Should This be LIke this

[Drag Emperior]

THis is the pipe that goes from the engine to cat should the pipe be clear or is this the way its meant to be

Cheer

Uel

[Drag Emperior]

Why am asking, the car has lost all power and boost only going to 0.5 and when she is up to workin temp she is putin a flame a couple of feet long out the exhaust all the time when ticking over i have also found a hole in the intercooler pipe could this be the problem or again have i got another awol apex

[ScuttleRX]

Not sure bout flames, etc but a knackered cat will knock your boost down, just ask AndyP . And if that pic is of the downpipe i would hazard a guess to say its meant to be clear, mine was when i took it off, if its the same pipe!

Imagine hole in intercooler would knock the boost down a bit also tho...

[Drag Emperior]

Just realise the cat temp lite was burning, sh*t.
Could a bad cat cause all this???

[ScuttleRX]

Would definately cause a power/boost loss, and the flames could be the cat interals (wadding,etc) burning up if it has got way too hot.

Good time to get a de-cat pipe i reckon

[Drag Emperior]

Any Idea how much and where from.

Cheers
Uel

Ps. Cheers for the help ScuttleRX

[ScuttleRX]

I just ordered one today from Ross at Dragon, £100 for an un-silenced one.

He also done a silenced version for £140 so depends how noisy you wanna be (Ive gone for un-silenced;) )

Bout a 10 day wait he said as hes had a load of orders for \'em

Get that on and you\'ll be getting the good type of flames!
btw, may make your car run a little lean or get some boost spike/creep, have you got an aftermarket ecu, or any other exhaust/filter mods?
If your pretty much standard you should be alright, but if youve already got exhaust filters, etc and standard ecu might be worth asking around to see if anyone is running similar and if they got probs, etc

[Drag Emperior]

standard ecu i think? Veilside exhaust and hks induction, and hard pipe. I think the noisier the better:D

Cheer

Uel

[ScuttleRX]

I think the noisier the better

You\'ll be on the limit I reckon with the de-cat on, if your thinking about getting a new ecu this would prob be a good time to get it.
The mods you have so far will increase the breathing, but you won\'t be getting extra fuel.

Also a free-flowing exhaust will make it more likely to creep/spike like I said. With a new Ecu you\'ll be able to get the fuelling right and keep the boost in check.

But..you might be alright with the standard ecu  just thought i\'d mention it so u can bear it in mind and keep ya engine in good health

regards

Andy

ps if your not sure what ecu you have, its behind kick-plate in the passenger footwell, just whip it off and see if its got Apexi, or Motech ( ), etc plastered all over it

[Drag Emperior]

cheers mate was just about to ask where i could find it

Thanks

Uel

[Drag Emperior]

Just when and checked and have found a box with knights sport plastered over it is this good, bad ?

[ScuttleRX]

Thats good matey, pretty kick-ass ECU i believe

As long as you can find somewhere who can tune it your laughing

[ScuttleRX]

Were all the mods on it when you bought it, if so its probably been mapped for these already.

So putting a de-cat would only require a bit of tweeking, might even get away with it without changing anything, i\'ll let someone whos a bit more clued up on knight sports gear take over...

[Drag Emperior]

Guess it would be pushing it if you know a good one in ireland :rolleyes: :rollin

Thanks for you time, help cheers mate and if you know anyone lookin a 99 rz standard with 70k KM NOT THE SAME CAR give me a shout

Cheers

Uel

[Drag Emperior]

Mods where on it,  my japanese isn\'t that good and took a risk when i bought it  :rolleyes: