Emico is decent quality.  Put one on my wife's Corrado recently.  It went
from way over on an e-test to squeaky clean.  Took off a cheap ceramic
aftermarket.  Now there's a scam....many exhaust shops will offer to
replace your converter.  They sell you a no name Chinese knock off for
$150, another $150 to install.  Then they sell your (often) perfectly good
cat to the scrap man for another $80 bux.   2 years later your back for
another $150 one.  The original ones are full of heavy metals, and normally
don't die unless you have a tuning problem.   Its the first thing shops try
to sell you around here when you fail an e-test.  Not a tune up. My other
Corrado has almost 400K with the factory cat still.

Jason

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 5:59 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> I agree with Ken, the Emico are what I would choose.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Ken Wilford wrote:
>
>> Emico is the nicest fit and finish for the Vanagon that isn't in
>> California.  They are made in Canada and used to work on everything
>> until California made their rules even stricter.  They have a stainless
>> steel body and flanges and should last for ten years or more as long as
>> your FI is in good shape and you don't overfill with oil.  We are
>> currently selling them for $175.  The other aftermarket ones out there
>> that I have seen, especially the cheaper ones, have flanges that aren't
>> welded on and just seem like they aren't as well made.  Just my opinion
>> but that is what you were asking for.  :-)
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>> Phone: 856-327-4936
>> Fax: 856-327-2242
>>
>>
>> On 7/30/2014 12:13 PM, Ed Duntz wrote:
>>
>>> There has been quite a bit of talk here lately about oxygen sensors;
>>> how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters?
>>>
>>>
>>>