It will run just fine with the guts removed. There may be a very slight
performance penalty as the gasses bounce around in the hollow cat. Not
having a local emissions testing/enforcement program just moves the issue up
to the federal level.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
marc rose
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:54 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???

I went to change out my worn out and rusted muffler on my 90 Carat "Rosie"
yesterday and noticed that the converter was all busted up and the ceramic
is all but gone.  I live in an area that has no enforced emission tests or
anything like that. My question is can i can safely run without the
convertor.  I was going to just bust out the rest of the ceramic and
reinstall but was not sure how it would affect the overall operation of the
engine.

Any thoughts??

Thanks

Marc