Anyone know if there are any drawbacks to de-cating the original dwnpipe? Surely its just a case of taking the cat out and a little welding up here and there or is there a lot more to it than that?

 

For all the fuss and trouble whats the point when you can pick them up for 100 quid?? plus you will have a nightmare time trying to get the angle and bend 100% correct, then come MOT time you are back to square 1

let us know how you get on if you do try it
andy

 

The OE downpipe flange/port restricts the wastegate outlet-so to get near the benefit of the aftermarket ones you would have to open the flange to the turbo/wastegate poening size and then fabricate the pipe to an open neck(make it bigger)-youre then left with the cat to remove-once removed,the internals of the pipe wouldnt be a smooth tapered shape.
As said above,the aggro of doing all this if far to much compared to just buying and fitting a s.hand one-which will be far better than a gutted OE one.

Gary

 

100 quid? From where?

 

Cheers for the feedback guys. Like TopBanana says, £100 where from? Everytime they come up for sale they're £130ish and get snapped up very quickly! Sounds like it's better to wait (or buy a new one) then have a go with the OM which will be spare. If I do have a go I'll let you know Andy. Oh, and MOT time isn't a problem for me.

 

£180 brand new from revolution

about £160 if your a member of TTS

 

Cheers Sticky I'll have a nosey at that.

 

Seen them on Ebay around that price

 

can just cut it out and replace with pipe..

you could also open out the wastegate side like I did with a HKS one

David