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Offline rench

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de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« on: 04 April 2012, 23:02 »
whats best option de cat or sports cat, do you notice the gains and does it become much louder through exhaust?
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Offline Steve_PD

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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #1 on: 04 April 2012, 23:31 »
De-cat will be illegal on the roads :tongue:
Sports cat won't.
Easy answer..
« Last Edit: 05 April 2012, 00:05 by Steve_PD »
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Offline Scott D

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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #2 on: 04 April 2012, 23:37 »
sports cat is less hassle come MOT time, turbo will spool up quicker with both and should get a good few extra HP even more so after a remap.
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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #3 on: 05 April 2012, 00:02 »
Quote from: Steve_PD on 04 April 2012, 23:31
De-cat will be illegal on the roads :tongue:
Sports cat won't.
Easy answer..

Have you not got that the wrong way round :huh:
« Last Edit: 05 April 2012, 00:06 by Steve_PD »
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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #4 on: 05 April 2012, 00:06 »
No, get some glasses old man :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #5 on: 05 April 2012, 08:54 »
Quote from: Wayne on 05 April 2012, 00:02
Quote from: Steve_PD on 04 April 2012, 23:31
De-cat will be illegal on the roads :tongue:
Sports cat won't.
Easy answer..

Have you not got that the wrong way round :huh:
no, hes right, decat would fail an MOT too (unless your mates a tester)
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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #6 on: 05 April 2012, 09:26 »
Personally I'd go sport cat route I've got 3"APR d/p with so with sport cat. Decat cheapest way , know where you ate when cat fitted to car no messing on mot later date. That doesn't bother me as do my own mot so not going to fail.  :grin:
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Re: de cat or sports cat good benifits?
« Reply #7 on: 05 April 2012, 09:48 »
if you have a freind who does mot's then just get decat and downpipe.. i felt difference striaight away picks up a lot better.. never had it on dyno after so dont know gains i got .. i got the toyosport one from the bay for £55  :smiley:
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