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Thanks. When adding two new catalytic converters what else should I replace and what things should I watch for? Should I get a whole new catback exhaust system, O2 sensors (how many), things of that sort. Any help will be appreciated.

P.S. Lextreme and I think cureline both said that the stock catalytic converters and the way it was kinked to fit the catback exhaust system was not good...er...something like that. Do any of you guys have any idea what I'm talking about? What should I do? If I get a brand new exhaust system it should be fine, right?

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Lextreme and I think cureline both said that the stock catalytic converters and the way it was kinked to fit the catback exhaust system was not good...er...something like that. Do any of you guys have any idea what I'm talking about? What should I do? If I get a brand new exhaust system it should be fine, right?

well the Ls exhaust sytem is very restrictive, but i mean its a Luxury car, and all those silencers and cats and mufflers ect........are need to keep the 4L v8 quite..

cut all of those out and it will sound like a dadgum nascar (not really) :lol:

you can get by with removing 1 silencer on each and it will not change the sound of the vehicle.

but in all seriousness, it all just depends on what you are trying to do with the car,ie....just upgrade parts, make it a little more free flowing, or make it loud....... like i said above its a LEXUS and its a luxury car, not a hotrod but whatever floats your boat is cool with me. :D

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Lextreme and I think cureline both said that the stock catalytic converters and the way it was kinked to fit the catback exhaust system was not good...er...something like that. Do any of you guys have any idea what I'm talking about? What should I do? If I get a brand new exhaust system it should be fine, right?

well the Ls exhaust sytem is very restrictive, but i mean its a Luxury car, and all those silencers and cats and mufflers ect........are need to keep the 4L v8 quite..

cut all of those out and it will sound like a dadgum nascar (not really) :lol:

you can get by with removing 1 silencer on each and it will not change the sound of the vehicle.

but in all seriousness, it all just depends on what you are trying to do with the car,ie....just upgrade parts, make it a little more free flowing, or make it loud....... like i said above its a LEXUS and its a luxury car, not a hotrod but whatever floats your boat is cool with me. :D

I want it to be more freeflowing because I will be adding SOME performance parts to my Lexi, however, I don't want to sacrifice too much and make my car LOUD. I still want it to be silent, maybe a little "buzzing" from the muffler is ok, but other than that, no extreme loudness.

Well, since the LS OEM exhaust system restricts airflow what does that do to the car? If I get an aftermarket exhaust system that is more "straight" how will that help my car, or will it not help it?

P.S. All in all, I just want to get my car up to par as much as possible...PERFORMANCE wise...without sacrificing my Lexus that much. Any ideas on what I should do?

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Lextreme and I think cureline both said that the stock catalytic converters and the way it was kinked to fit the catback exhaust system was not good...er...something like that. Do any of you guys have any idea what I'm talking about? What should I do? If I get a brand new exhaust system it should be fine, right?

well the Ls exhaust sytem is very restrictive, but i mean its a Luxury car, and all those silencers and cats and mufflers ect........are need to keep the 4L v8 quite..

cut all of those out and it will sound like a dadgum nascar (not really) :lol:

you can get by with removing 1 silencer on each and it will not change the sound of the vehicle.

but in all seriousness, it all just depends on what you are trying to do with the car,ie....just upgrade parts, make it a little more free flowing, or make it loud....... like i said above its a LEXUS and its a luxury car, not a hotrod but whatever floats your boat is cool with me. :D

I want it to be more freeflowing because I will be adding SOME performance parts to my Lexi, however, I don't want to sacrifice too much and make my car LOUD. I still want it to be silent, maybe a little "buzzing" from the muffler is ok, but other than that, no extreme loudness.

Well, since the LS OEM exhaust system restricts airflow what does that do to the car? If I get an aftermarket exhaust system that is more "straight" how will that help my car, or will it not help it?

P.S. All in all, I just want to get my car up to par as much as possible...PERFORMANCE wise...without sacrificing my Lexus that much. Any ideas on what I should do?

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Thanks. When adding two new catalytic converters, what else should I replace and what things should I watch for? Should I get a whole new cat-back exhaust system, O2 sensors (how many), things of that sort? Any help will be appreciated. 

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Just 4 gaskets (2 each) (front and back of the cats). Before removing the bolts, spray the bolts with penetration liquid and leave them alone overnight.

There is no reason to replace the O2 sensors.

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On 2/17/2020 at 11:01 AM, Synthualynn said:

I have a 97 lexus ls 400 I was told it has 4 cats on it is that true and where are they located 

Definitely not true. They only come with 2 followed by silencers and a muffler 

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