catalytic converters

[Maengelito]

well, there wasnt much activity aside from a few threads in the lounge and i was cleaning up around jenn's (ie: my garage) so i figured i'd snap some pics. the california emissions 99-00 miatas are known for crappy exhaust manifolds because it's got a pre-cat or 2nd cat converter. that piece was replaced on my old silver miata and it was laying around jenn's, so i decided to do an abortion on it, but since one end has a large opening, it came out relatively easily. i had no idea that cat converters were this dense and i can see why a plugged cat is so restrictive. well i thought it was interesting seeing as how i've never seen one, so hopefully this was educational for you as well.