please enlighten me on my cat stuff (see pics)

[Pisobiker]

No clearance problems, Leigh.

Bottom part should be at same level as original cats and anyway about 1/2 inch higher than the two "things" on both side of car, one of which is showed on picture below.

Marco

[Dr H]

Cheers Marco

What are those things really supposed to be? If they are meant to be jacking points then they are ****** useless (unless you are supposed to use a special shaped jack

Thanks again

Leigh

[Sidspud]

I tried to jack my car up last night using those, but I couldn't get my trolly jack under the damn things! :mad:

They sit too low!

[*ZenithalRavage*]

Originally posted by Sweeper
I still have one RACE CAT for sale

hmm.. still haven't solved my catrattle yet, do you still have that race cat for sale Sweeper? If so, I might be interested

[Sweeper]

Yep I do. 300$ and it's yours . And becouse you are member. Shipping will be free for ya.

If you want to purchase it Send me a PM or e-mail with shipping adress I will send you Adress/name where to transfer money.

[Pisobiker]

Just to let everybody know, I happily passed Italian "MOT" test last week with my custom exhaust setup and racing cat-converter.
Dunno Italian standards for pollution values, but there is no way a car without cats can pass it, here.
Immediatly after the metallic cat got hot enaugh (EGT around 400-450 °C, after a couple of minutes and rpm just over idle) I was told by the guy at "MOT" the system was providing absolutely perfect values.

So the clue is:

Hi performance racing metallic cat-converters DO WORK !

Marco

[*ZenithalRavage*]

Originally posted by Sweeper
Yep I do. 300$ and it's yours . And becouse you are member. Shipping will be free for ya.

If you want to purchase it Send me a PM or e-mail with shipping adress I will send you Adress/name where to transfer money.

Do the flanges fit the standard ones or do they need modifying/replacing?

[Sweeper]

I don't really understand what you mean but it looks like this :

Inlet 2.5" Outlet 2.5"

[Sweeper]

And outside

[*ZenithalRavage*]

Ok, thanx for the pics!
I'm also looking into other options, but if I'm gonna put in a race cat I know where to be

I'll keep you informed.......

[*ZenithalRavage*]

hmm... I had MOT today, just a couple of minor things didn't let me pass, one of which was a leaking mid-silencer :wacked:

anyway, I really want to get this exhaust/cat ***** right before the 5th of january because I got 2 weeks holiday. I'm now thinking of replacing the cat AND the mid-silencer with a straight pipe, would this be a sane thing to do? Any idea if it will be too loud for comfort then and if I would lose too much low-rpm performance? What would you do in my situation? Please gimme some thoughts
Keep in mind that I will want to chip it in the near future.....

This is how the situation is now:





You can't see it but it has an original end-silencer (replaced about 7 months ago).

[*ZenithalRavage*]

Originally posted by Pisobiker
... and racing 200 cells per square inc cat-converter (installed afterwards to meet noise and pollution limits and also to optimize low rpm performances).

Marco

Pisobiker, if your car was pre-92 and thus more liberal exhaust messures in the MOT, would you still have put that cat-converter in there?
Also, was the car unbearably loud with only the end-silencer?

[Greg_S]

Originally posted by LPHUK2002
Cheers Marco

What are those things really supposed to be? If they are meant to be jacking points then they are ****** useless (unless you are supposed to use a special shaped jack

Thanks again

Leigh

So ive been told its for if/when the car bottom's out on bumps it wears those out instead of destroying your exhaust etc.

Think they are made of ally too.

Greg

p.s. wouldnt want to use them as jacking points.

[*ZenithalRavage*]

Ok dudes, I got my new exhaust! Check few posts above for before picture, below is after picture:



Had it done at Jora in Oud Gastel (for the dutch folks) and they did a very good and neat job for € 495.

I am very happy with the result, the sound is just a tiny bit louder (the stock s2 end-silencer silences alot I guess), the sound is exactly as I want it, still subtle but sounds bit more sporty and turbo sounds better Moreover, I feel absolutely no loss in torque and top end feels stronger
Was supposed to get MOT today but the supplied brake line to replace the old busted one was too short. When I get the right brake line fitted they'll do the reMOT and check stationary CO2 levels, I trust it will be below MOT limits as it's pre93 (yes here its 93 and on where they have to do stricter tests).
I'll post results here in a weeks time I hope.



[edit]Ohhhh I forgot one "little" detail!!! The whole thing that made me start this thread was a rattle do you remember? And to the end I was convinced it was the CAT. I've replaced about everything on my exhaust now except for the downpipe and I STILL HAVE MY RATTLE !!!!!!!!!!!!
WTH is going on here?! I thought the lambda thing was tight too so what the hell is it?! :wacked:

[martinjs]

This rattle could be your g/box!
i have a rattle that starts at 2krpm till about 2.5krpm,
its common in the 5 speeders with high miles, and is nothing to worry about apparently....according to QST anyway.

i dont really notice it as much now...got used to it