de-catting

[hmuminovic]

would exactly happen if i de-catted my 1.1i sx saxo? i wana improve the power of my lil beast, n i can get the cat removed for £20 n a pipe welded instead?

[KAMENi]

like everyone says, there's no point in improving power to the 1.1s because you wont get much.

if you must, de-cat pipe depends on lambda-sensors. if you have 1, you can replace the cat with a pipe, but if you have 2 (one before and one after cat), then you'll have to get a de-cat pipe with a socket for 2nd lambda-sensor, and i didnt find any

best thing is to get a 1.4 engine and drop it in

[Jungle_Jim]

also if you fit a de cat ur car wont pass its MOT unless u put the cat back, you could get a racing cat and then u would have to change it, but there aint really much point in swapping from the original to be honest

[KAMENi]

it only makes the car sound more aggresive

[Dan]

as these guys have said there isnt too much point spending alot of money trying to increase the power of a 1.1.

de-catting it would make a small amount of difference and would make the exhaust louder. if its a mk1 saxo then a de-cat will only be £50 ish but if its a mk2 you'd need a new manifold as the cat will be in the manifold. smileys/smiley2.gif

[boz]

you could take your old cat and knock the shit out of the middle of it with a pipe and hammer, i did this with my escort and it still passed its mot and no one knew it didnt have the element knocked out of it. cheap and simple smileys/smiley2.gif

[hmuminovic]

i eint bothered bout power, i got a vtec civic comming soon,for now tho i jus wana try differnt things on my lil saxo. i'll go get my cat cut off den sumtime dis week after my MOT smileys/smiley17.gif

[boz]

woooo hang on mate, you shouldnt need to cut it! smileys/smiley5.gif
just take the bolts out and fit a de-cat pipe in its place smileys/smiley2.gif

[hmuminovic]

ye how much is the de-cat pipe then?

[notts106gti]

ye how much is the de-cat pipe then?

Magnex do one for £50

[jimmy16v]

drop a vts lump in instead of messin with a low powered engine

[hmuminovic]

like i said im gettin a vtec civic so dats even beta den a vts smileys/smiley17.gif but my saxo is my lil round around 4 work.

[boz]

take the cat off and knock the insides out, will still pass its emissions for mot time smileys/smiley2.gif my escort passed with no inards in the cat and it had loads of engine mods done to it smileys/smiley2.gif
cheap and easy de-cat pipe smileys/smiley4.gif

[hmuminovic]

cheers for that mate, i'll do that after the mot jus to be on da safe side, also im changin the gear linkage n doin a full service so its easier n beta if i do it all at once smileys/smiley4.gif