De-Cat Or Not De-Cat..

1. Easty Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2006 Guiseley, Leeds Posts: 2608 Revo Stage 1 Leon FR

   #1 28th July 2006, 23:12

   Will a de-cat on a 97 VTS make a real difference.. i'm getting new exhaust put in on monday, i was gonna get a cat back, but he said for an extra £50 he would put a de-cat pipe on...
   
   would i notice any difference or am i best saving my cash ? ta !!!
2. s60tsy Established Member Joined: Feb 2005 leigh, manchester Posts: 1181 VTS FOR SALE!!!

   #2 28th July 2006, 23:15

   get it done! not sure on the price tho?
3. beardy Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2006 isle of wight Posts: 761 Impreza STI - Saxo GTI

   #3 28th July 2006, 23:35

   make sure he gives u the cat with the brackets for when u take it in for MoT lol
   
   will add 10-20bhp if ur luky
4. s60tsy Established Member Joined: Feb 2005 leigh, manchester Posts: 1181 VTS FOR SALE!!!

   #4 28th July 2006, 23:38

   yeah^ i heard taht they sell the cat's on for like 25 quid, so it might look cheap but he's gerin money if he's clued up
5. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

   #5 29th July 2006, 00:20

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by beardy make sure he gives u the cat with the brackets for when u take it in for MoT lol will add 10-20bhp if ur luky

   doubt it would be anywhere near 20bhp if its just a manifold back system
6. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

   #6 29th July 2006, 00:24

   10 -20 lol. slight improvement so you might aswell. price is fine just make sure its stainless
7. s60tsy Established Member Joined: Feb 2005 leigh, manchester Posts: 1181 VTS FOR SALE!!!

   #7 29th July 2006, 00:24

   when i got a decat on my vtr i could feel the difference but it is nothing like companies make out. if i added all tha mods on my old vtr i would of had about 200 bhp! but i only had about 110 at the most lol
8. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

   #8 29th July 2006, 18:36

   i fitted all my mods at the same time and did notice a difference, but it wasnt massive! lol
   
   she defo pulls alot harder after 4k and sounds nice too eats the juice tho lmbo
9. rickyholder Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2006 goole east yorkshire United Kingdom (England) Posts: 259

   #9 30th July 2006, 09:25

   i had a decat on mine for bout two weeks and i couldnt really notice much difference also mine went a little bit too loud for my liking so i took it off and is now for sale
10. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

    #10 30th July 2006, 09:29

    I would get it put on mate tbh, you will notice a difference on how it picks up. Might be a little noisy on motorway, but if you don't mind that.
    
    Where you getting it done?
11. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

    #11 30th July 2006, 15:06

    if your getting cams later id get it done
    
    10-20 bhp increase hahahahahahah somebody been readin max power
12. RIBstaff Established Member Joined: Jun 2005 Stafford United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1585

    #12 30th July 2006, 15:49

    That is a joke!!! lucky if you would see 4
13. mark_saxo Frequent Poster Joined: May 2005 Posts: 839

    #13 30th July 2006, 23:45

    round 5bhp increase i would think
14. Saxoladlesta Established Member Joined: Apr 2006 Leicester Posts: 1918 Fiesta ST

    #14 31st July 2006, 02:20

    Does it use more petrol?
15. S34MER East Midlands Joined: Jun 2006 Derby Posts: 8305 Skoda Fabia VRS

    #15 31st July 2006, 07:43

    yes mate course it will! but not a great deal more, bearly noticable!
16. DAZ1985 Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2006 Stoke on Trent United Kingdom (England) Posts: 700

    #16 31st July 2006, 17:02

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hesslevtr 10-20 bhp increase hahahahahahah somebody been readin max power

    It's not MAX POWER hessle it's MAXIMUM POO
    
    LMBO !!!!