If the front cats were clogged, I'm gonna say yes to the rear
I do tuneups every hundred K, I don't notice much difference, but I like it like that. I follow factory maintenance intervals on almost everything.
if the donor engine only has 81000, I would at least pull plugs, clean them up and see how they look.

 

I'm going to try and remove the muffler and see if I get a boost of power.

 

Exhaust manifolds came from a 81,000 mile part out and I have power again!..... Just not enough though.

Only thing I can think of is maybe the rear muffler is probably clogged from previous issue?

Likely, that's how it was on my Daughter's '05.
Disconnect the pipe forward of the rear cat, give it a drive.
That ought to tell a tale.

 

Will do! Ill let you know how that goes.

 

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Ok! So, I removed the rear muffler and there was no change in power. So I put it all back together.

When I press accelerator, It just isn't as immediately responsive as I feel it should be.



I removed a few spark plugs. Here are some pictures for you guys to check out. Let me know if they are good?

I also checked the air filter. It's clean.

No check engine light yet, but if there is, I will update.

 

check out updated post with pics.

 

My friend,
Do you know you can Google what does a healthy spark plug look like, and you will be provided with pictures

They show everything from a normal plug, to one running rich, one with oil/cylinder head problems…
I love this city, but you need to do your own homework escape 30
These spark plug identifying pictures also happen to be in the back of every chiltons manual produced

I will tell you your plugs are normal, provided they all look the same. You will need to do more diagnosis

BTW the rear muffler is not the rear catalytic converter. The mufflers are usually close to the exhaust tip, you will see a smaller can upstream… Usually mid body
it will have a sensor plugged into it, and a wire coming off of it
mufflers do not have wires

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No codes yet. I do have live data obd2 scanner.

 

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