Putting a sports cat in a decat pipe

[WvRS]

Has anyone succesfully added a sports cat into their decat pipe?

 

May save a couple of hundred quid if it works!

[Bobmonga]

I can't think of a way you could do this and save money at the same time, or is this just a quick fix for the MOT?

[WvRS]

No it would be permanent, a sports downpipe is circa £450.

 

Decat pipes are £90. 200cell Catalysts are £100. then fabrication at an exhaust specialist.

[TERKIN]

sorted

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-BORA-1-8T-20v-STAINLESS-STEEL-200-CPI-SPORTS-CAT-PIPE-EXHAUST-DOWNPIPE-/350955959788?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item51b69af5ec

[chrisw4266]

Read the ad mate says doesn't fit vrs model not sure why looks like it will be for some reason the listing says it won't.

[TeflonTom]

If you can do the fabrication work yourself it saves a lot, when I did the downpipe and cat for my felicia I had no choice but to fabricate one, it's not like you can just phone up and say " 1.8t felicia downpipe please" to the exhaust shop, including having all the flanges laser cut from stainless steel, and buying stainless steel elbows and mandrel bent pieces from jetex it cost less than 300 quid to make the whole downpipe and cat section, I can't remember where I got the cat from now but it was just a universal weld-in type.

[Bobmonga]

No it would be permanent, a sports downpipe is circa £450.

 

Decat pipes are £90. 200cell Catalysts are £100. then fabrication at an exhaust specialist.

I stand corrected. Didn't realise the parts were that cheap!

Why then are sports cats so expensive? It can't cost ~£250 to weld it in especially at the point of manufacture!

[uma1998]

Normal cats restrict flow and sports cats allow better flow

[Bowders1]

Read the ad mate says doesn't fit vrs model not sure why looks like it will be for some reason the listing says it won't.

 

It does fit the VRS as i fitted one to a friends VRS

 

If you get lucky these can sell for quite cheap

 

 

Has anyone succesfully added a sports cat into their decat pipe?

 

May save a couple of hundred quid if it works!

 

You could add a 200 cell to a decat exhaust as this has been done a few times. You need the 2 piece decat and you can cut a weld the 200 cell into the 2nd section. As the 200 cell is small it fit's quite nicely.

 

There are benefits to do this.

 

1. much cheaper option

2. the decat is a large bore and pretty straight sections making better exhaust gas flow with the 200 cell than even some of the available sports cat's 

[SNH]

I had a 200 cel sports cat fitted to my eBay decat downpipe. Worked out a fair few quid cheaper than a proper milltek downpipe

[TERKIN]

Read the ad mate says doesn't fit vrs model not sure why looks like it will be for some reason the listing says it won't.

it fits fine add is balls

[chrisw4266]

it fits fine add is balls

Good oh I'll be watching it then cheers Edited 21 December, 2013 by chrisw4266

[Jimmy C]

Keep an eye on eBay I managed to get a miltek 200 cell sportcat new with gasket and nuts for £280 delivered, they do come up now and again.

[WvRS]

I had a 200 cel sports cat fitted to my eBay decat downpipe. Worked out a fair few quid cheaper than a proper milltek downpipe

 Do you have any pics SNH?

[SNH]

Unless there in my old vrs thread no mate, was a single piece downpipe (eBay) and I then had ExhaustUK to fit me a sports cat. I'll see if I can find the old thread

[TERKIN]

 Do you have any pics SNH?

just get the one from link :wonder:

[SNH]

just get the one from link :wonder:

^^ this.

That's cheap

[WvRS]

just get the one from link :wonder:

 Did you have to modify the heat shields or anything? Just bolted straight in?

[TERKIN]

no fits straight on with no issue very easy.

 

 

sports cat and decat pipes are identical ive fitted both

 

[WvRS]

no fits straight on with no issue very easy.

 

 

sports cat and decat pipes are identical ive fitted both

 

 

Thanks Terkin!

Edited 25 December, 2013 by WvRS