This sucks...

It's a 96 cougar xr7 with the 4.6 V8... It's really nice shape and all, now the cat's are pluged. It's driven alot, and is now getting <16mpg highway... At 3.25 per gallen, spending the $170 to get it back up to 25mpg highway makes sence really quick...

Problem is, the top exhaust flange bolt is twisted off on the drivers side(i didnt do that one it was like that when I got under it fyi), and I cannot get at the top one on the passengers side, the converter itself is in the way... What the HELL?!?!?!?!?!?

Any idea what I can do? It's halfway apart in the school shop right now.


My idea was to cut the cats out, and then give it hell... but then if I cant do it, I'm $*#&ed

Plz help
~Nate

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