1979 catalytic hump removal

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kmoses
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Your car is a: 1979 Spider 2000

1979 catalytic hump removal

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I have rust in the passenger floorboard of my spider between the catalytic hump and the rocker and between the hump and the transmission tunnel. I no longer need to run a catalytic converter and was thinking of just removing the hump and replacing it with a flat floor. Will the early floor pans fit and will I need to change anything else?
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seabeelt
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
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Re: 1979 catalytic hump removal

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They fit, but you will need to do front and rear floor pans
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azruss
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Re: 1979 catalytic hump removal

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The earlier non-cat cars routed the exhaust differently. If you are planning on not changing anything but the cat, you need to make sure you still have clearance with a flat floor.
kmoses
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Re: 1979 catalytic hump removal

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I did not know that the exhaust on early cars was routed diffrently. I am planning to use the '78 down pipe and the AR large center section and muffler.
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