Diverter valve

[Cbitz233]

Well my diverter valve blew a valve. I bought a new one, only one that apparently existed online when I found it online. Installed new one today and it wss running fine until. It blew another valve in the same spot. Plain and simple, I got 1/4 inch pipe plugs and cut the exhaust manifold, plugged in the new plugs, took me about 4 hours to do all 8. Was a pain in my ads honestly. Then I connected smog pump to the valve that goes straight to the catalytic converter. Starts up and sounds so much better. Haven't test drove yet so idk about power loss or anything yet. This was my first time doing anything emissions related. Fingers crossed and hopefully everything will be good till I get headers. Does anyone know if it's okay that I connected the smog pump to the valve that goes straight down to cat?