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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: De Cats
« Reply #10 on: 11 January 2012, 17:51 »
Don't have one as standard  :cool:

Agreed. So much easier.


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Re: De Cats
« Reply #11 on: 11 January 2012, 18:26 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #12 on: 11 January 2012, 19:06 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #13 on: 13 January 2012, 22:31 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #14 on: 14 January 2012, 00:25 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #15 on: 14 January 2012, 14:56 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #16 on: 14 January 2012, 16:15 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #17 on: 15 January 2012, 10:22 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #18 on: 15 January 2012, 12:17 »
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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Re: De Cats
« Reply #19 on: 15 January 2012, 12:33 »
No I just slip my MOT tester a drink and the orange sidelights and emissions pass straight up!

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