andy_s37

I may be temping fate here but what is the worst that can happen if you get caught with a fully de-catted exhaust on the road? I'm presuming some-one must've been caught as there are so many people running them...... I had my cat refitted as the police are usually **** hot around this time of year but its just not the same and i've been lucky so far.

Andy.

OhMyGodItsBlue

if its pre 95 registered i think you can legally get away without cats. but im sure someone will correct me if im wrong

andy_s37

D'oh 1997! Thanks anyway.

Paulo P

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It's pre 93 I think. Mines an August 93 and has to have cats It doesn't though because I removed them

New_scooby_04

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I believe they issue you with one of those forms saying that -essentially- your car is unroadworthy and that the problem they've identified must be rectified within x days and the form stamped by a MOT garage to say that the faults have been seen to.

I'd imagine you'd have to go and pass the emissions test at a MOT garage (you should get past by installing the catt'd centre pipe and getting it very hot then quickly taking the test) and then hand the stamped form back at your local police station.

If you want to avoid all this hassle there is a group buy on Hayward and Scott Sports cat downpipes in the group buy section at the moment!! We're trying to get as many together as possible to get the price low.

All the best.

D1CCY

£30 fixed penalty for failing a roadside emissions test (never seen one myself) plus some sort of improvement notice for an MOT emissions test to prove the "fault" has been corrected. All a bit unlikely, too many laws and not much enforcement, unless you do 31 in a 30 limit.

SiDHEaD

As said, stick it back on. If you do get caught it's just a matter of swapping it over to get emissions test done at an MOT garage, and getting the form stamped.

You can then swap it back over if you are naughty LOL

alloy

Havn't seen or heard of anyone having a road side emissions test, the only decat problems are MOT time, and thats an easy swap over or a 5minute hunt for a performance friendly test centre

oldham

I've seen road side emissions tests in Manchester centre a few times. There are checking other stuff to mot etc I think.

Shark

The date was 1st Jan 1993

David

WRXewl

iTrader: (1)

For MOT purposes, August 1992 on was the point for a 'cat' test.

Trap2Terrorist

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I would imagine the form they issue you to pass the emissions test at an MOT centre will be the "14 day rectification notice"....

white scooby

I got the 14 day rectification notice with my old classic, decatted with a Blitz Nur Spec. Guessing they did'nt like the noise . . or was it the flames

Anyway took it to a friendly MOT station and had the form stamped, sent it off, had no further trouble with it.

silent running

It was 91-92 when the requirement changed from non-cat to cat. That was ok with an old ' 93 Clio where you could just about get away with it. But when my 98 WRX's downpipe knackered, I saw the future and realised the days of decats are well and truly over. OK I've never seen a roadside test but it's just the hassle of even having to change the pipe at MOT time. No longer will your friendly MOT man be able to fiddle the results or will you be able to get a bent ticket off a friend of a friend for £50 in the pub.

Just get a sports cat and have done with it. BTW an interesting dodge (and I spent a long time turning this one up) is that any car can run without a cat if it has had a replacement engine from an older model which ran without a cat as standard. It's a genuine loop hole but doesn't work for all cars, because a lot were running cats as standard before the law came in in 91-92.

axgt_bwaii

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i have a 93wrx. downpipe decated and no middle cat or box. my car passed emissions the other week on an mot (and no i didnt slip the tester a tenner)

stew

bob r

iTrader: (46)

20 then? lucky bugger

ben1413

iTrader: (5)

If your car is an import then there are ways around the 'cats at MOT thing'. As it is an import you cannot guarantee that it still has the original engine for that year of car. Therefore come MOT time my 1994 WRX will majically have a 1992 engine (honest guv).

That is straight form the horses mouth (MOT tester - not me, a friend!)

Ben

andy_s37

So I reckon knowing a couple of local dibbles and a guy who does MOT's (should I get caught) says put the empty piece of (expensive) pipe back on . Thanks guys and girls.
Andy.