MOT Emissions Failure after RS2 Spec

[quattrostyle]

Surely someone on here is willing to sell you a good exhaust system? What downpipe are you running now btw?

[rynaqui]

Surely not but looking at my situation, it might be the best solution considering I do not trust any local Maltese garage as some of the old Maltese ways also known as the way of the cowboy still exist in Malta

Will try and somehow re-fit the current exhaust till funds allow a supersprint one

[quattrostyle]

But better than twice the price of a custom made one?

[Cottis]

Expensive is often good.

[quattrostyle]

That's very expensive indeed

[rynaqui]

Was looking at the supersprint exhaust option as it looked nice and fits the bill for the kind of thing I want..even at 2.75" should be sufficient for RS2 spec especially once the restrictive Y section is removed

At 1900 euro it is expensive though, will leave it as a last resort if nothing suitable crops up

[macspring]

Thing is this exhaust came with the car and it's fubbared, knocking all over the place and I actually got stuck at the MOT station, couldn't get out

Need a new one but there's only really one Maltese company I trust to make them and he's super busy at the moment

Make sure it has plenty of decent sized exhaust boxes in any custom one you get made up, as a noisy one will make your car sound too chivvy ? Your Coupe doesn't deserve that !

BTDT, back with a standard one and much better, for me.

Wagner RS2 Evo exhaust manifold, RS2 downpipe with an extra boss welded into it to allow the fitment of a lambda probe for an air/fuel ratio gauge, sports cat, 2.75" or 3" exhaust system with plenty of boxes, and a twin oem style tailpipes - would be my own suggestion.

[gunman]

Put the standard one on to pass and then swap it off. Gives you a year.

If you read back to page 2 he took it to another test station who passed it even tho the emissions were way too high and it needed a cat.

wish MOTs were like that here.

[Rusty]

Put the standard one on to pass and then swap it off. Gives you a year.

[rynaqui]

Did you not check that when you had the exhaust done

Thing is this exhaust came with the car and it's fubbared, knocking all over the place and I actually got stuck at the MOT station, couldn't get out

Need a new one but there's only really one Maltese company I trust to make them and he's super busy at the moment

[Rusty]

Did you not check that when you had the exhaust done

[rynaqui]

Checked with the test who told me the same thing that without a cat, the car is an immediate failure..

[Rusty]

You need to find out what the pass numbers are and what yours is producing. That would be a start...

[Error404]

No it's because there is no cat. Except the cat the exhaust system itself ha no effect whatsoever on the emissions, its just a tube they travel through.
FWIW most testers in the UK won't even bother checking the emission on a a post '92 car without a cat fitted - it should be an immediate fail regardless.

[rynaqui]

Went to the MOT garage our company uses and passed it but the emissions were way too high, did not get the readings but it is definitely something to do with the exhaust me thinks as it is pretty fubbared with all the scrapes and dents, sure it is leaking somewhere probably

At least that headache is over, now for the exhaust, anyone got a nice system for sale?