decat bugeye or not
Jul 30, 2013 | 07:51 PM
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decat bugeye or not
hi all
if I was to decat my bugeye would I have problems getting it threw a mot
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:10 PM
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wld need a sympathetic tester otherwise sure fail
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:16 PM
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so do u mean id have to take decat pipe of then put cat back on when needing a mot
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:20 PM
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Yes ,or get sports cat down pipe ,the prodrive one used on the Ppp is good .
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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sweet cheers for ya help chaps
im a newbie and just wanted to start doing bits to my motor
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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forgive me if im wrong but if you decat you will need a remap
Jul 30, 2013 | 08:58 PM
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Jul 30, 2013 | 09:43 PM
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o do u never new that to much hassle n money for me I think
Jul 30, 2013 | 09:47 PM
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Why would you decat without a map anyway? Would make no difference otherwise
Jul 30, 2013 | 10:11 PM
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You can de-cat the bugeye WRX without a re-map. Bit more noise and the turbo spools up a bit faster (spools up pretty quick anyway).
Not much difference in power as the fairly clever DENSO ECU simply compensates for the different airflow.
Decatting the bugeye STi can lead to boost spikes and needs a remap.
Not worth the cost and hassle of swapping over exhaust bits for the MOT.
Shaun
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