install cat in backwards

[ezrollin]

Anything wrong with doing this?
its a uni-directional, one way in, one
way out.

but one side has less material(filter).
I'm trying to put the filter farther away from
the engine so it doesnt burn up so easily. lol

[ezrollin]

i assume it is fine.

[dmw319]

i think its fine, im pretty sure they are the same frontwards as backwards.. but dont quote me on it.

[BLLDOGG]

mine had an arrow suggesting direction

[Camaro Dom]

if u know the direction its supposed to go, put it in that way fer chrissakes! honestly, i have no idea but hey, y play around with it. better off just putting it in the right way rather than put it in backwards and maybe sumthing breaks and you gotta buy another one cuz the warrenty went void. too much hassle and money for a truely pointless experiment in my mind...

[zlexiss]

That's a negative on installing backwards.

Converters have two separate sections that each support a different reaction. These should proceed in order so that the oxygen freed from NOx in the first bed can be used to burn CO and HC's in the second bed.

It'll work some backwards, but not as well. You'll prob throw P0420

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter2.htm

[Question]

Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
mine had an arrow suggesting direction

Same, my Catco 6007 has an arrow.

[Fbody3400]

Mine had an arrow

[slow6]

zlexiss, got the answer right.
I guess I wont install backwards.
and I guess I wont remove the 2nd honeycomb piece.
thanks, just in the nick of time

[StrtRacer98]

me too, arrow..
my new cat is sooo much smaller than my old cat
too..