prodrive exhaust and decat ???
22 May 2007, 09:29 PM
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prodrive exhaust and decat ???
on my subaru i have a prodrive full stainless exhaust with decat . i just bought the car and it has 10 months mot,the guy said he had it tested with this exhaust on ,would it pass the emissions test ? do i have anything to worry about for the next test ?
22 May 2007, 09:53 PM
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if it's got a proper prodrive PPP exhaust then yep it'll pass. it's got a sports cat in the downpipe, the decat bit is the next pipe after. not a clue how to check this when it's on the car though!
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Not sure what exhaust you've got but we don't sell a full stainless exhaust with decat. If you've got a PPP exhaust either with our downpipe or the std downpipe, it'll fly through an emissions test. 
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23 May 2007, 07:14 PM
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all the guy said that i bought it off is its had a full stainless prodrive exhaust with decat ...if i look down the back of the engine i can see what looks like a box on the exhaust very square... immediately after the turbo . and just following that there is a heat shield round the exhaust ,is this a cat ? there is a sensor screwed into the box.... ??
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all the guy said that i bought it off is its had a full stainless prodrive exhaust with decat ...if i look down the back of the engine i can see what looks like a box on the exhaust very square... immediately after the turbo . and just following that there is a heat shield round the exhaust ,is this a cat ? there is a sensor screwed into the box.... ??
depending on age your downpipe (if prodrive) may have a sort of blanket where the ribbed section of the pipe is. this is a heat blanket and on later ones it was internal.
23 May 2007, 08:43 PM
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just looked at mine again and its not square lol ... its like a big round pipe with two flatter sides .... about 3 times the size of the exhaust outlet,just after that theres a heatshield,and betwwen the heatshiled and the odd shaped box theres the screw in sensor
23 May 2007, 08:54 PM
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crappy pics but its my phone lol ,
this help anyone ?
so maybe this is the same as yours but has the heat shield lol ,i wish someone could identify this ,i assume there must be a cat as the sensor is screwed in
this help anyone ?
so maybe this is the same as yours but has the heat shield lol ,i wish someone could identify this ,i assume there must be a cat as the sensor is screwed in
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this is a std downpipe,
this is the std 2nd pipe (this is decatted on the PPP exhaust)
if it doesn't look like either of the pics no idea what you've got. sorry.
saying all this though mate, have you got a classic or newage? your comment about the sensor has got me thinking, the newage looks like the only sensor is in the 2nd pipe whereas IIRC the classic has a sensor in the downpipe.
this is the std 2nd pipe (this is decatted on the PPP exhaust)
if it doesn't look like either of the pics no idea what you've got. sorry.
saying all this though mate, have you got a classic or newage? your comment about the sensor has got me thinking, the newage looks like the only sensor is in the 2nd pipe whereas IIRC the classic has a sensor in the downpipe.
23 May 2007, 09:13 PM
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your downpipe does look like a catted one though, like you say it's like my leg
maybe the rest is a prodrive system? good news is it should get an MOT pass
23 May 2007, 09:15 PM
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ok been out again lol its almost identicle to youre first pic but it says subaru on the side that faces the engine not the same side as yours ? doubt that matters then it goes straight out through a straight stainless pipe so i seem to have the first bit but not the second
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thansk for all the help anyway its very similar to mine ....what i need now is someone to post pics of a classic downpipe ,if it matches mine then its only had the second cat removed wich means i can pass an mot ....so can anyone else supply pics of a classic downpipe ?
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