...and the reason my car is stuck at 0.5 bar was...

[Andyp]

..because it\'s got a duff cat!

Went to have my service today. Went well, everything seems to be in order which is great stuff. Clutch and break fluid needed changing the most, it had gone a nasty black *eww*

Anyway running well now. So to the boost problem..

as many of you know i\'ve had boost issues for some time now. Didn\'t think it was the cat because the flipping heat light never came on.. didn\'t occur to me the sensor maybe melted


So I COULD put another cat on...I don\'t think I will though. Over summer I was gonna get a power fc and a decat anyway...so I think i\'m gonna go with that.

Question though... will a decat be ok with a power fc base map?

...also what bits do I need for the decat.. is it a cat replacement pipe or downpipe or both? *shrug* :confused:

much thanks to JPS for being so helpful, swallowing some of my coolant and making a boost controller out of aquatics parts :rollin

[ScuttleRX]

Andy, does this mean you dont require the ECU anymore, I havent sent it yet, was gonna pack it and post tomorrow...

Let us know

[ScuttleRX]

oh, glad you found the prob btw! and if you havent sent the cd could you stick your vids clips on it for us, im having a mare trying to download them (combination of dial up and AOL)! got half of three of them!

[Andyp]

Andy no don\'t need it mate don\'t think.. was gonna pm ya

no probs sticking the clips on the cd too.. easy peasey

gonna steam the jiffy bag open now and hope I don\'t rip it :rollin

[ScuttleRX]

Nice one matey, just send us a pm if it turns out you do need it

If your getting a de-cat im after one too, dont know if you wanna start a group buy if there are some other interested parties..?

[scooby_si]

the base map on my power FC was running sufficiently rich when Pip plugged in the thingybob after ditching the cat just to quell my paranoia that it wouldn\'t be running lean although i am going to pay him a visit for a remap as soon as i\'m back up & running http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/18/18_3_5.gif\' border=0>
Si

[Andyp]

sweet stuff si thanks for that mate

Andy.. I know JPS do one for £125 I think he said.. let\'s see if we can get cheaper. I want mine by the end of next week as I gotta get it all done asap really... dunno if it\'s worth phoning up the usual bunch to get prices

[scooby_si]

as a paranoid http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_200.gif\' border=0> i\'d still be tempted to at least get sum1 to check yer running OK & well remap pays for itself in petrol as i understand it so sumin as i say i\'ll be doing sharpish anyhow.....
Si

[ScuttleRX]

ok mate, I can buy whenever so if we find a deal i\'m up for it  

When you\'ve got PFC on where dya reckon you\'ll get it mapped?

Just wondering cos i\'ll be wanting a map tweek after de-cat is on(and ive also been after a power run) and anywhere that knows what there doing is miles away, was thinking we could do something like the CPL day where Geff came up and done a batch of FD\'s

[Andyp]

yeah will do Si, JPS said they\'ll be able to do it soon so thats cool.. he\'ll be able to check it over before he lets me drive off

Andy as above mate. JPS is only 30 miles ish from me. Said it\'d be about 40 mins work to fit everything which is cool (assuming they didn\'t have any probs!)

Rather just spend bout £40 than gassing million miles away to have it done

you far from MK? sure he\'d be able to sort us both out

[ScuttleRX]

bout 80-90 miles so not too far, not as far as chesire for my last mapping session!

Not sure when i\'ll be able to make it tho as car in bodyshop next week, might just buy the pipe and get it done later date

Anyways just noticed the time and im gonna be late for work! so ill speak to ya about it tomorrow!

[Andyp]

sure thing.. gonna be not next week but should think week after... gotta get my power fc too hehe

[ScuttleRX]

ah, might be able to make it then. Will you be getting done at the weekend or during week, think i finish at 2pm on thurs and fri so might be able to sort something out either that or a case of 24 hour flu

[iaint]

WGT do a nice de-cat which appears to be silenced (i.e. it isn\'t just a bit of pipe).  Carl also does a silenced pipe I think.

WGT\'s is £195 and, while it\'s a bit louder than the cat I used to have, it\'s pretty good.  At idle it\'s no louder, at 7k rpm its a raucous shout but not deafening (the porting adds to the noise a bit) - not that much louder than before.

Iain

[Andyp]

cheers Iain

gonna shoip around and see whats what.. def be looking into those

Andy.. will be in the week, probably a friday so I get an extra long weekend