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Offline andc1

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decat benefits?
« on: 09 December 2010, 09:17 »
just picked up a decat pipe and before i go putting it on will i see any benefits? will i have any lights come on? theres a hole for the lambda sensor to go, mines an agu

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #1 on: 09 December 2010, 09:29 »
You'll be fine with an AGU

Benefits = More torque, tiny bit more BHP

Only downside is you'll fail your MOT

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #2 on: 09 December 2010, 09:32 »
cool, i have a nice mot man!!

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #3 on: 09 December 2010, 09:36 »
cool, i have a nice mot man!!

Lucky you.  Just avoid the nice VOSA van man  :wink:

Of course if you had a diesel you wouldn't need to avoid anyone  :grin: :grin:

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #4 on: 09 December 2010, 09:46 »
cool, i have a nice mot man!!

Not that easy these days, as Rhyso said they are now doing roadside tests as well.

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #5 on: 09 December 2010, 20:23 »
they are only really likely to stop you if your car looks and sounds like its tuned, if your car looks like a normal family hatchback, you are 100% legal and you are behaving then there is less chance of you being stopped as there are if you were attracting attention.

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #6 on: 09 December 2010, 22:10 »
hey a have even seen them stopping cars and measuring the noise levels from the exhaust!!! :laugh:

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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #7 on: 09 December 2010, 22:41 »
VOSA do random stops so it doesnt matter what kind of car you are driving or how it sounds..
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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #8 on: 09 December 2010, 22:49 »
They will ass f*ck you regardless what car you got, not worth it TBH. I'd buy a spare cat, cut the flange ends of and weld a straight through pipe on the same length as cat and switch between the original cat and your straight through pipe depending on your use (track days).


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Re: decat benefits?
« Reply #9 on: 09 December 2010, 22:50 »
not the inside of cat out and just use that as decat pipe ???
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