Ideal Steel, ok for flames to hit cat

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jeromehdmc

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Mar 1, 2009
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Kansas City
Should have asked this earlier but...Is it ok for flames to hit the cat? After I engage the cat and the secondaries are still firing good the flames will get up in to where the intake for the cat is, sometimes even burn up in that area. Is that ok?