VTR Manifold

[kevmiles250]

After finding out the details of sorting myself a decat for my Y plate VTR I was just wondering how big a job it actually is...?
How long does it take? Does anything have to be removed to get to it? etc etc

[hesslevtr]

is your cat in your manifold

[kevmiles250]

yes mate i found out that to decat my car i have to buy a whole new manifold and some sensor thingy...

[hesslevtr]

yeah thats true if you click here (http://www.gmcmotorsport.co.uk/)

this will tell you help you
there are a few types of manifolds on there
i have the 1 where you dont have to move anything it was fairly easy to fit me and cammedvtr did mine

[kevmiles250]

ok cheers mate...how long did it take you??? so was it jus a straight swap as in undo the the bolts etc and jus swap them straight over?

[hesslevtr]

yeah straight swap we had to take the oil filter off just so we can get the old manifold out and new 1 in

it didnt take us long

[kevmiles250]

does that mean you had to drain the oil?

[boz]

mine took a while to fit, as it was a bastard of a job to remove the bolt that holds the manifold onto the engine/gearbox smileys/smiley5.gif
but it was well worth it smileys/smiley2.gif smileys/smiley2.gif

[hesslevtr]

no you dont have to drain the oil

you could always do an oil change if you wanted though smileys/smiley2.gif