DeLo catalytic converter uses a honeycomb, not BB's. The wire mesh is there to isolate it from the housing (operating temperature of a converter is 700 degrees or so -- even hotter than the exhaust manifolds). Be glad your internals disintegrated rather than welding themselves shut. A stopped up converter will put you to walking. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "TalksToGod" <5n-@xxxx> wrote: > Are you sure your catalytic is still in good condition? If its been on > the car since the beginning, then you may want to take it off and make > sure its still packed with the stones and mesh etc. I took mine off to > hollow it out since I am in NY and don't require testing- and to my > surprise it was already hollow. The mesh that holds all the stones > blew out from old age and the heat, To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/