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Offline navmk4gti

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de-cat pipe
« on: 28 March 2010, 20:00 »
i have an 1.8 20v AGU.. i currently have a custom cat back system.. but i want de-cat it now.. just wanted to know how can i go about this.. as iv heard some horror stories about the ecu goin crazy and lamba sensors going off  :undecided:

any1 on here done a de-cat  :smiley:
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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #1 on: 28 March 2010, 20:12 »
i fitted 1 on my agu and it was fine you only have 1 lamba senor at the front so no need to worry about it,if you had 1 at the back then thats the 1 that will send it crazy.

ecu was fine aswell m8.

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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2010, 20:15 »
how long did you have the car after  de-cated mate??
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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #3 on: 28 March 2010, 20:15 »
De-cat won't ruin the car

Lack of MOT will though

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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2010, 20:16 »
about 2 months not that long but everthin was good made an awesome sound.

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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #5 on: 28 March 2010, 20:17 »
MOT aint a prob.. im de-cating it then  :grin:

will i expect power gains??
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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #6 on: 28 March 2010, 20:18 »
MOT aint a prob.. im de-cating it then  :grin:

will i expect power gains??

yea but not massive gain m8 good go 4 it  :cool:

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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #7 on: 28 March 2010, 20:19 »
MOT aint a prob.. im de-cating it then  :grin:

will i expect power gains??

just avoid the VOSA road side vans then  :wink:

WOn't see any peak gains but you will gain in average bhp / torque

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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #8 on: 28 March 2010, 20:22 »
MOT aint a prob.. im de-cating it then  :grin:

will i expect power gains??

just avoid the VOSA road side vans then  :wink:

WOn't see any peak gains but you will gain in average bhp / torque

hmmm ill have to yh.. on way to work i always see one b****** vosa van parked on side dual carriageway  :angry:
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Re: de-cat pipe
« Reply #9 on: 28 March 2010, 20:25 »
More top end bhp, but less torque low to mid-range. ;)
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