Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
how do you tell if its a after market cat?
Check the pics on the various cat recycling websites (Rockaway Recycling for example). Often after market converters have brand names on them like Magnaflow.

i dont plan on stripping it all just the easy things like the blower motor the wires from the engine area and other easily gotten things i plan on leaving the engine alone do you strip the battery cables?
You mean the easy and profitable things, the things most desirable at the yard. Again be prepared for the consequences described above if you try to get people to haul a car you already stripped.