l got into an argument with my friend who ones one, we found something that looked just like one just after the turbo charger, but he is still not convinced it has one.

yes it does have a catalytic convert

it MUST have a cat on it.cars have to meet certain guidelines set by the gov't and one of them is pollution controll, which means that almost every single car made since carbeurators had catylitic converters, and even some carb'd ones did too.so in one word YES!

Yep! All cars have catalytic converters. It is not an option.

The only way it would not have one is if it was an aftermarket exhaust and you were looking at a resonator.

All cars that are OB11 compliant , from 96 onward should have a Catalytic Converter

YES ALL VEHICLES WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONVERTER.