De-cat pipe & Centre Silencer (straight thru) Replacement Pipe.

[cadguy77 0]

Can anyone recommed a source for these parts. I've seen some on http://www.racelanduk.com/, but i'm wondering who else does them.

Cheers

[matth76 1]

Sounds like a good modification. I was thinking about a similar thing...but not sure how my insurance company will handle a DECAT...they might go into overload or something. Will a company insure a car if it has a decat replacement pipe?

[binliner 0]

I had mine made by these people... http://www.haywardandscott.com/

you need to ask your insurance co that question

[antera309 3]

Do you get a lot of extra noise after fitting a decat? i.e. boominess at motorway speeds etc?

[FishWick 21]

I've got a SuperSprint bypass on mine hooked up to the standard exhaust and there's no extra noise at all, but that's because it's a proper expansion box rather than a straight through pipe. Another option is to remove the cat, bash out the cells and refit it, but there's no guarantee it'll remain quiet....but at least it will still be a cat, externally, come MOT day.

[binliner 0]

Mine is pretty noisy tbh but it's worth it for the improvement in performance

[Nerih 0]

ultimatetune do a cat replacement for 40 quid.

[Ultimatetune 0]

Nerih, They are not

[Seademon 0]

I've got a straight through pipe on mine & whilst its freed up a few bhp it hasnt made it boomy at all.

[antera309 3]

I've got a SuperSprint bypass on mine hooked up to the standard exhaust and there's no extra noise at all' date=' but that's because it's a proper expansion box rather than a straight through pipe. Another option is to remove the cat, bash out the cells and refit it, but there's no guarantee it'll remain quiet....but at least it will still be a cat, externally, come MOT day.

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This is a superb idea. A decat pipe on the cheap (2nd hand knackered cats can be picked up for less than 10 quid!!).

Have you tried doing this? Is it possible to get all the cat material out?

I've got a spare cat sitting in the garage, so I might give it a go!

[VRmonster 1]

the problem is once you have stripped out the cart it will become very rattly and tinny in tone, not grunty at all. you will probably end up sounding like a boy racer.

[petervr6 0]

its not that easy to get the insides out of a cat either.

[FishWick 21]

You can smash the brittle ceramic cells out with good solid metal bar, but as the others have said, you're left with a thin walled, hollow chamber that will resonate quite nastily.

[Dave Lea 4]

de cat pipe from racelanduk 50 plus delivery got it on my vr easy to fit to

[cadguy77 0]

dlea> think racelanduk is the route i'll go

[jonnyedinburgh 0]

I'm interested in how you can fit a CAT with the innards taken out and still pass an MOT.... I bought my VR without the cat fitted, come MOT it was failed for emmissions, now it has been refitted permanently (done for last MOT) and passed emmissions. I have noted absolutely NO difference in performance OR noise! I have a supersprint system fitted, car makes a pleasing noise but REALLY quiet compared to my old MK1 GTI which had a powerflow exhaust... that was too much! If your car has say, 200bhp and you gain 1-5 bhp without Cat, then that only equals 0.5 - 2.5% power gain, not really enough to be noticeable by most peeps. I think in conjunction with other mods that it all adds up, i'm sticking with the cat for the moment just for convenience.

[Dave Lea 4]

i put my cat on for its mot 5 mins to swap