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To cat or de-cat

Post by Firebird NW » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:22 pm

Evening All,

Having had the vehicle on the road for aabout 2 weeks, I realised some rattling appeared in the exhaust system.

Turns out the rattling was the CAT failing, It had broken up inside.

I am debating whether or not to de cat or not. I realise my car doesn't have the benefit of a turbo so I am not entirely sure of the gains/benefit of de-cat. It easier and cheaper to fit a new cat.

Any thoughts on the above? :)

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Re: To cat or de-cat

Post by montrose » Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:33 am

I had the same problem, so put on a sport cat. Amazing the difference. Love it.

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Post by Firebird NW » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:25 pm

montrose wrote:I had the same problem, so put on a sport cat. Amazing the difference. Love it.
Ok, Thanks. :thumb:

Where did you buy the sport cat from?

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Re: To cat or de-cat

Post by Firebird NW » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:04 pm

I was thinking about this system: http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/w ... /overview/

As this system fits behind the cat, which other part do I need to(maybe)exclude the CAT?

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Re: To cat or de-cat

Post by cowboy1sf » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:07 pm

I'd go with the sports or none :thumb:


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Post by Davy J » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:25 pm

Speak to Robin at Autopontiac, he can advise and supply.
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Post by montrose » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:11 pm

I agree, Robin at Autopontiac is the one to speak to for advice. I just got a generic sport cat off eBay. Worked perfect.

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Re: To cat or de-cat

Post by Firebird NW » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:45 pm

Evening All, Spoke to Robin at Auto Pontiac.

Great bloke,sound advice and he will sort out 'TT' pipe for me to replace the cat. :D :thumb:

Thanks everyone for your help.

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Post by Davy J » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:57 pm

:thumb:
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Re: To cat or de-cat

Post by bhm1712 » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:34 am

Cool!

He will make it right!
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