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General => General discussion => Topic started by: bobbarley on 11 January 2012, 11:37
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For all the lads who are running de cats on your petrol cars. Just curious, how do you get around the MOT every year? :huh:
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Pretty sure they just stick old cat back on. Alot of effort if u ask me lol :smiley:
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I think most people refit for the mot, with the new regs coming in as well it seems a lot of hassle to me.
Easier in the long run to just fit a sports cat.
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i stick me cat on the day before :smiley:
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I think most people refit for the mot, with the new regs coming in as well it seems a lot of hassle to me.
Easier in the long run to just fit a sports cat.
Cat's are expensive, swapping over isn't that hard especially since it's once a year.
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I think most people refit for the mot, with the new regs coming in as well it seems a lot of hassle to me.
Easier in the long run to just fit a sports cat.
Cat's are expensive, swapping over isn't that hard especially since it's once a year.
agreed mate :smiley:
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I think most people refit for the mot, with the new regs coming in as well it seems a lot of hassle to me.
Easier in the long run to just fit a sports cat.
Cat's are expensive, swapping over isn't that hard especially since it's once a year.
Still seems like a ballache to me, yes it is only once a year but is it really worth the hassle, modern cats are not that restrictive after all
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they stick the prob in another car!
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Don't have one as standard :cool:
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20min job to change :wink: :grin: :smiley:
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Don't have one as standard :cool:
Agreed. So much easier.
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Easy to swap over. And I know The person who mot my cars. So something like a de cat pipe he will pass for me.
Last time I wasn't aloud to leave untill I tightened my wheel bearings lol let me use his tools though :grin:
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Will be fitting an OEM DP with cat hollowed out after my MOT at the end of the month...Will let you know how it gets on next year when I leave it on to see if it passes or not :lipsrsealed:
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Will be fitting an OEM DP with cat hollowed out after my MOT at the end of the month...Will let you know how it gets on next year when I leave it on to see if it passes or not :lipsrsealed:
My last one passed 3 years on the trot until it got cubed :lipsrsealed:
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if you (like i was) were unfortunate enough to own a mk3 8v having a decat is necessary to get any kind of power out of that engine!
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if you (like i was) were unfortunate enough to own a mk3 8v having a decat is necessary to get any kind of power out of that engine!
I think a de cat just makes it lighter :grin:
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if you (like i was) were unfortunate enough to own a mk3 8v having a decat is necessary to get any kind of power out of that engine!
I think a de cat just makes it lighter :grin:
I just fitted mine, I did weight it actually :cool: lol. Umm, original de cat was nearly 7kg and original pipe with cat hollowed out was just over 3kg...4kg could make all the difference :tongue:
Was a real pain in the arse to fit, did on my drive on axel stands. TIP - Wear goggles, I got loads of soot in my eyes :sad:
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if you (like i was) were unfortunate enough to own a mk3 8v having a decat is necessary to get any kind of power out of that engine!
I think a de cat just makes it lighter :grin:
I just fitted mine, I did weight it actually :cool: lol. Umm, original de cat was nearly 7kg and original pipe with cat hollowed out was just over 3kg...4kg could make all the difference :tongue:
Was a real pain in the arse to fit, did on my drive on axel stands. TIP - Wear goggles, I got loads of soot in my eyes :sad:
yup, axle stands is what i had to use..grazed knuckles, lots of swearing but didnt take long to swap over.
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So once a year you have to remove your entire exhaust and put the old one back on, just to switch it back again afterwards?!
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No I just slip my MOT tester a drink and the orange sidelights and emissions pass straight up!
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I got a diesel...I will run some redex through it before hand...if it fails then il switch it over...keeps me of the street corners :smiley:
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stick the tester up another cars exhaust :lipsrsealed:
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Mine has a decat, all it failed on, on the emissions was lamda.
The exhaust was blowing a bit, had a split, so was welded, and then it passed :)
Without a cat!