comp cats and my center console is always cool. Also, you are correct that they are much lighter. I would say b/w the two of them you save easily 20-30 lbs. I held the factory H pipe with cats and man that thing was heavy.
Look at the size difference:
http://franksperformance.com/Forums/index....ry&cmd=si&img=7

 

Anyone know where you can order JUST the cats (and surrounding pipes), i.e., WITHOUT the X-pipe. I ordered and installed the X-pipe keeping the stock cats, but think I'd like to replace them at some point with the full bassani cats. Does this make sense...?