IanS16 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Hey all, Was thinking of getting some decat pipes, first question is where do they go? Do they replace they Y pipe?? Also im pretty sure people DO drive on the road with them as unless you are gunning it past a copper they surely wont know and if you are gunning it then you are probably going to get done for speeding anyway! Has anybody here been caught? p.s. missed out on some on ebay for £10.50 - got home and missed the auction by 20 mins! gutted Quote
TT Convert Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Decat pipes are insted of the cats already fitted on your car they then connect to the 'Y' pipe...........:yahoo: Im learning Quote
Ian Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I run decat pipes for a year. You get more sound but you will lose torque. In my case I lost 40ft/lbs & it does make a huge difference. Also you won't pass an MOT with them fitted so they would need to be removed for that. Your also gonna get a CEL & even with the non foulers in place I was still getting the light returning within 50miles of an ECU reset. They are worth it for the noise but in the long term you are better off going for hi flow cats Quote
IanS16 Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 I run decat pipes for a year. You get more sound but you will lose torque. In my case I lost 40ft/lbs & it does make a huge difference. Also you won't pass an MOT with them fitted so they would need to be removed for that. Your also gonna get a CEL & even with the non foulers in place I was still getting the light returning within 50miles of an ECU reset. They are worth it for the noise but in the long term you are better off going for hi flow cats Are high flow cats legal? also i heard that you loose torque even with the high flow cats due to lack of back pressure? Are high flow cats expensive? Quote
bigphil Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 I run decat pipes for a year. You get more sound but you will lose torque. In my case I lost 40ft/lbs & it does make a huge difference. Also you won't pass an MOT with them fitted so they would need to be removed for that. Your also gonna get a CEL & even with the non foulers in place I was still getting the light returning within 50miles of an ECU reset. They are worth it for the noise but in the long term you are better off going for hi flow cats Are high flow cats legal? also i heard that you loose torque even with the high flow cats due to lack of back pressure? Are high flow cats expensive? Decats a no no. High flows still drop of some bottom end torque and are £280 Quote
IanS16 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Posted July 8, 2008 I run decat pipes for a year. You get more sound but you will lose torque. In my case I lost 40ft/lbs & it does make a huge difference. Also you won't pass an MOT with them fitted so they would need to be removed for that. Your also gonna get a CEL & even with the non foulers in place I was still getting the light returning within 50miles of an ECU reset. They are worth it for the noise but in the long term you are better off going for hi flow cats Are high flow cats legal? also i heard that you loose torque even with the high flow cats due to lack of back pressure? Are high flow cats expensive? Decats a no no. High flows still drop of some bottom end torque and are £280 OK. Well i guess thats a no then Dont really want to lose any power! Quote
Dejan Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 I run decat pipes for a year. You get more sound but you will lose torque. In my case I lost 40ft/lbs & it does make a huge difference. Also you won't pass an MOT with them fitted so they would need to be removed for that. Your also gonna get a CEL & even with the non foulers in place I was still getting the light returning within 50miles of an ECU reset. They are worth it for the noise but in the long term you are better off going for hi flow cats Are high flow cats legal? also i heard that you loose torque even with the high flow cats due to lack of back pressure? Are high flow cats expensive? Decats a no no. High flows still drop of some bottom end torque and are £280 OK. Well i guess thats a no then Dont really want to lose any power! viewtopic.php?f=62&t=25913&p=430504&sid=5ebe2c97d911fa2543f090bb526750dd#p430504 Quote
Chris`I Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 Allllrighty then! Great thread revival from over a year ago mate! I sincerely hope you are not trying to up your post count to sell something (I appologise if you arent, I am very sceptical!) Quote
Husky Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 I got highly confused untill i saw the date i wish people would look at the date first Quote
Dblock Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 I got highly confused untill i saw the date i wish people would look at the date first the tread is still open as IMO someone should have concluded the topic e.g. i found out decats are good or decats are bad or whatever. When I first joined I found alot of unfinished threads. quite annoying when you are trying to learn. Quote
tmJak Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 I got highly confused untill i saw the date i wish people would look at the date first the tread is still open as IMO someone should have concluded the topic e.g. i found out decats are good or decats are bad or whatever. When I first joined I found alot of unfinished threads. quite annoying when you are trying to learn. TBH most threads just fall into bizarre off topic directions, so if someone tried to finish it, then they would be off topic I was confused to, thought BigPhil was back on the scene Quote
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