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Originally Posted by island911 View Post
Shaun, what can happen is, the ceramic center starts new with the aspect ratio of a soup can. It slowly breaks-down until it has the aspect ratio of a tuna can. ..at which point it can flip sideways, and almost completely block the cat exit to the tailpipe.

I had this happen once. So, I took the cat off, set it in a garbage can, and rammed a crowbar down the center, to brreak-up what was left of the ceramic. (re-installed - ran great)
I've done this upgrade on a number of cats. Performance improves sharply.
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