348 Cat bypass

[craigw]

Having been told over the weekend that my catalytic converter is "On the way out" I have been given two options.

1. Replace both cats, approx £1400 ukp + labour
2. Install Cat bypass pipes, apparently more power, sounds better etc etc. Not sure of exact costs but radically cheaper.

Anybody here have any experience of cat bypass pipes & likely performance gains/any problems?

The car is a 1994 GTS and has a stainless steel sports exhaust and k&n airfilter.

Thanks guys.

ps. I know about the emissions & MOT thing.

[craigw]

wow, sounds fantastic! Where did you get the chip done ?

[craigw]

apparently they are a very weak area on both 348's and 355's. For the record I think its stilton but will report back once they are off the car