Cat Options
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So I took the car to a so called friendly tester who wasn't so friendly at all. Main point is emissions and I'm struggling to find a friendly tester local to me (Blackpool) so I'm exploring other options.
I have a full cobra system which has a separate section after the downpipe, I'd rather not have to pull the downpipe in and out etc when the mid section can be removed so easily. So I was thinking of getting a mid section welded up with a cat in for easy swaps, being so far back would this even work? I know heat is a factor so I'm unsure, plus being temporary it could be a normal cat (whatever cell they are) over a sports cat I guess? Or maybe even an ebay/eurocarparts special being temporary, being after the turbo I shouldn't have to worry about changing maps etc either.
Thoughts?
Failing that it's a sports cat downpipe that matches my system, anything other than cobra that would fit as that's 500ish and certainly ain't happening till late Jan/early Feb.
Another issue was apparently my offside headlight is low, but this looks right to me or is this really way out? Where can I get such a thing tested/rectified?
Picture taken from middle of scoop and cars about 2-3ft from the garage door
I have a full cobra system which has a separate section after the downpipe, I'd rather not have to pull the downpipe in and out etc when the mid section can be removed so easily. So I was thinking of getting a mid section welded up with a cat in for easy swaps, being so far back would this even work? I know heat is a factor so I'm unsure, plus being temporary it could be a normal cat (whatever cell they are) over a sports cat I guess? Or maybe even an ebay/eurocarparts special being temporary, being after the turbo I shouldn't have to worry about changing maps etc either.
Thoughts?
Failing that it's a sports cat downpipe that matches my system, anything other than cobra that would fit as that's 500ish and certainly ain't happening till late Jan/early Feb.
Another issue was apparently my offside headlight is low, but this looks right to me or is this really way out? Where can I get such a thing tested/rectified?
Picture taken from middle of scoop and cars about 2-3ft from the garage door
Last edited by MrRtm; 07 December 2021 at 07:23 PM.
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I've had a couple of these ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234299865906
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
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I've had a couple of these ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234299865906
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
We talking in the mid section like I mentioned or elsewhere? Any old sports cat or a specific one?
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You want it on the downpipe really as close to the engine as possible. I have a 100 cell cat that struggles to get through, needs to be driven hard before testing. Looking to swap for 200 cell but that will be less free flowing.
Why not just buy a Cobra sports cat. Will be a lot less hassle.
Why not just buy a Cobra sports cat. Will be a lot less hassle.
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It's basically a 200 cell cat. And made by scorpion for Prodrive. So scorpion down pipe will be just as good.
Originally Posted by Henrik
I've had a couple of these ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234299865906
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
Now regret getting rid of them, tbh, because they're the only sports cats I haven't struggled with MOT-wise
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You want it on the downpipe really as close to the engine as possible. I have a 100 cell cat that struggles to get through, needs to be driven hard before testing. Looking to swap for 200 cell but that will be less free flowing.
Why not just buy a Cobra sports cat. Will be a lot less hassle.
Why not just buy a Cobra sports cat. Will be a lot less hassle.
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@MrRtm I think the issue with having a sports cat in the middle section is the distance to the 'hot end', so to speak. If the cat is marginal anyway (as in, sports cat...), then it might need all the help it can get by being red hot, which is more and more difficult the further down the exhaust it is.
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@MrRtm I think the issue with having a sports cat in the middle section is the distance to the 'hot end', so to speak. If the cat is marginal anyway (as in, sports cat...), then it might need all the help it can get by being red hot, which is more and more difficult the further down the exhaust it is.
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