Manifold, decat or both?

[Subtle]

Right lads and lasses. Whats the better mod...in your opinions, a decat pipe, a new manifold or just wait for a bit and buy both? Performance and sounds are the areas under consideration!
Cheers

[darrensvtr]

id say both together with a forced air induction kit then get it chipped.

[Dan]

does yours have the cat under the car or in the manifold? if its in the manifold then all you need is the manifold.

id go for both tho matey.

[Subtle]

right dan, I knew youd have the answer ;) mines a 2002 car so it has the cat attached to the manifold. if I were to replace the manifold would that mean I needed a decat pipe to make up the extra distance coz im assuming the front pipe wouldnt reach? Help me out here smileys/happy.gif

[Dan]

no you wouldnt need a de-cat pipe as the manifold will have that included, so all you need is the manifold to de-cat it.

the aftermarket manifold will be alot longer than the standard ones and will act as a de-cat too.

[Subtle]

cool, wheres the best place to get them from, and how much

cheers

[SteVTR]

just keep hold of your standard manifold with the cat pipe in if you do get a performance manifold mate you'll prob need to put it back in come MOT time

[gafvts]

try giving gmc motorsport a ring,see if they have any

[Dan]

gmc are the best bet as ive heard nothing but good things about there manifolds.

[citrovts]

yep call GMC smileys/smiley17.gif

if got a 98bhp saxo with gmc manifold and it was a realy good mod to buy

realy love the sound and extra power past 3500 rpm smileys/smiley4.gif

[boz]

defo GMC mate, its a great mod too! it made my car a lot more responsive its great when it hits 4000rpm smileys/smiley2.gif smileys/smiley2.gif, sometimes they can sound a bit tinny tho smileys/smiley5.gif its great fun when your exhaust is hot and your going down the gears or just backing off the throttle, coz it burbles and bangs and sometimes get flames smileys/smiley2.gif smileys/smiley2.gif
sounds nice with the magnex single box system too!! smileys/smiley2.gif smileys/smiley2.gif

[Subtle]

single box? as in without the silencer box? Mines got the 2nd box smileys/sad.gif but still...it needs to be bought! Thanks for the advice ppl!

[boz]

my magnex only has a box at the back, and no other apart from cat but that was replaced with the de-cat pipe smileys/smiley5.gif smileys/smiley2.gif