Cutting my cadillac converter off will it hurt my gas mileage?

If i cut my cadillac converter off will this kill my gas mileage any at all? any info on this would be great thanks.


it'll be taken from a ford escort, not that it should matter i guess but theres the info, if you need anymore info feel free to ask please and thank you =)|||OK if you live in an area were there is an ispection...you just messed up unless you car already has a bad cat...and in that case u need to replaces it any way.... now many people will tell you that you can take a cat off with little to no problems...well ....i hate to say it....unless the vehicles dosnt have a compter and more importantly an o2 sensor..then yes you can remove it safely with l ittle to no worrys and you might get 3 % or more better gas milage...no cat = better exahust flow...


BUT BE WARNED...if your car has O2 sensors and you go removing the cat you now have changed the exahust back presure along with the readings the O2 sensor may get thus confusing the car and more than likely causing the car to run bad......the general rule of thumb i always say....if you know what your doing and you can do the work your self..experimenting is ok....but if you cant do the work your self and you depend on this vehicle .....for daily driving...ask your self this...do wish to risk haveing a vehicle go from dependable...to.....OH DEAR GOD im stuck on the side of the highway in 5 o clock rush hour traffic.........simply said.....for most people that do not do there own work on cars and that have minaml knowledge on cars etc....i highly recomend.... repairing a car as close to orginal as possible...the reason being that .....the less you alter the orginal form the easier and generaly the cheaper it will be for you to repair in the future. You could try removing the Cat on you car...but to be completly honest...if you own a car that is 92 or newer...i say..nay do not remove the cat.......unless you have no other option because it has failed and causing the car to quit running in this case...you wont loose any thing...to try removing it...and if your car runs poorly put a new cat in after the old one has been removed isnt too expensive plus you more than likly can use a universal one..ok ok i geuss i got a little side tracked if you need any more help let me know! k|||Before you cut it off ,look and see if it has a plug in the bottom of it that you can knock out.If it does and you knock it out , then go and start your vehicle up so it will blow the stuff it of it .All you need to do now is to weld the hole back up .If no plug then just cut it and put a piece of pipe in the place of it.You might get better gas mileage. Where i live they don't check for converters. maybe you have it that way.|||The year of the vehicle does matter and if their is a post catalytic converter oxygen sensor on the vehicle. It is illegal in the United States to remove a catalytic converter and police will cite you for it if they inspect. If your vehicle has a post converter oxygen sensor then your fuel mileage will be significantly affected.|||You need it for inspection. You cannot get your car legally inspected. Also, if its newer than 1995, it would be even worse due to sensors. It may trip your check engine light and make it uninspectable. If its pre-1995, you can "gut" it, so its empty, but still looks like its there. It wont hurt mileage at all. May make it a tiny bit louder.|||Nope.


Your converter is there to neutralize the unburnt toxic gas.


Your car only uses about 40% of the gas you put in it. So you got a lot of neutralizing to do.


Best to put in a cheap hydrogen kit this will greatly reduce your emissions as it allows you better burn the gas (almost 100%).


You also save money as you end up needing to use less gas.


Cool eh?


Look at HHOwater4Gas|||catalytic converter.|||take a rod and shove it thru to make holes in it but don't remove the sensor wire