medwards29
Construction Project Manager
So my catalytic converters got clogged up one day and blew apart my EGR tube from my exhaust manifold. So I dropped the Cats and crushed out all the pack and now its just a straight pipe. Now my problem is that the manifold bolts were were snapped off and drilled out to fit a bolt down inside but the metal was so tempered we only had enough strength to put one bolt on each side. So now the cats are hanging onto the manifold by merely a 5/16" bolt on each side, and yes there is an exhaust leak there, lol. The EGR tube appears to be connected to the manifold by being flared into the manifold, but it snapped on the outside of the manifold, so i poked it back in and put a semi truck water pump hose clamp on in to hold in down to the manifold. YES THIS IS THE MOST RED-NECKED EXHAUST EVER!! So I was wanting to either take it to the local exhaust shop and get the manifold bolts put in correctly and hopefully a new EGR tube installed correctly, but will the exhaust shop havea problem with my cats? Will they have to do a smog test? Will I have to put new cats on it. My other option is to find a twin turbo kit for a 3.8L V6 Mustang and it should go on easy because the 4.2L in my F-150 is basically a stroked 3.8L. This should make it a "bit" faster. So what do u think?