oli_w

i jut replaced my downpipe with a hks de cat ( sounds too nice now,think im gunna have to get rid of the stereo ) but still have the original center section with a blitz nur spec, does the center section have another cat or is it just a resonator? had a little look down there and it seems there is nowt i want to get a new center section at some point to match the 3" pipes but would that be too much?

rigga

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uk has two cats,imports have the single downpipe one as standard,as yours is a wrx then its the later,can come with a resonated center section that looks externally like a cat,but its not.

oli_w

thanks mate, mine is an import? also i heard a rumour that if u got an import and there is not a cat available to buy in the uk then u legally dont have to have one? my mate said that his 93 wrx was like that?

rigga

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If its a wrx then its an import as they were not sold as such in the uk....... turbo 2000 models for this country


Cats and mots are a grey subject,some say you need one on a early scoob some say not,from 92 0nwards cats were a legal requirment in this country,being an import you would think this would not apply,but unfortunatly it does....... could always fit the cat for the mot and remove it afterwards,not encouraging you to do this of course as that would be illegal......

Ian

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dont think you need a cat for the mot, as long as it passes the emissions, but i dont think it will on a exhaust with no cat.

oli_w

cheers guys, i still have the cat, i spoke to my mechanic who siad it woud be a right pain to re fit it as it took 4 hours to get the old one off!! ( bolts into turbo were shot! had to saw and drill em out the old pipe! )

myblackwrx

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they have redone that page from 2003.

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosacorp/repo...CAT%20Test.pdf

TonyBurns

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I think the law states that if the car is built after 1989 and has a cat fitted as standard then you have to keep that cat on, as from jan 1993 it was law for all cars to be fitted with a cat.
Make your own mind up on that one

Tony

PS my MY00 was decatted

rigga

iTrader: (4)

fitting the center cat to mine for the mot takes 20 mins and that includes jacking it up........