Thinking that my trap oxidizer was completely plugged and therefore robbing all my power, I decided to remove it to investigate. However, upon removal I discovered that the trap was completely broken where it bolts onto the manifold. Well that answers one question! However, now that I have the mount welded back together, I have no idea how to bolt this thing back on. It looks completely unaccessable. I have no idea how I would have removed the trap in the first place if it weren't broken. In addition, there is a mounting bracket between the trap and the engine that looks impossible to get to with the engine still in the car. (in fact, this bracket was not attached before I removed it and surely caused the mount to fail). So, I took the trap to my local welder friend and he can make me a straight pipe to do away with the trap altogether, which would solve several problems. However, he will have to make a jig and it will probably cost me $350 for the jig and the part. Any ideas or tips? My trap looks clean inside, but I would love to get rid of it, but I am poorer now than ever in my life so I don't want to spend much. Also, if I go with the straight pipe, do I need to make a fitting to hook up the EGR? Thanks for any help you can give. Maybe some of you would be interested in a trap bypass as well and could help cover the cost of the jig???? Thanks