De Cat

[l6nex]

Afternoon,

Just wondered how many people have de-catted their Tuscans, My car is in getting a new clutch and was told one of the cats was melted so I have had it de-catted and wondered what the Pro's and Con's are (apart from the MOT)!!

[plipton]

l6nex said:

Afternoon, Just wondered how many people have de-catted their Tuscans, My car is in getting a new clutch and was told one of the cats was melted so I have had it de-catted and wondered what the Pro's and Con's are (apart from the MOT)!!

Yeah I did mine about 3 months ago


For;
Cheaper than a replacement cat - about £75 per pipe (2 of)

A bit noisier (3-4 dB at a guess)

Slightly better throttle response

won't need replacing as they are S/S and there's no internals to melt

Against;
Might fail MoT on emmisions (You could borrow someone's cats for the MoT I suppose - someone near you must have decatted and kept 'em). I think someone on here had their Tuscan MoT'd without cats and passed. Can't find the thread now.

Plod might notice the extra noise but unlikely unless you add CCC cans too. (which I have on mine )

Might be too loud for track days (?)





>> Edited by plipton on Thursday 15th January 12:21

[l6nex]

Thanks very much for the info, you're right about the price tag, new cat is really expensive, hopefully will make the car a bit louder as i have the CC cans too.

Cheers

Dave.