Don,
When the cat runs hot, it means that the engine is running on the rich
side and the cat is burning the unused fuel, and heating up as a result.
Harlan.
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Walton <dhw@atomic.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 8:33 AM
Subject: Hot Cat
>Hello all, for the last few days I have been noticing an exaust leak on my
>77B, I finally had time to look to see the where the problem may be and
>noticed that the catalytic converter was glowing red hot.
> As this is the first catalytic MG I have had any dealings with, Is this
>normal? John Twist talks about red hot cats in the Porter book in the
>de-tox section, so I guess that it is not uncommon if not normal to see
>this. I really don't like having a red hot chunk of metal right under the
>carb, heat shield or no heat shield so I am going to de-tox and get rid of
>that Stromberg thing and retrofit with SU's becaus it maks sence and I have
>a spare set. I also want to put on a free-flow exaust system. Does anyone
>have any opinions on brands? I plan to stay with the cast iron manifold so
>if anyone has any advice please pass it along. Stay cool,
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> Don Walton in NC
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