decat =power ?????.. need essential tuscan advice

[tuscandom]

can anyone tell me ,does a decat give you any more power or is it just more noise ?
i am also looking for a tuscan owners maual(2001 tuscan4.0L) because i dont know jack sh*t about my car,any bits of advice would be greatly appreciated,cheers.

Edited by tuscandom on Saturday 9th June 13:31

[tuscanx1]

I have a later manual available, 3.6ltr. What age is your car?

[tuscandom]

mine is 4.0l 2001(duh..should have posted that-will edit now )how different are they ?

Edited by tuscandom on Saturday 9th June 13:31

[chris_tivver]

I have a 2002 4.0L if thats any good.

I wrote that and was about to press submit when I remembered its in my car which is in the garage having a new head and dampers and won't be back for 2 weeks. So I'm not much use


Sorry

[tuscandom]

cheers anyway dudes,if you hear of a spare manual anywhere keep me in mind....cant get a fu**er anywhere

Edited by tuscandom on Sunday 10th June 09:42

[andyoleary]

Dom, I think the general opinion is that a de-cat "should" provide perhaps a 3% increase in BHP. I have found that the engine rev's a bit "freer" up and down (bit louder too mind..)

Andy

[tuscandom]

cheers andy,any idea if i need the ecu remapped when i remove the cats ??
cheers.

[nelly1]

tuscandom said:

cheers anyway dudes,if you hear of a spare manual anywhere keep me in mind....cant get a fu**er anywhere

Not a spare as such, but I have scanned mine and can e-mail you a copy if you want.

PM me if you're interested.

Neill

[andyoleary]

tuscandom said:

cheers andy,any idea if i need the ecu remapped when i remove the cats ??
cheers.

Now that is a good question....talk to Dom at TVR Power as I don't want to mis-lead or mis-inform you. Theory suggests that the engine will over-fuel a little with the cats taken out so this needs to be addressed somehow. A full re-map might not be necessary but some adjustment is, in my opinion.

Regards

Andy

[southgate]

Neill, just emailed you. Could you send me a copy of that handbook also.

Cheers

Southgate.

[nelly1]

southgate said:

Neill, just emailed you. Could you send me a copy of that handbook also.

Cheers

Southgate.

No probs mate.

I'm working 'till 10pm, so I'll send it when I get home.

Neill

[kippax]

Had mine decatted & fitted with the chip from TVR Power. Along with the carbon cans the noise is fantastic! Oh & yes i'm sure there is a noticable difference in power but how much of that is due to wanting to hear the engine noise more i'm not sure??

H