Cats needed.

[V8 Devil]

I am looking for a pair of cats for my Tuscan S, if anyone has a spare set or is thinking of going down the decat route I would be interested in buying them. I have tried Bell hill and Douglas valley but no joy. Does anyone know of any other breakers that may have them?
Thanks,
Mike

[NTEL]

Cats are evil and must be destroyed

but seriousley, its cheaper to decat it and have the engine remapped. I checked the emmissions on mine and they were just within the pass limits for an M.O.T.

[V8 Devil]

I am tempted to decat and have her remapped but spoke to Dom at TVR Power and Jason ay STR8 SIX who advised to use cats. I'm confused!

[NTEL]

V8 Devil said:

I am tempted to decat and have her remapped but spoke to Dom at TVR Power and Jason ay STR8 SIX who advised to use cats. I'm confused!

might be because its an S (didnt notice that in your first post). The decat chip I have will only work for a standard 4.0L. Dom and Jason are the best in the business, so I would take their advise.

[V8 Devil]

Thanks Dave. Do you know if the cats are the same for the standard engine and the S spec engine. I have found some second hand ones from a standard engined 2004 car.

[satman]

Going by Racing Greens site there are 2 different types...one for std 4.0 and one for the S... http://www.thetvrshop.com/TVR/Parts/Tuscan/f%7C.ht... but a phone call to them will confirm which is the right one

[NTEL]

V8 Devil said:

Thanks Dave. Do you know if the cats are the same for the standard engine and the S spec engine. I have found some second hand ones from a standard engined 2004 car.

The standard cats are different in so much as the outlet is 54mm od instead of 57mm od. The CAT element is the same. You can still use them. All you have to do is slide over a 50mm length of 57mm OD x 1.2mm stainless tube and weld it to the taper. It will then fit your exhaust pipe.

Failing that, contact me and I can fix you up with some NTEL Decats.

[V8 Devil]

Just for anyone elses info, I was kindly given this contact for cats at a very reasonable price £215 each.
http://www.catman.co.uk/?gclid=CJmc-OTU5ZECFRw3ego...
Thanks Guys

Edited by V8 Devil on Friday 29th February 06:17

[tuscanx1]

I have just had some of NTEL's decat pipes fitted to my Standard 4.0l with CCC's. Just incredible, I am sure I will be able to live with the increased volume! One of my cats that has only done 2500 miles was beginning to break uop and burn away so hopefully making this change was done just in time to save nasty bits of cat getting back into the engine! Engine seems much smoother too. Booked into Power next week to have the chip done, will report back once done!

But to sum up.....NTEL's decat pipes are to Tuscans what The Stig is to Top Gear!! Get them done!

[S6 Devil]

tuscanx1 said:

I have just had some of NTEL's decat pipes fitted to my Standard 4.0l with CCC's. Just incredible, I am sure I will be able to live with the increased volume! One of my cats that has only done 2500 miles was beginning to break uop and burn away so hopefully making this change was done just in time to save nasty bits of cat getting back into the engine! Engine seems much smoother too. Booked into Power next week to have the chip done, will report back once done!

But to sum up.....NTEL's decat pipes are to Tuscans what The Stig is to Top Gear!! Get them done!

I would go the decat route but hav been advised that on an S spec engine this isn't the way to go so it's cats for me!

[The Tivster]

S6 Devil said:

I would go the decat route but hav been advised that on an S spec engine this isn't the way to go so it's cats for me!

Why isn't decatting the way to go on an "S"?

[NTEL]

tuscanx1 said:

I have just had some of NTEL's decat pipes fitted to my Standard 4.0l with CCC's. Just incredible, I am sure I will be able to live with the increased volume! One of my cats that has only done 2500 miles was beginning to break uop and burn away so hopefully making this change was done just in time to save nasty bits of cat getting back into the engine! Engine seems much smoother too. Booked into Power next week to have the chip done, will report back once done!

But to sum up.....NTEL's decat pipes are to Tuscans what The Stig is to Top Gear!! Get them done!

Cheers bud

The hours of maths, development and testing worked then!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by NTEL on Sunday 2nd March 02:14

[NTEL]

The Tivster said:

S6 Devil said:

I would go the decat route but hav been advised that on an S spec engine this isn't the way to go so it's cats for me!

Why isn't decatting the way to go on an "S"?

Fueling and valve timing is different for the "S", so with the decat, it would not pass an MOT. With the standard decattd engine and the chip, then it will pass as long as its not burning oil.