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cheers mate, it's making a horrid noise under mild accel, Spoke again with my Dad, he says the heatshield itself is not the issue in his opinion. So I expect you're right
It's not the gasket, that's what i was hoping for when it was taken to be visually inspected.
As for decatting, I shall try and obtain prices first for a standard replacement second cat, because it barely passed it's recent emission test, though car hadn't been driven properly for 3yrs SORN.