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Old 03-26-2011 | 06:28 PM
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so me n my uncle got a set of the wild pig exhaust today he put his on his 04 road king and mine on a 2011 street glide and what a diff his sounds amazing and mine souns a lil better then stock ugh,, so im guessing its bc of the catalytic converter besides going true dual how else can i remove it,,?? drill it out?? if i was to drill it out would i need a power commander or just i computer mapping???
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 06:48 PM
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It really can't be drilled out, You have to cut the chamber in half where the Cat is I used a band saw, then you can drill all around the outside and take a sawz all and run around the drill holes to remove. then take a chisel and scrape the epoxy out of the chamber. then I took a wire wheel in a drill and cleaned the rest out. Tig weld it back together and your done.
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by stewy1200c
It really can't be drilled out, You have to cut the chamber in half where the Cat is I used a band saw, then you can drill all around the outside and take a sawz all and run around the drill holes to remove. then take a chisel and scrape the epoxy out of the chamber. then I took a wire wheel in a drill and cleaned the rest out. Tig weld it back together and your done.
What he said! I have done a few of them but I did have to remap my fuelpak to a richer map.
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 07:05 PM
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My Wild Pigs arrived yesterday. I'm hoping I like the sound with the cats in place. We shall see!
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 07:19 PM
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My Wild Pigs arrived yesterday. I'm hoping I like the sound with the cats in place. We shall see!
i took the packing off the baffles and it sound better then with them on
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 07:27 PM
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Change the header and be done with it.
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 07:45 PM
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Change the header and be done with it.
wish i had an extra 400 for a new one plus 180 for a fuel pak
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 08:35 PM
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Much cheaper to remove the CAT out of the head pipe than buy a whole new head pipe. Plus there is very little performance advantage if any by going to an aftermarket head pipe. The Harley 2 into 1 into 2 is a very good design, the CAT just kills it. I will be removing mine soon before summer gets here.
 
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Old 03-26-2011 | 08:47 PM
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ther is a couple of sets of 09 factory headpipes in the touring classifieds, no cat!. thats what i did . then got the pcv, se stage one ac.
 
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Old 03-27-2011 | 01:23 AM
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I thank god eveyday I bought an 09. If the cat is removed its going to move more air thus leaning it out a bit, If you retain the stock A/C you should be alright.
 

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