fitting decat pipe

[GeckoGareth]

Hey Paul,

Nice to hear it ended without tears and bloody\'d knuckles

Gareth

[vxer]

Hey Paul,

Nice to hear it ended without tears and bloody\'d knuckles

Gareth

I\'m gonna try to fit it tonight, so i\'m not totally out of the woods yet, bloody knuckles wise!

Cheers, Paul.

[GeckoGareth]

I gave up undoing the bolts holding the catback to the cat and just undid from the pre-cat and dropped it out in one long section.

Plenty of WD might help but I\'d already buggered the nuts :S

G

[vxer]

I gave up undoing the bolts holding the catback to the cat and just undid from the pre-cat and dropped it out in one long section.

Plenty of WD might help but I\'d already buggered the nuts :S

G

I\'ve been pretty lucky bolt wise - i already changed the catback about a month ago, and those particular bolts were super easy to undo. I\'m gonna coat all bolts in WD40 though, just to make sure!

Cheers, Paul.

[vxer]

Hi there,

I just finished fitting a decat pipe but i had a couple of problems:

Firstly the cat temp sensor nuts were rusted through and i couldn\'t undo them and ended up stripping the bolts. So i snapped the sensor off at the metal part. Of course now when i start the car, i get the heat sensor light turn on. What can i do about that?   :Hammer

Also, the brace which went over the cat now doesn\'t fit because the decat pipe is so wide!  I assume this brace is neccessary to stiffen the chassis - is there an aftermarket brace which would fit?  :xconfused

Cheers, Paul.

[GeckoGareth]

Hey Paul,

Sorry but not got a clue on the heat sensor as I was looking for it when I did mine last weekend and couldn\'t even see it. No heat sensor light coming on so guessing it\'s tucked up out the way already.

I had the same issue with the brace. Whilst I was out of the unit my mate decided that cutting one of the 2 parts of the brace off would be ok as 1 is better than none!

I\'ve not had any answers from people about how important it is but would also be interested to know.

Personally I think I\'d have prefered to have spaced it out somehow and maintained both bit of metal.

Cheers

G

[vxer]

Hey Paul,

Sorry but not got a clue on the heat sensor as I was looking for it when I did mine last weekend and couldn\'t even see it. No heat sensor light coming on so guessing it\'s tucked up out the way already.

I\'ve ordered a replacement sensor from Jimmys.

I had the same issue with the brace. Whilst I was out of the unit my mate decided that cutting one of the 2 parts of the brace off would be ok as 1 is better than none!

I don\'t think it would even fit then for me!

I\'ve not had any answers from people about how important it is but would also be interested to know.

Personally I think I\'d have prefered to have spaced it out somehow and maintained both bit of metal.

Yeah, i\'m gonna try that, but i have a feeling its *way* off. I\'m surprised this doesn\'t come up more often when folks fit decat pipes.  :confused:

Cheers, Paul.

[GeckoGareth]

Yeah me too. The exhaust I fitted is a monster though. I reckon it must be 4" pipework then the midpipe section goes out to about 5". Sounds nice though. Just gotta get rid of a couple of rattles on tick over. I know what\'s doing it, it\'s a jubilee clip I messed up that\'s on the pre-cat cover.

The sooner I can afford a PFC and a downpipe the better!

G

[vxer]

Yeah me too. The exhaust I fitted is a monster though. I reckon it must be 4" pipework then the midpipe section goes out to about 5". Sounds nice though. Just gotta get rid of a couple of rattles on tick over. I know what\'s doing it, it\'s a jubilee clip I messed up that\'s on the pre-cat cover.

The sooner I can afford a PFC and a downpipe the better!
G

Wow 4"! That really is a monster! I\'m not going to bother with a downpipe since the imports don\'t have a precat anyway - and plus i hear its a total total bitch to remove.

There is a PFC going here for a reasonable amount.  :Thumbs-up

My RX sounds like a pretty tinny on start up, i think its because the stock catback is a bit poo for sound - hopefully the decat will change the note over time...

Cheers, Paul.