Catalytic converters dont actually produce a smell when theyve been gutted, this "rotten egg" smell is actually produced by the catalyst in side the converter when its working, this is why brand new cars exhausts smell so badly of rotten eggs. A lot of people actually complained to car makers about the "rotten egg smell" back when unleaded fuel and catalytic converters were introduced on vehicles here in oz, this smell was especially bad with the first unleaded vehicles produced but the smell slowly goes away as the catalyst wears.