Buying a 2nd hand CAT...

22nd July 2010, 12:29

Hi guys,

Snapped up a second hand CAT off eBay last night for £22. It was local to me (no delivery cost etc) and I don't currently have one on my VTR so it's a must for the emmissions / MOT.

I'm at work so don't have a pic etc, but I believe it came from a VTS.

The old man has convinced me that we can 'make it fit', even if we have to cut and weld the piping either side, but I wondered if anyone had any experience with this??? (not the welding part, just whether or not the VTS / VTR cat's are interchangeable).

On another note (and as a complete n00b) I've got quite a bit of work to do on my '97 VTR over the next month (MOT 31st July - booo). At 28 I'm finally determined to get educated in the ways of the car and not rely on robbing car mechanics. That and I love my little VTR

she lovingly carried my girlfriend and I on a round-trip from Kent to Southern France recently with not a single issue. Proof to me that she's worth spending a bit of money on.
So, imminently, my camera will be out and I'll be begging for advice on all things Saxo.

I bet you guys love that though right?

So yeah anyway, went a bit off track there..... - do we have a catalytic genius in the house??

22nd July 2010, 12:43

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Originally Posted by Yukimura

do we have a catalytic genius in the house??

I aint no genius but i can tell you that a VTS cat at will fit on your 1997 VTR

Personly i wouldnt buy a scond hand CAT as you don't know if its a dud one or not. You could buy it...fit it and it will still fail! lol

22nd July 2010, 12:49

yeah - I realise it may be naff.

Cheapest I could find new are all £100+ though so I figured £20's not a bad gamble. I could piss that away within the space of about 10 minutes down the boozer...

22nd July 2010, 12:50

well thats not bad tbh.. i think ive been scammed out of some cash buying a cat off here.. looks just like a mk2 1.1 cat...

22nd July 2010, 13:46

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Originally Posted by Tom

I aint no genius but i can tell you that a VTS cat at will fit on your 1997 VTR

And thanks Tom. I'll let you know how I get on.

22nd July 2010, 13:59

your car being a 97 car should have the cat under the car (roughly inline with the doors) and it should be a pipe about 3feet long, in between the downpipe from the manifold and the centre section with the silencer box. aslong as the one from the vts is NOT a cat which fits to the manifold it should fit yours.

do you no what year the vts is?

22nd July 2010, 14:39

I can't remember what it said in the listing now, so no. I'll have a check tonight.

I've set Saturday aside to get the Saxo up and have a good look underneath. As well as having no CAT attached she's got a fair bit of corrosion so I need to have a good look and see what I can and can't do.

22nd July 2010, 16:05

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Originally Posted by LSOfreak

your car being a 97 car should have the cat under the car (roughly inline with the doors) and it should be a pipe about 3feet long, in between the downpipe from the manifold and the centre section with the silencer box. aslong as the one from the vts is NOT a cat which fits to the manifold it should fit yours.

do you no what year the vts is?

It wouldn't be a cat/manifold if it was from a vts as all vts have the cat under the car.

22nd July 2010, 16:22

it'll fit fine mate simple job wouldnt worry about fitting issues at all, as already said there is a chance you buy a dud one, i did that

but the garage only charged me £80 for a new cat though!

23rd July 2010, 00:22

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Originally Posted by werdna

It wouldn't be a cat/manifold if it was from a vts as all vts have the cat under the car.

not mk2's

the exhaust system changed i thought

23rd July 2010, 07:42

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Originally Posted by LSOfreak

not mk2's

the exhaust system changed i thought

Incorrect all vts have cat under car wether mk1 or mk2.